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Great to see you guiding again Jake! Are you going to do the spring bear hunts up in unit 13 again?? You pulled some big ones out if their..
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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ya i'm back at it full time now! missed the mountains those two years off!!
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Pretty exciting seeing rams that close huh? Had a Powder Blue not quite legal Stone ram looking over a bush at me and my guide in the Yukon one time at about the same range. My Indian "guide"'s eyes about popped out of his head. He looked like Marty Feldman. LOL. Fun stuff for sure. Who do you guide for up there BRWNBR?
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i own and am the sole guide for black river hunting camps llc. not sure if i'm allowed to post my websight on here or not...i'll leave that to google...lol
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Looks like you run a good outfit Jake. I always wanted to hunt the Talkeetnas and even talked to a guy named Brad Finch about hunting there years ago. I think he murdered a couple of smokers in the Talkeetnas himself and was outfitting there. IIRC he came down to the lower 48 to get his pilots license one winter and then piled up his plane the next summer scouting. He always told me that if you could walk far enough that there were big rams in the Talkeetnas. Looks like you pretty well got it figured out per your website. Wish I had one more Dall hunt in me because I'd like to see the Talkeetnas. Prolly ain't gonna happen though. Cheers.
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Would love to learn how to call Rams any one have a link to
a Sheep Call or proper call sound.
kk alaska
Alaska 7 months of winter then 5 months of tourists
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There is a video somewhere I have seen. It's been like 20 years ago. Let me see if I can find it.
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ya i'm back at it full time now! missed the mountains those two years off!! Sweet! one day me and my buds will get back into the alphabets and hunt those bears know of couple potential den sights. Just finding time and having decent snow...
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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I bought my call which is actually a deer grunt tube type call, at the Sheep Show probably 20 years ago. I'm pretty sure I bought it from Gordon Eastman after seeing him use it on one of his videos. I think the name of the video was "Bighorns" which was filmed in Alberta and Nevada IIRC.
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Awesome story & ram. Appreciate the insights into gear also.
Keep up the good work!
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Nice work Jake, glad to hear you are back at it. Great ram, and sounds like it was well earned.
You are the only other person I've heard describe the "ram sack tap". We saw the same thing a couple years ago - #2 ram walked up behind #1 and kicked him in the balls with his front leg. We couldn't make #2 legal, but #1 came home with me.
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guess there is worse things than a kick in the balls!!
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Looks like you run a good outfit Jake. I always wanted to hunt the Talkeetnas and even talked to a guy named Brad Finch about hunting there years ago. I think he murdered a couple of smokers in the Talkeetnas himself and was outfitting there. IIRC he came down to the lower 48 to get his pilots license one winter and then piled up his plane the next summer scouting. He always told me that if you could walk far enough that there were big rams in the Talkeetnas. Looks like you pretty well got it figured out per your website. Wish I had one more Dall hunt in me because I'd like to see the Talkeetnas. Prolly ain't gonna happen though. Cheers. Knew Brad fairly well and his areas... he was tough and willing to go farther than most...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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That is a far better picture of the hunter than he sent to me. WTH.
Nicely done by hunter and guide.
I might have to try a quilt, for years I've been sleeping with my bag unzipped over me and quickly noticed I was warmer. Even my brother started and he noticed the same.
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I was skeptical on the quilt set up but now I'm way sold on it! Loved it. Looks like I may go with a warm lite tent this next season and see how I like it before I get another one.
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Have you thought about a tipi Jake?
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I've been using an EE quilt for years. Glad they are finally catching on. I've found the temp ratings spot on.
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tipi? i haven't not thought about that, i don't carry treking poles and have avoided shelters than rely on those, also on floorless shelters as i camp in snow and wet ground quite a bit. are tipis capable of 60mph winds?
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Put a floorless shelter on wet ground and it quickly becomes dry ground, unless the water table is above ground level. That said, I can't see a floored shelter working in a bog...
Not all floorless are tipis...some have a low profile and pitch with a ul squatty pole or two.
OTOH,If it's two guys against one sheep, there's no reason to not use a bomber tent. A few extra pounds won't break the hunt. Pitching floorless on rocks is tougher to anchor.
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