Desert Sheep hunt in the Escalante 2007

[poormanslam]

Well this is my first picture load. A friend of mine had an uncle that drew this tag and I went along. There had been little rain so you can see the water hole we had to drink from. We tried everything to filter the water, it pretty much looked like Tang even after we filtered it. We drank that stuff for 3 days until the rain hit. You can see that we were pretty ecstatic to see "fresh" water. The last picture is the green burrito. There is a human in that tarp and he slept through the storm the enitre night. My tent had a pretty good stream of water running underneath it. Trip of a lifetime.

 

[csutton7]

props to you guys--that'd be tuff to swallow!!!!

 

[NVLongbow]

Amazing what you will drink when you're real thirsty.

 

[trevore]

Looks like a blast. Thanks for sharing.

 

[passinthru]

The things we'll do to hunt sheep.

 

[thegamegtr]

No Sheep? How was the hunt--other that the miserable condiditons?

 

[poormanslam]

We found sheep but no rams on this trip they went in later and killed a decent old ram. The weather was actually real nice except for the one day that the huge storm came through. It is some of the the most remote and scenic country in the lower 48. If you get a chance get into that place. I did not think we would get our vehicles out because of the washouts. They brought a cat in and bladed the road.

 

[T Bone]

Thanks for sharing the pics. In what state was the hunt?

 

[Dinkshooter]

Not sure how anyone could sleep like that, far tougher than I.

 

[AZ402]

Thanks for sharing the pics. In what state was the hunt?

Tyson, I think it's in UT, could be wrong.

Poormanslam, do you have pics of the Ram he shot?

 

[Mikeflies]

Holy Moly that water did not look good. I guess thats why I always take Anti-D tabs with me, in case I have to drink filtered water like that. Thanks for sharing the pic's.

 

[poormanslam]

It is in Utah, it is classified as possibly the most remote area in the lower 48. They base that claim on the number of miles to the nearest road. I think it and the Wyoming Thorofare are the winners of that title. He said that he did not sleep at all because the rain just kept hitting the tarp in front of his face and was very loud. I wish I had the time to write out the whole story on this but I do no think they would want me to and it would take me forever. Alot of ill prepared situtations. I think the only pictures of the ram are on a cell phone. I took some of the young rams and ewes through a spotting scope but do not have them loaded. The sheep have pretty small bodies on them.

 

[mconway951]

Man that water looks nasty but looks like a hunt of a lifetime for sure I would love to do that some day

 

[Dinkshooter]

Pics of a Desert Sheep, only on a cell phone?

Holy Moly. Are you sure they are from Utah? Should be a gang of 10 plus, in a digital remastered framed poster sized hero shot

 

[poormanslam]

Boy you got that right Dinkshooter and the pictures are on the internet before the animal has been broken down.

 

[Craig S.]

That's some great stuff!!! Sounds like a fun few days of hunting...

 

[1_pointer]

FWIW, I think the Escalante River was the last to be fully explored in the Lower 48.