Got My Dall Sheep And Saved Thousands

[Huntnut60]

I would put Dall Sheep about number one on my bucket list, but only a few things prevent goint to Alaska to catch that dream. Money and remoteness!

I have been fortunate enough to get all the big game species in Montana, including Grizzly and Wolf, but Dall Sheep has been an evasive critter. They are beautiful and in some of the prettiest country in the world.

I have been to Alaska many times and gotten caribou, black bear, Grizzly and all sorts of fish, just no Dall Sheep. Jerry fisher was a prolific gun maker and I have been in contact with his wife Celeste for a few years and did some photography of Jerry's shop and a few guns. Celeste offered to sell me Jerry's Dall Sheep he got back in the mid 80's, so I bought it and saved myself some dough!



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That’s a really nice Dall sheep. Anybody else notice it is not very old?

I would put Dall Sheep about number one on my bucket list, but only a few things prevent goint to Alaska to catch that dream. Money and remoteness!

I have been fortunate enough to get all the big game species in Montana, including Grizzly and Wolf, but Dall Sheep has been an evasive critter. They are beautiful and in some of the prettiest country in the world.

I have been to Alaska many times and gotten caribou, black bear, Grizzly and all sorts of fish, just no Dall Sheep. Jerry fisher was a prolific gun maker and I have been in contact with his wife Celeste for a few years and did some photography of Jerry's shop and a few guns. Celeste offered to sell me Jerry's Dall Sheep he got back in the mid 80's, so I bought it and saved myself some dough!



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[shrapnel]

That square bridge Mauser is sexier than the sheep.

Which is an odd thing for a Wyoming kid to say, but I said it.

Oh yeah, well look at this…

 

[Ben Lamb]

See, this is why art is subjective. The gold inlay here is very classy and tasteful. Like Sophia Loren in 1965. This is a very tasteful application of the engraver's art - fine lines, crisp detail (how is the lettering?) and understated opulence. Tres old money & old world.

It's like the sexiest Rambouillet that any herder ever saw.

 

[shrapnel]

See, this is why art is subjective. The gold inlay here is very classy and tasteful. Like Sophia Loren in 1965. This is a very tasteful application of the engraver's art - fine lines, crisp detail (how is the lettering?) and understated opulence. Tres old money & old world.

It's like the sexiest Rambouillet that any herder ever saw.

It is some extremely fine work, but not for me. I like nice wood, and fine detail in metal work, but what some Pharoah or prince would shoot, just doesn't excite me.

This is a nice gun...

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Oh yeah, well look at this…

@shrapnel - You dirty dog!

 

[Ben Lamb]

It is some extremely fine work, but not for me. I like nice wood, and fine detail in metal work, but what some Pharoah or prince would shoot, just doesn't excite me.

This is a nice gun...


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Absolutely lovely.

A lot of people mistake mawkish gilding for class simply because they have none. Understated always commands more attention and admiration.

 

[Vic Colfari]

I would put Dall Sheep about number one on my bucket list, but only a few things prevent goint to Alaska to catch that dream. Money and remoteness!

I have been fortunate enough to get all the big game species in Montana, including Grizzly and Wolf, but Dall Sheep has been an evasive critter. They are beautiful and in some of the prettiest country in the world.

I have been to Alaska many times and gotten caribou, black bear, Grizzly and all sorts of fish, just no Dall Sheep. Jerry fisher was a prolific gun maker and I have been in contact with his wife Celeste for a few years and did some photography of Jerry's shop and a few guns. Celeste offered to sell me Jerry's Dall Sheep he got back in the mid 80's, so I bought it and saved myself some dough!



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While maybe a bit off topic, can you talk more about the MT Grizz? My uncle who lived on the Dearborn River (RIP) got the chance to hunt grizzlies in MT I think back in '91 up around Eureka...I think. The wild thing was he brought a Damon Howatt recurve and his buddy toted a .338 "just in case". They saw a couple, but he never was able to get one on the ground.
Also, that gunsmith's shop is awesome. I could just hang out there all day.

 

[shrapnel]

While maybe a bit off topic, can you talk more about the MT Grizz? My uncle who lived on the Dearborn River (RIP) got the chance to hunt grizzlies in MT I think back in '91 up around Eureka...I think. The wild thing was he brought a Damon Howatt recurve and his buddy toted a .338 "just in case". They saw a couple, but he never was able to get one on the ground.
Also, that gunsmith's shop is awesome. I could just hang out there all day.

I shot it when I was kid. All I hunted with was a 25-35 and I shot the griz with it between the eyes. I left the skull laying around by the wood pile and someone came by and chopped one of the Canine teeth out of the top of the skull. We tried eating it, but it was pretty tough. The hide squares about 7 feet. As a kid, we didn't put much value on trophies, and we just stretched the hide out on a floor in an abandoned building and salted it. Years later, after I got married, I had the hide tanned...

The official score is marked on the skull at 22 11/16"