Keeping A Secret....

[rustednuts]

I'm here for the party!

 

[Hem]

I'll make June quick.
Sacrifice month. Catching up with family..East coast/West coast. Grandparents want to see granddaughter.
Family time in Montana. Some camping. Paddleboarding , mountain biking.
All summer projects on house and property. Cutting firewood.
Clear the f-ing decks.
Meanwhile Greenhorn making me look like the laughing stock.

 

[Hem]

July 1st. It begins.

 

[TRS_Montana]

Damnit. I hit the end of the updates.

 

[TRS_Montana]

This is the best content on the internet right now

 

[MTGomer]

July 1st. It begins.View attachment 198239View attachment 198241View attachment 198242

Oh shit yeah. A tag for mountain sheep in the mountains. I was expecting gumbo.
You have my attention.

 

[Hem]

First trip in for one night I passed 4 older women. One asked me where I was going.
Stone faced, I told her I absolutely had no idea.
Slight truth, slight lie?
"You don't know where you are going?"
Well, I kinda do, but not exactly. Nor do I know where I will end up.
Jeez. Gimme a break.

 

[Hem]

Oh shit yeah. A tag for mountain sheep in the mountains. I was expecting gumbo.
You have my attention.

MtGomer...exactly, this ain't no gumbo hunt.
Let's make that clear from the go-get.

 

[BAKPAKR]

So I drew 302.
I put in for 302 for specific reasons.
Maybe a few more connected dots necessary.
I've spent my adult life roaming my corner of Montana. There are many people like me, natives, transplants that live for the backcountry. Some people want to be a part of it but they will never truly connect.
Some are hardcore.
I've climbed literally 100's of summits and wandered countless miles seeking solitude and adventure. Again, not bragging, ...the point is you understand how entrenched I am in in my backyard.
302 was the perfect choice.
Peaks, wilderness, limited access, grizzly central, elk, goats.,...and rams.
I also know people who have killed rams in this unit.
Finally, at 58, I knew I had enough gas in the tank...and maybe,just maybe I could rekindle that sense of hard-core.
So on the15th year( I think) i drew.

Since it is an either sex hunt, you won’t have worry about anyone questioning if it is legal.

I look forward to the rest of the story.

 

[Hem]

No rams spotted.
Don't even know where to look for the darned things.
No bears, slept in a bivy at 10k.
Smoke a bit of a problem.
Good to break the ice though.

 

[Hem]

Since it is an either sex hunt, you won’t have worry about anyone questioning if it is legal.

I look forward to the rest of the story.

Never crossed my mind..huh?
Too late now.

 

[Hem]

Lots of goats. Playing around with new phone skope. First actual pictures where of this bull bedded in a swamp directly below my perch at the head of a basin.

 

[Hem]

Moved West to eye some new country but also look at things from a different vantage.

 

[Wallydeuce]

Interesting read. And enjoyable.

Keep it coming!

 

[Hem]

Difficult area. Spending most time at 10k.
No water period. Having to pack in water for three day trips sucks. Smoke is intermittent in July. Mostly above the smoke settled in the lower elevations but haze interferes with long distance spotting.
Roaming. Awesome country

 

[Hem]

Late July.
Self employed I'm trying to keep money rolling in, working weekdays, scouting weekends. The odd three day weekends a bonus.
This particular weekend I'm going on a march.
Greenhorn already getting bored looking at ewes and dinks with occasional interesting rams. What am I doing wrong?
Haven't seen one sheep.
Sheep spotted!

 

[Hem]

More pics before I shut it down.

 

[Hem]

August gets interesting. Bad weather, eye popping views, more rams.
Thanks for following.

 

[MTGomer]

Alright, it’s 5:45 in Montana. Get back at it.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I hate hunting by sitting but I am sitting at the edge of a bunch of oak trees today hoping that a bear wanders through in search of acorns. So, I am counting on periodic updates to this hunt to keep me entertained.