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[Jofes]

This thread is the main reason I have a HT account.

Ditto

 

[winmag]

This thread is the main reason I have a HT account.

Same. It’s the only reason I joined however many years ago.

 

[BirdManMike]

This thread is how I ended up here also.

 

[CMF]

Do any of you adjust your backpacking gear differently given the low success rate?
If you know you may spend weeks hunting and never need to haul a load, it would seem more beneficial to switch to a pack that is much lighter even if its load-hauling capabilities are inferior. Then if you get one down, leave camp, haul out what you can, and grab a better frame or pack at the truck.

 

[Beignet]

Creeping on this thread is also what brought me to HT.

 

[BoulderBulls]

Do any of you adjust your backpacking gear differently given the low success rate?
If you know you may spend weeks hunting and never need to haul a load, it would seem more beneficial to switch to a pack that is much lighter even if its load-hauling capabilities are inferior. Then if you get one down, leave camp, haul out what you can, and grab a better frame or pack at the truck.

This is the philosophy I employ for nearly every mountain hunt, certain I would if I ever decided to go for the unlimiteds

 

[winmag]

Do any of you adjust your backpacking gear differently given the low success rate?
If you know you may spend weeks hunting and never need to haul a load, it would seem more beneficial to switch to a pack that is much lighter even if its load-hauling capabilities are inferior. Then if you get one down, leave camp, haul out what you can, and grab a better frame or pack at the truck.

Yes, you can be almost certain that you won't need your rifle or game processing kit. This really helps keep pack weight down.

 

[EYJONAS!]

Yes, you can be almost certain that you won't need your rifle or game processing kit. This really helps keep pack weight down.

I wish that this statement wasn't as true as it is.

Could always dump lambs though too. They're light weight.

#alwaysthinking
#alwayready
#ultralightULhunter

 

[Southern Elk]

I ran into an elk hunter once who told me that by the end of the hunt he’s always down to two arrows in his quiver. He said there’s no need to carry the extra weight of a full quiver.

 

[lonedave]

Yes, you can be almost certain that you won't need your rifle or game processing kit. This really helps keep pack weight down.

Maybe you’re thinking backwards….bring only your gun, glass, and processing kit, no food….to give you that little bit of extra motivation!

 

[BigHornRam]

One old frugal and sucessful unlimited hunter I know says he likes to use cheap tents, sleeping bags, and other gear just in case it has to spend the winter in the beartooths if he gets lucky. He's a trip!

 

[B_R_AK]

For you guys that have hunted the Unlimited’s, as well as other areas, for sheep.. where do you fall on the range of footwear? Do you optimize for long distances on moderate terrain or for steep country and lots of support?

Ie. Lighter weight, flexible sole boots
Vs. full mountaineering boots with stiff soles.

 

[EYJONAS!]

For you guys that have hunted the Unlimited’s, as well as other areas, for sheep.. where do you fall on the range of footwear? Do you optimize for long distances on moderate terrain or for steep country and lots of support?

Ie. Lighter weight, flexible sole boots
Vs. full mountaineering boots with stiff soles.

All personal preference, if I was hunting some glacier country I might look at a stiff plastic boot or something but my kenetrek boots are plenty of boot for what I need.

BTW that's a hell of a nice dall sheep

 

[B_R_AK]

All personal preference, if I was hunting some glacier country I might look at a stiff plastic boot or something but my kenetrek boots are plenty of boot for what I need.

BTW that's a hell of a nice dall sheep

Yeah there will be a wide range generally, but I was more specifically seeing what the general thought was for the Beartooth’s specifically.

Longtime Rokslide member from Alaska here. Just thought I’d join in the conversation as this thread may be relevant to hunt plans in the future.

 

[EYJONAS!]

Yeah there will be a wide range generally, but I was more specifically seeing what the general thought was for the Beartooth’s specifically.

Longtime Rokslide member from Alaska here. Just thought I’d join in the conversation as this thread may be relevant to hunt plans in the future.

Yeah I hear you, it's 6 to one half dozen to another. Welcome to the thread!

My personal preference is kenetrek boots. Stiff boots that fit me like a warn in sneaker

 

[Bluffgruff]

For you guys that have hunted the Unlimited’s, as well as other areas, for sheep.. where do you fall on the range of footwear? Do you optimize for long distances on moderate terrain or for steep country and lots of support?

Ie. Lighter weight, flexible sole boots
Vs. full mountaineering boots with stiff soles.

Erring towards stiffer and heavier, 4 out of 5. I might walk the trails in some tennis shoes some day for the opener if the weather is nice

 

[buffybr]

For you guys that have hunted the Unlimited’s, as well as other areas, for sheep.. where do you fall on the range of footwear? Do you optimize for long distances on moderate terrain or for steep country and lots of support?

Ie. Lighter weight, flexible sole boots
Vs. full mountaineering boots with stiff soles.

I perfer lighter weitht, flexible sole boots for all of my hunting.

Looking back at my pictures, it's hard to see what footware I was wearing, but my late in the season Beartooth ram and my mountain goat hunts, I was wearing leather upper, rubber lower, air bob sole LaCross Maine hunting boots along with Army Navy surplus wool pants and gaiters.

ON my Dall sheep hunt in Canada's Mackenzie Mountains I wore Cabela's 10" Thinsalite nylon upper, leather lower, air bob sole hunting boots, and jeans.

On my New Zealand hunt, for Red Stag, Tahr, and Chamois, I wore lightweight 9" Danner boots, and jeans.

On most of my other Unlimited sheep hunts I wore 6" hiking boots, like the Merrells that I sometimes wear now, and, of course, jeans.

On one Beartooth Unlimited ram hunt I wore a pair of Vasque stiff mountaineering boots. I had several years of wearing those boots in the woods on my job and other hikinig, so they were well broken in, but after the hike into camp and after the first day hunting I had blisters on top of blisters so wore my tennis shoes for the remainder of that hunt. As soon as I got home, those boots went into the trash.

 

[EYJONAS!]

There is a group trying to get a permit to film in 501 this year. To my knowledge, it comes down to one's ability to obtain a permit from the Forest Service. Others would be more versed in this process than I. There are many films on Youtube that claim to not be commercial but the damage is still being done.

Maybe we should let the ol Diamond Z crew on the gram know what we think about that....

 

[DFS]

If I had to guess Montana will manage bighorn sheep right to the ground. There are herds where they won’t admit there are herds in my part of the state. That could relieve some pressure.

 

[winmag]

There is a group trying to get a permit to film in 501 this year. To my knowledge, it comes down to one's ability to obtain a permit from the Forest Service. Others would be more versed in this process than I. There are many films on Youtube that claim to not be commercial but the damage is still being done.

Ugh. These idiots that sells their souls for a few likes.

Hence why I might not post it here when I kill one. Even this thread is a double edged sword. Nothing comes without a cost.