You’re pretty much the guy I was excited to hear about on this. Knew you had a local collection from excellent hunts.I've been lucky enough to have taken at least one of each of Montana's Big 3 animals, all within 100 miles of my home, and all on DIY hunts, and most on solo hunts. I shot all of them over 30 years ago, and the way SW Montana has changed over that time period, I see no reason not to say what hunting units that I shot them in.
My first Big 3 animal was a Goat that I shot back when Units 326, 327, and 328 were all one unit. This was a DIY solo hunt in the middle of November of that year.
I shot my first Bighorn ram in Unit 500, also on a DIY solo hunt.
I shot my next two Rams in Unit 302 back when it was an unlimited unit. Both of those hunts were also DIY solo hunts.
I shot both of my Shiras moose in Unit 309. My first was a 50" bull that I shot on a DIY hunt with a friend that helped me pack him out.
My second moose was a 40" bull that I shot on a DIY solo hunt. My horses packed both bulls out.
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I've been lucky enough to have taken at least one of each of Montana's Big 3 animals, all within 100 miles of my home, and all on DIY hunts, and most on solo hunts. I shot all of them over 30 years ago, and the way SW Montana has changed over that time period, I see no reason not to say what hunting units that I shot them in.
My first Big 3 animal was a Goat that I shot back when Units 326, 327, and 328 were all one unit. This was a DIY solo hunt in the middle of November of that year.
I shot my first Bighorn ram in Unit 500, also on a DIY solo hunt.
I shot my next two Rams in Unit 302 back when it was an unlimited unit. Both of those hunts were also DIY solo hunts.
I shot both of my Shiras moose in Unit 309. My first was a 50" bull that I shot on a DIY hunt with a friend that helped me pack him out.
My second moose was a 40" bull that I shot on a DIY solo hunt. My horses packed both bulls out.
Very nice
There are another form of sheep that are closely related to a rocky and that’s the Sierra Nevada bighorn only found in California but no permits are issued for them.I'm shooting for 3 species of elk from my home state. I think I can live long enough to draw them all... I've got the Tule, and I'm applying for Roosevelt next.
If Deer are your thing we have 6 subspecies of deer in state
But sadly we only have Desert Sheep. No Moose or Mountain Goats.
I got one down... hoping to get the moose, the sheep will never happen though lol
Very nice critters! Did you shoot your goat with your bow also?
As did many other Vietnam Vets did, I came home with a couple of Nikon 35 mm cameras, a bunch of lenses, and the latest and greatest stereo equipment of that time. Most of the time that big camera was in my backpack, and yes, all of those field pictures were taken as slides that I had printed as pictures, then later I took pictures with my digital camera of my old slide pictures. That's why many of my old pictures aren't as clear or sharp as today's pictures straight from phones or digital cameras.
I love the dog in the pics. Is it the same one in both the moose and ram pics?I've been lucky enough to have taken at least one of each of Montana's Big 3 animals, all within 100 miles of my home, and all on DIY hunts, and most on solo hunts. I shot all of them over 30 years ago, and the way SW Montana has changed over that time period, I see no reason not to say what hunting units that I shot them in.
My first Big 3 animal was a Goat that I shot back when Units 326, 327, and 328 were all one unit. This was a DIY solo hunt in the middle of November of that year.
I shot my first Bighorn ram in Unit 500, also on a DIY solo hunt.
I shot my next two Rams in Unit 302 back when it was an unlimited unit. Both of those hunts were also DIY solo hunts.
I shot both of my Shiras moose in Unit 309. My first was a 50" bull that I shot on a DIY hunt with a friend that helped me pack him out.
My second moose was a 40" bull that I shot on a DIY solo hunt. My horses packed both bulls out.
Yes, that was Taffy, my 2nd Golden Retriever. Now I have Zoe II, my 5th Golden Retriever. I know that I have pictures with Buffy with at least 2 Antelope, and Zoe I with at least one Antelope and one Elk. For many years I didn't carry a camera with me hunting, and if I did it was a 35 mm camera with slide film that I haven't had transferred to the jpg format.
That's impressive nice work.
