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In fairness to FWP, the ram in question was not yet a dink...woulda been one this year for certain.
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In fairness to FWP, the ram in question was not yet a dink...woulda been one this year for certain.
My wife is at Costco right now and I told her the only thing I want is ginger ale. Will review under the appropriate thread when the time comes.What are you talking about this is Hunt Talk we run a tight ship here.
There's only one site in the world where you can talk about Why do people drink ginger ale? Setup potential cage fights between members on a mule deer forum, talk, about, the, usage, of, Oxford, commas. AND talk about dink rams people pay the MTFWP off to keep quiet about it.
#blessed2participate
I think you have your map upside down.
Ha! Corrected. Thanks for the catch! Long morning and it's not even noon yet.
I told her to buy the finest they had.
She said that would likely be Canada Dry but she’ll look around.
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If you haven't read this thread by Greenhorn you should, he met the hunter the day he killed the ram. Page 19 or so. Quite the story all the way around.
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I'm loaded up for a glassing jaunt early in the AM and worried there will soon be smoke so thick I won't be able to see 1/2 mile. I'm glad to have a permit so close to home in a familiar place, so I can get the most out of the last of my "big 3". I'm not expecting to find a giant ram as there...
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buffybr
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Yep, that's the hunter and ram that Fred was scoring. I enjoyed talking with Jim, and like I posted earlier, he's an inspiration to all of us geezers.If you haven't read this thread by Greenhorn you should, he met the hunter the day he killed the ram. Page 19 or so. Quite the story all the way around.
MT Ram
I'm loaded up for a glassing jaunt early in the AM and worried there will soon be smoke so thick I won't be able to see 1/2 mile. I'm glad to have a permit so close to home in a familiar place, so I can get the most out of the last of my "big 3". I'm not expecting to find a giant ram as there...
Point Creep
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Was it 180- 1/8 net? What a fantastic sheep, i hope it squeaked into all-time B&C!Bummer about your trip back from Idaho...
I did most of my Unlimited sheep hunting in the '80s and '90s when I was in my 40s and 50s, AND I had my own horses for many of those hunts.
But, I was 71 when I did my Dagestan Tur hunt in Azerbaijan, and those mountains were steeper and more rugged than any of my sheep hunts here at home, and in Canada.
I did my last Unlimited sheep hunt in 1999 and decided to just apply for one of the draw units and hope for a tag for a monster. Last month I was at my taxidermist's shop and Fred King was there scoring a 180 1/8" ram that a local 81 year old gentleman had shot last year in the Spanish Peaks on a DIY hunt with his son and grandson.
That shows that there's still hope for us geezers.
buffybr
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Yep, it will be in the next book.
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This maybe be a stupid question but I believe knowledge is power. This thread has always been kinda of a pipe dream and I’ve been living vicarious through y’all. But since I’ll be moving out west this fall and will only be 10 hours from the Beartooths this seems more doable than ever. I got every book recommended in this thread. There is just one thing that scares the hell out of me and that avalanches; it’s not something I’ve dealt with in the east. Is it a good idea to attend some this https://avtraining.org/aiare-level-1/ or anybody have any other resources available that will help. Thanks in advance.
It would be exceedingly rare for avalanches to be an issue if you’re hunting in September.
If you’re hunting into November it could be a concern, but even then, it would be rare for there to be that much snowfall before the end of November.
I just keep an eye on the published avalanche warnings and avoid areas of concern. There isn’t any level of training that will keep you alive if you end up in an avalanche.
There are definitely some places that are dangerous if it’s still open in the last half of November but first, it has to stay open, second, you have to get there, third, it has to be the kind of year with those snow conditions.
We’ve definitely had a few times where we had to think about it, but it is very rare. Non issue if you’re hunting the opener.
We’ve definitely had a few times where we had to think about it, but it is very rare. Non issue if you’re hunting the opener.
Backcountryghost
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Hey all been a few been working nights and just started diving in to catch up hope everyone is doing good
I think it would be rare, but certainly not impossible. Work on identifying avalanche terrain so you can avoid putting yourself in a position of additional risk to begin with. Those Avy 1 courses are a great place to start and are worth the price of admission if you plan on skiing, snowmobiling, etc. after moving out west, and will give you a great knowledge base for identifying and avoiding avalanche terrain regardless of activities.
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I've seen small slides in early November up there. Nothing you would have to worry about. Not to say that it is impossible. A couple guys got swept in the bridgers early-season a few years ago but survived
Rock slides in scree fields over cliff bands are a much bigger danger. They go hand in hand with sheep country. A an experienced graduate student lost her life to one this summer in the Beartooths.
First Avalanche Accident Of The Season Swept Hunters Over Cliff
Stock Image of Avalanche In what is the first reported avalanche incident of the season, two hunters were caught in a slide just north of Sacajawea Peak in the Bridger Range just north of Bozeman M…
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That is for sure. I’ve seen/heard an enormous chunk of rock come down that if a person was near, they would be a goner. We were several miles away and it was an impressive thing to experience
TrumpkinTheDwarf
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Yep, I've heard and seen my fair share of rock slides in the teeth. Nothing huge, but it makes me think twice about crossing those big boulder fields.
mtnkid85
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Every few years there is an early avalanche fatality it seems, they can be dangerous for sure. Not so much the danger of burial but drama from being raked across the underlying terrain.
Looking back at my career in the mountains most of my closest calls have been falling/moving rocks. Ive spent alot of my time technical climbing, which of course, exposes you to higher rates of rockfall but Ive had plenty of scares when vehicle sized boulders roll under you when moving across them. Learning to judge where the micro "safe" zones are with in a larger landscape full of potential unsafe zones and trying to minimize your exposure to the unsafe zones can be vital.
Looking back at my career in the mountains most of my closest calls have been falling/moving rocks. Ive spent alot of my time technical climbing, which of course, exposes you to higher rates of rockfall but Ive had plenty of scares when vehicle sized boulders roll under you when moving across them. Learning to judge where the micro "safe" zones are with in a larger landscape full of potential unsafe zones and trying to minimize your exposure to the unsafe zones can be vital.
buffybr
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An addition to the story that I posted a while back about hunting in the Hilgard Mountains back when it was in an Unlimited unit. That was the story of the two legal rams that I came across and decided not to shoot one, then they went up the mountain, another guided hunter wounded one, they both ran back by me, and I gave the wounded ram a finishing shot.
So I went back and found the Outfitter and his Guide and their hunter and took them to the dead ram. I helped them dress out the ram, then the three of us (the hunter was a woman who just watched us) packed the ram up over that mountain and down the other side to their camp.
The west side of that mountain was very steep with many avalanche chutes that were bare of vegetation, and there were several steep troughs of gravel size and smaller rock that we just stepped into, then were able to just ride or ski the trough down 50-100' to another one.
That made coming down a good part of the mountain quite easy.
So I went back and found the Outfitter and his Guide and their hunter and took them to the dead ram. I helped them dress out the ram, then the three of us (the hunter was a woman who just watched us) packed the ram up over that mountain and down the other side to their camp.
The west side of that mountain was very steep with many avalanche chutes that were bare of vegetation, and there were several steep troughs of gravel size and smaller rock that we just stepped into, then were able to just ride or ski the trough down 50-100' to another one.
That made coming down a good part of the mountain quite easy.
TrumpkinTheDwarf
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Alright... my hat is in the ring. Time to find out once and for all whether I'm a sheep hunter or not.
