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It almost makes me ashamed of all the sheep I killed for so many years with SO much less work... Sir, you are being a dick... Please do not pollute my post with such antagonism. PS: Thanks for the spotter... And the tent not so long ago... And the help with rifles... And for all the help in general. I guess if one were prone to being philosophical, he could lament not living in those times. As it is, I'm just happy to live in these. I have noted the use of the operative word "almost" above. Being a dick, as you quite correctly noted, I am compelled to point out the savy outdoorsman would cook the ribs first (before getting them ANYWHERE near a pressurecooker) and save the tenderloins for the owner of the spotter... Ribs weigh more... Just saying...
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Ha, excellent write-up! Enjoying the heck out of it, you have an enjoyable, humorous method of writing. Nice work! Can't wait to read the rest. Hint. 
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It almost makes me ashamed of all the sheep I killed for so many years with SO much less work... Sir, you are being a dick... Please do not pollute my post with such antagonism. PS: Thanks for the spotter... And the tent not so long ago... And the help with rifles... And for all the help in general. I guess if one were prone to being philosophical, he could lament not living in those times. As it is, I'm just happy to live in these. I have noted the use of the operative word "almost" above. Being a dick, as you quite correctly noted, I am compelled to point out the savy outdoorsman would cook the ribs first (before getting them ANYWHERE near a pressurecooker) and save the tenderloins for the owner of the spotter... Ribs weigh more... Just saying... I brought you (a picture of) the tenderloins! I'm surprised we haven't started cutting the ribs with a saw. We packed all 4 quarters with bone in, and ribs wouldn't be that much more weight.... it is really the only good way to do ribs. By the time you peel 'em, you just end up doing a lot of work for very little meat. Plus, eating fresh sheep ribs in a cave is... just... awesome! Hmmm... something to think about.
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Come on man, get back to the story will ya!! lol
That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink.
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Excellent story! What caliber on the Montana?
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long before Rodriguez stole that goat.
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A guy has to work sometime BW, 280AI.
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Great story. What range finder and what cal Kimber, if I may ask. Also, what bags and spotter. Thanks, eye.
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Excellent story! What caliber on the Montana? Shirley a 338 RUM for bears and all that...... 
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Great story!
What boolits?
Why the critique on the Leupold?
Living vicariously through your post about something I will most likely never attempt.
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Thanks again everyone... What range finder and what cal Kimber, if I may ask. Also, what bags and spotter. Thanks, eye. Montana 280AI, VX3 3.5-10/M1. Rangefinder: Leica CRF 1200 Bags... as in sleeping bags? Or packs? My pack is a Stone Glacier Terminus. Partners is a Barney's Pinnacle. My sleeping bag is a Wiggys... something. Their lightest one as of 6-7 years ago. Partner's is a Marmot... I think? I had a (borrowed) Vortex Razor 11-33X50, partner had a Vortex Nomad spotter. Great story!
What boolits?
162 Amax.
Why the critique on the Leupold?
I had to go back and read what I had said about Leupold. The "halfway reasonable" comment? I have zero complaints about my Leupold. That scope has served me perfectly. I've broken a few Leupolds, but mostly by gorilla-f-ing scope rings. I think they make a good scope. All the talk about poor tracking has me wanting to test it more thoroughly. Excellent story! What caliber on the Montana? Shirley a 338 RUM for bears and all that...... We saw 0 brown bears on this trip, which was a little odd... (not that it matters rifle wise). And please don't call me shirly. Partner carries a Tikka T3 Lite (Gasp!) in 270 Win (!) with a Swaro Z3 (WTF?) Junk, Junk, Junk. Never seen him miss with it... grin.
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On the bear topic. We had seen a lot more black bears in this area previously. In fact, it is the same place I shot a bear 2 years ago. We skinned it out and got the hide in camp and cooling in the creek and when we got back to the carcass there was another black bear eating it. Only saw 4 this trip. The one in the pics was actually a really nice bear, but we were kind of focused...
When we got back to spike camp with my ram, we had a good view of a fairly large drainage, and we of course glassed pretty much everything in sight. We saw a black bear over a mile away stop walking, stick his nose in the air, and start running in our direction. He crossed a river, nearly followed our route up through the alders (he did it in about 20 minutes) and came to within 200 yards of camp. We thought he was smelling the meat, but apparently he was after the gut pile, because he kept going up valley.
Pretty cool to watch him follow his nose. Once in a while, he'd stop and do circles, or wander back and forth until he caught the scent again, and then he'd beeline.
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Ahem, one must use commas when addressing another, (even when one must copy and paste them as this pututer requires) 280 anything sounds most appropriate for your endeavor - and most others in this fine state. Let's get on with things now; we're all waiting for the next shot!
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He crossed a river, nearly followed our route up through the alders (he did it in about 20 minutes) and came to within 200 yards of camp. We thought he was smelling the meat, but apparently he was after the gut pile, because he kept going up valley.
Pretty cool to watch him follow his nose. Once in a while, he'd stop and do circles, or wander back and forth until he caught the scent again, and then he'd beeline.
Lots of fun to watch bears do in moments what takes mortal humans seeming ages of grueling effort. And one never fully understands what 'brother' bear appreciates either.  As they say though - the early bird gets the worm(s). 
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Outstanding write-up, & oh-so-tantalizing pics! I have no way to explain how they can make men yearn to attempt so frustrating a pursuit.  Unless one's been there, one just can't comprehend the level of exhaustion required to make sleeping on lumpy pile of jagged rocks, seem like bliss. Or the determination required to get through being weathered-in in a 2-man tent. A hearty Huzzah for your accomplishment! FC
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Outstanding write-up, & oh-so-tantalizing pics! I have no way to explain how they can make men yearn to attempt so frustrating a pursuit. Unless one's been there, one just can't comprehend the level of exhaustion required to make sleeping on lumpy pile of jagged rocks, seem like bliss. Or the determination required to get through being weathered-in in a 2-man tent. A hearty Huzzah for your accomplishment! FC While in general agreement with your remarks, I striongly resemble the bolded one... LOL
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Great write up. Congrats on a nice ram.
How fast are you pushing those 162 Amax's. Need(want) a new sheep rifle and have been considering a Kimber 280AI.
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Hmmm... I knew when I made the chart, but don't remember now. Should probably start writing stuff like that down. 62grains of RL22... somewhere north of 3K.
I'm pretty happy with the rifle, but of course it doesn't take a cannon to kill a sheep... most any bullet in the right spot works. I wouldn't sweat using a 7-08/260/243 84M.
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