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Dude! Thanks for the opportunity to once again post this!!!! ![[Linked Image]](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a146/24quarts/cougartag.jpg) Oh, man (woman). I remember that pic!
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I get a chuckle out of that.
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You would, seeing as how you are young enough to hunt Kodiak cougar... 
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That has to be the funniest thing I may have ever seen! "Cougar on the beach, cougar on the beach...!!!" Sorry, Rick! 
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It was the herd aspect that cracked me up... Rick was obviously not awake just yet...
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I'm more thinking scotch from the night before...
Must have been, what, five of 'em? THAT is a big pack!
Heading up now with the kids to an old neighbor's place tonight for lamb kabobs -- a lion had it's way, but apparently wasn't concerned when the kill (in the barn) suddenly moved to a wire crate/trap. He's been in trouble before and is no longer. DOW took the lion. Seriously wishin' we were heading up for kitty kabobs!
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"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
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Even I'm laughing my a$$ off over here. Which takes nothing away from the intent behind my last comments, mind you.
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
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There ain't no slack! 
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Sad thing is I did not see ten live deer in two weeks of glassing. Every beach had remains of winter kill though...
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Sad thing is I did not see ten live deer in two weeks of glassing. Every beach had remains of winter kill though... What a bummer. I was wanting to go down there this fall/early winter for deer but might just go out of PWS again. Probably be much of the same out that way, I'd imagine. After 3 yrs in one spot, though, should at least get a couple. Just small antlers found on the bucks where we go. 
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We got to hunt the "Good Old Days" of Kodiak deer and we are now in the "Good Old Days" of bear hunting (all across AK)... And I would trade the bear hunting for deer anyday...
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Just an FYI, the hide came back from the tannery mostly intact. It will be mounted life-size by a different taxi... Will post pictures of the mount when done in about 8 months.
The new taxi has done a few mounts I have seen down on the Kenai that are spectacular... and I have and have seen a lot of Robert Holhouser's work to compare it with.
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Just an FYI, the hide came back from the tannery mostly intact. It will be mounted life-size by a different taxi... Will post pictures of the mount when done in about 8 months.
The new taxi has done a few mounts I have seen down on the Kenai that are spectacular... and I have and have seen a lot of Robert Holhouser's work to compare it with. Off topic but meaning to ask you, how'd that sheep hunt turn out? Hope you got a nice one.
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Riley and I walked over 20 miles through the exact area BW shot his sheep and out through Indian... We saw 11 lambs and ewes, no rams of any size... And we saw more people in there than I have ever seen before. We looked in a number of valleys that have always had lots of sheep in previous years.
And Riley did not have the time to go way back into the unit. Have to believe the winter kill was severe...
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Riley and I walked over 20 miles through the exact area BW shot his sheep and out through Indian... We saw 11 lambs and ewes, no rams of any size... And we saw more people in there than I have ever seen before. We looked in a number of valleys that have always had lots of sheep in previous years.
And Riley did not have the time to go way back into the unit. Have to believe the winter kill was severe... A real alaskan like sitkadeer blames his lack of success on wolves, weather, bears, other people. Did sitkadeer ever tell you a story about the time he went sheep hunting in the brooks? He wanted to make it challenging so he walked into the brooks from Anchorage. Hardcore one might say! I must say, I agree.
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Riley and I walked over 20 miles through the exact area BW shot his sheep and out through Indian... We saw 11 lambs and ewes, no rams of any size... And we saw more people in there than I have ever seen before. We looked in a number of valleys that have always had lots of sheep in previous years.
And Riley did not have the time to go way back into the unit. Have to believe the winter kill was severe... "Indian"??? As in "along Turnagain"? Huh???
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Riley and I walked over 20 miles through the exact area BW shot his sheep and out through Indian... We saw 11 lambs and ewes, no rams of any size... And we saw more people in there than I have ever seen before. We looked in a number of valleys that have always had lots of sheep in previous years.
And Riley did not have the time to go way back into the unit. Have to believe the winter kill was severe... I don't see any way around it. That much snow can't help but make it hard on critters. Good you got plenty of fresh air. :grin
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Riley and I walked over 20 miles through the exact area BW shot his sheep and out through Indian... We saw 11 lambs and ewes, no rams of any size... And we saw more people in there than I have ever seen before. We looked in a number of valleys that have always had lots of sheep in previous years.
And Riley did not have the time to go way back into the unit. Have to believe the winter kill was severe... A real alaskan like sitkadeer blames his lack of success on wolves, weather, bears, other people. Did sitkadeer ever tell you a story about the time he went sheep hunting in the brooks? He wanted to make it challenging so he walked into the brooks from Anchorage. Hardcore one might say! I must say, I agree. Thanks for the post Dick. Are you blind, retarded, or just mentally deficient?
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Riley and I walked over 20 miles through the exact area BW shot his sheep and out through Indian... We saw 11 lambs and ewes, no rams of any size... And we saw more people in there than I have ever seen before. We looked in a number of valleys that have always had lots of sheep in previous years.
And Riley did not have the time to go way back into the unit. Have to believe the winter kill was severe... "Indian"??? As in "along Turnagain"? Huh??? I bet they were after Dall's in Arizona. Huh??
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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