Sunday, August 16, 2009

Sheep Hunt Success!!!

Our sheep hunt went VERY well....we left on Sunday afternoon and drove until we hit Ferry Trail. We fourwheeled in on a beautiful day and got into camp at around ten that night. By the time we got all set up and ate something it was almost midnight. We slept in the next morning and glassed a little for some sheep. We didn't have much luck that day and on Tuesday we got up at four thirty and glassed but didn't see any legal rams. We did see a group that later had some more and Phil thought we should go up and stalk. We left base camp at around six and by the time we got to the top and figured out there were eight rams and four were legal it was getting close to nine. Phil shot his sheep and then I shot mine. We had a long night ahead of us and to make a long story short we hiked back after boning and skinning the sheep and it was around three thirty Wednesday morning. We got about two hours of sleep and Phil had to hike back up to get the other sheep's meat and horns. We headed out around twelve thirty and made it back to the truck loaded up and left around five. We got home around seven almost eight and started packaging meat. It was very eventful.... Me on the way into the camp site
The caribou just run along side you out there

The base camp tent


It was REALLY cold...it froze every night and snowed some



Did I mention how cold it was...I was FREEZING!!!




Phil crying because we saw backpackers heading up the mountain





Hiking up the mountain






Getting closer







Almost there








Phil checking things out









Glassing for some sheep










Looking awesome as usual











Me glassing












Look at that view













My sheep














He was about eight to twelve years old















It was an awesome hunt and the sun came out just after we shot them
















Phil's sheep was better looking

















It was getting close to sundown here



















Getting ready to start cutting......I hope you all enjoyed our pictures!! It was a very memorable trip. Everyone should try it!