rmyoung1
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Unfortunately, the morning of Day 2 was as slow as opening morning for me, so we moved back down to the lake and the comforts of my tipi. I spent some time glassing up above camp from the spot I used in July and found 4 young rams. Not much to show for two days, but my hunting buddy was set to arrive the following afternoon, so I wasn’t yet feeling rushed.
The morning of Day 3 delivered beautiful weather again and another sighting of the four small rams. Dad and I continued glassing and eventually turned up a band of six rams further down the drainage up high along the timberline. One ram looked really good, so I left Dad at our glassing rock and begin an uphill assault on the big ram. The climb was sketchy, at best, in certain spots, but I made it to a high bench after an intense hour of lactic acidosis and white knuckles. I found the four small rams inside 180 yards and let them walk before moving on toward the bigger ram’s last known position. But… I just couldn’t make it over to him. I got sorta cliffed out in short order and made the decision to descend before I fell to my death. About the time I arrived back at my camp at the lake, my buddy, Doug, arrived.
The morning of Day 3 delivered beautiful weather again and another sighting of the four small rams. Dad and I continued glassing and eventually turned up a band of six rams further down the drainage up high along the timberline. One ram looked really good, so I left Dad at our glassing rock and begin an uphill assault on the big ram. The climb was sketchy, at best, in certain spots, but I made it to a high bench after an intense hour of lactic acidosis and white knuckles. I found the four small rams inside 180 yards and let them walk before moving on toward the bigger ram’s last known position. But… I just couldn’t make it over to him. I got sorta cliffed out in short order and made the decision to descend before I fell to my death. About the time I arrived back at my camp at the lake, my buddy, Doug, arrived.
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