Oct 9. We spotted a new ram from Bob’s knob this morning. The ram is a mile away, did I mention I added a Leica rangefinder to my pack? With the Swaro it is easy to see he isn’t the one. We head to the river, we refind Pretty Boy, today he is at 325 yards. Maybe he is the back up if I can’t find “the one”?
Is it possible to see this too many times? I don't think so.
Oct 10th. Same ram from Bob’s knob. We head upriver and don’t find any sheep. We grill cheeseburgers on the boat and do a little fishing Life is gooood! Sean has to head home. Dean and I head downriver, we find 5 rams, 3 were 7.5 year olds. Great day. Rain and lightning at the end. We find pretty boy again but now he is at 415 yards.
Oct 11th The ram at Bobs Knob is closer and not as big as we hoped. A 6.5 year old 160 something. We go to town for boat gas and breakfast. We are on the river by 11:30, light rain. We see 14 more rams, just none that stand out. I have never trophy hunted in my life and now I am passing up over a dozen rams in one day, this hunt is everything I hoped and more! Camp life with friends has been awesome, why would I want this to end. I haven't even mentioned my new friend Kevin, he doesn't have a tag but his friend does, he is my "text a friend a ram photo" and I get an estimated score back almost instantly.
Oct 12th. We wake to rain and low clouds, can’t see much. Back to town for breakfast and gather a little local intel. We spot the ram near Bobs knob in the evening, it is the only sheep of the day.
Change has arrived
Oct 13th. We are up early and glassing (same hunt, different day). We spot two rams glassing but neither are big. On the river we find a group of 3 rams. One deserves a better look, after a closer look we decide he is tightly curled and wouldn’t score great. We also find a group of 14 ewes and lambs.
Oct 14th, We awake to 32 degrees fog/low clouds, burr. It has been so warm that this seems really cold. We spot 5 rams from Bob’s knob, they are split up across the landscape. We spot another 5 rams and 10 ewes and lambs from another glassing spot. We got a hot tip to look east from this spot as you can get past the private land by hiking around it. We have been looking west from this spot but seeing only a few sheep. Now looking east we spot several bands of sheep including some rams. As we are trying to triangulate the location of these rams, my hunting partner spots a ram 400 yards below the truck on a plateau in the middle of this coulee. It appears I could drop into some trees and close the distance to 200 yards easily.
