This year's first Sheep/Caribou hunt
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Dallsheep season has started August 1st up here, but because of a busted knee I couldn't guide any sheep hunts yet. But tomorrow I'm finally off for a 10 day sheep/Caribou combo. I'm pretty happy to get "back in the saddle" . The guy im guiding on this hunt I've known for a while and has become a pal of mine over the years. Anyways, I'm sitting in front of my cabin smoking my goodnight pipe and feeling pretty good. So I felt the urge to share my joy with like minded folks. I will post a few pictures when I'm back
Have fun and good luck to your pal on the hunt.Wilderness Pipe wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:03 am Dallsheep season has started August 1st up here, but because of a busted knee I couldn't guide any sheep hunts yet. But tomorrow I'm finally off for a 10 day sheep/Caribou combo. I'm pretty happy to get "back in the saddle" . The guy im guiding on this hunt I've known for a while and has become a pal of mine over the years. Anyways, I'm sitting in front of my cabin smoking my goodnight pipe and feeling pretty good. So I felt the urge to share my joy with like minded folks. I will post a few pictures when I'm back
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i wanna come tooWilderness Pipe wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:03 am Dallsheep season has started August 1st up here, but because of a busted knee I couldn't guide any sheep hunts yet. But tomorrow I'm finally off for a 10 day sheep/Caribou combo. I'm pretty happy to get "back in the saddle" . The guy im guiding on this hunt I've known for a while and has become a pal of mine over the years. Anyways, I'm sitting in front of my cabin smoking my goodnight pipe and feeling pretty good. So I felt the urge to share my joy with like minded folks. I will post a few pictures when I'm back
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Hey everyone. Got back from the hunt yesterday. We got my Client/buddy a beautiful 40" Ram. The weather was absolutely perfect and we didn't get a single drop of rain until day 8. On day 8 we woke up to about 12" of snow. On the ride down to Base camp we came across a Herd of Caribou with 3 legal Bulls amongst them. This was still up in the Mountains on an alpine plateau so we had to carefully stalk them for about 4 hours until we got up to a comfortable range of 280 yards. Those caribou had never seen or heard Humans before so when my client, for some reason, missed the first shot that herd never moved a foot. 2 bulls and a few cows lifted their heads, looked around and just continued feeding. Anyhow the 2nd shot went straight through the heart and the bull went down. Now I have 2 days off and then I'm guiding a Moose/Caribou combo. I fired up my smokehouse last night still and I'm smoking some of the sheep and caribou. Even though both animal were quite old, they still taste great.
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I've heard dallsheep is great eating ... Never had it .. is it true or am I thinking something else
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Yup, they taste great. Mountain Goat and bighorn don't taste all that great, but Dall tastes awesome. One of my favorite for sureRuffinogold wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:57 pm I've heard dallsheep is great eating ... Never had it .. is it true or am I thinking something else
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You can't get close to them , right ? Like a flat trajectory shot over some good space ? I don't know what I'm talking about, I'm just imagining them across a valley on a mountain side . For all I know they graze in meadows or knock o. A hunting cabin doorWilderness Pipe wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:01 pmYup, they taste great. Mountain Goat and bighorn don't taste all that great, but Dall tastes awesome. One of my favorite for sureRuffinogold wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:57 pm I've heard dallsheep is great eating ... Never had it .. is it true or am I thinking something else
" I believe adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble " L.L.
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Man , that sounds awesome ! Sounds likevtbe does around here. You can drop one of a crowd of 7 and the others just keep grazingWilderness Pipe wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:22 pm Hey everyone. Got back from the hunt yesterday. We got my Client/buddy a beautiful 40" Ram. The weather was absolutely perfect and we didn't get a single drop of rain until day 8. On day 8 we woke up to about 12" of snow. On the ride down to Base camp we came across a Herd of Caribou with 3 legal Bulls amongst them. This was still up in the Mountains on an alpine plateau so we had to carefully stalk them for about 4 hours until we got up to a comfortable range of 280 yards. Those caribou had never seen or heard Humans before so when my client, for some reason, missed the first shot that herd never moved a foot. 2 bulls and a few cows lifted their heads, looked around and just continued feeding. Anyhow the 2nd shot went straight through the heart and the bull went down. Now I have 2 days off and then I'm guiding a Moose/Caribou combo. I fired up my smokehouse last night still and I'm smoking some of the sheep and caribou. Even though both animal were quite old, they still taste great.
" I believe adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble " L.L.