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The Coleman plastic frame, man I thought that was the best thing ever! The Dall sheep is a wolf kill that my brother and I found while staying out in the Wrangells in the winter of 1990. We could get it cut off because it was so damn froze so Greg went back the next day and chapped it off with a hatchet.
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The young man with the sheep got to be part of the hunt, was really cool. The second sheep is the biggest net scoring sheep I have been on, just shy of 194, little over 42 on the long horn. We passed him twice and Rusty couldn't say no a third time. The bottom pic has a monster back in the shadow of the tree, it was shot by a gentlemen the next year and scored just shy of 196. The sheep out front aint half bad either.
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Me and my Dad, I was 19 years old, he had drawn a sheep tag and it was my first "real" sheep hunt other than chasing them with a camera. Not a very big ram, learned a lot from that hunt, great memories... all of them. Now to search and find the missing album!
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1990 looks like it was a good year for you fellas.
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Was the Rusty that shot that ram in the same line of work as you?
I took a hike the other day off the Albert-Petty cutoff road and came out through Printer's. Took most the day and glassed nearly every hillside and ridgeline I could get a look at. Never once saw a sheep, although I did find a few bears.
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Yet more great pictures. Thanks for sharing them.
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rl11, Yep, Rusty is the retired chief of police from Missoula PD. He was a Sgt when I started and we got to be friends and hunting buddies when he drew the sheep tag. Man, no sheep on that hike? I don't like to hear that at all, should have seen some sheep down in Printers for sure or the head end of Horse for sure. I seen a lot of wolf activity in above the meadows during rifle season, and those rams are pretty easy picking when the snow is deep. Might have to go check the East Fork and see if they are in on the mineral lick.
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I had heard he killed a monster out of there at one point. First picture I've seen and never heard a score til now either.
I would've loved to have been able to run around that country twenty five years ago.
Out of curiosity, is there any huckleberries up around the old lookout?
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Never been many berries up there, some over on the other side near the East Fork, spot we have always called Black Mountain. I can remember chasing sheep up there in the 84-85 back when the first couple tags were issued. The real hay days were the late 80's and early 90's. Too many tags were issued for too long, but with that being said I still put in there because it is the backyard and love the area.
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Bump for a awesome thread.
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holy smokes, badass thread! Here's one ram I hope I can find next year... He's gonna' be big... Tanner
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My younger brother Jim drew a Montana ram permit a few years back, and connected on this dandy.
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I remember that one. Outstanding!!
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Pat, that is a friggin' monster... Congrats to you and your brother. Tanner
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I'm hoping that same permit shows up in my mailbox this year....grin!
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Pat,
How long have you been applying in Montana now? I'm at 35+ years....
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Pat,
How long have you been applying in Montana now? I'm at 35+ years.... This will be my 46th try......now I'm revealing my age!
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