Thank you. I see a beautiful ram in your picture!
It's a crazy tag, I really wonder how the heritage tag guys feel about it each year. Its a big build up and then no matter what you kill its just over.
I did a small replica for myself and my guide with Mini Muleys and just got word they are ready!
Lol. I still can't belive the luck.
One really cool thing is how much other hunters and guides root for you with sheep. Everyone wants you to be successful. Guides i didn't pick checked on me throughout this hunt and were very excited when I killed.
We have a great community.
Thank you.
No way on the full body. That's too rich for my blood. I'm waiting for a free weekend to euro the ram for now. Need to save up for a shoulder mount!
OK this will be my wrap up. I'm sure you guys are tired of reading my posts.
I needed to clear up a couple of things. My frustrations from the experience are with myself and not with my guides. I feel like I should have studied sheep and understood more about what I wanted out of this hunt. I...
Thank you fellas. There is a lot to unpack from an emotional stand point. I know I'll never get a tag like this nor will I have $150k+ to buy a tag like this. I'll do a write up start to finish and tell you all the mistakes I made to hopefully help out the next guy.
It's all said and done and...
I debated even posting that. But it's the raw emotion of how I feel in the moment. The hunt yesterday was awesome. And the stalk was bad ass. I'll post the rest once I have a moment to reflect. Gross score 164. Solid ram.
Any ram you like the look of is a trophy.
I'm forever in the camp that sheep scores are for guides and those that can hunt them often. My ideal ram has age and lamb tips. That is hard to find but I had to see a lot to learn it.
I passed on a stud ram that we guessed at 170 and if they had...
Thank you for all the positive feedback. We were waiting for most of the hunters to clear out. I really enjoy having the place just to ourselves.
I'm headed back next week! They are finding a few nice 160s rams. I'm ready to be in the mountains looking at sheep!
He is trying to encourage me to not just shoot anything and that we still have time to find a solid ram.
I could have shot if I really wanted to. The guides are willing to keep looking all the way to the end and are confident they will find something.
I don't want it to sound like they are...
Guide was the one telling me not to shoot! They don't want to kill a small ram with this tag.
I saw a few that were "pretty" that I would have gladly killed. They have no problem hunting this until the end.
If you need a guide in NV these boys hustle!
I’ll make this brief. We hunted sunup to sundown for 7 days. No shots were fired. Didn’t see anything over low 160s rams. The big couple we were after never showed back up. I’ve learned a lot, and I hope whoever draws this tag next year gives me a call.
I really messed up how I’ve hunted this...
Day 1 was a blasts hiked all over. Found 20 sheep and 1 new ram that we needed a closer look at. The couple we have been after never showed up. But today is a new day!
It was really interesting when I started calling around guides of how they hunt this tag. Some guides will treat it like a normal hunt and work really hard in the units they know for a couple of weeks.
Some will tell you a hunt price and then add on a scouting package and scourer the state for...
To make sleep even more difficult my outfitter had one of his guys checking in on the ram we were very excited about and his big brother showed up today. Out of now where.
It's amazing how they can just hide in a fold and not move until they feel like it.
I'll add some photos after its all done. My guide found a stud yesterday we didn't know about. I told him I would really like to hunt for a few days just to get some time in the hills but this may be the one.
The cooler weather is very welcomed. If I would have hunted in July it would have...