I know you are packing and re-packing, scrutinizing every item. Stay safe and take plenty of photos for your write-up after you return.
May Mother Nature cooperate and your aim be true.

I'm trying to find all my [bleep] that I squirreled away 10 months ago. Haven't even started packing

Thanks for the well-wishes!

you might as well take my stuff Chris, by the time I figured out how to hunt, I was on the verge of being too old : (


have one gear box for sheep and one for moose or anything else. But the ultra lightweight gear goes in it's own action packer.


been so long since I hunted sheep I'm ashamed.

looked at my training hell/hill (either spelling works) the other day. Hard to believe I used to do 3x per week with 90 lbs. going up that bastid.

studdom seems to be in my rearview

I don't think... I would bet against a comeback.

You might as well skip me and hand your stuff over to the next generation

I have done no training, and am going to be hurting this year. Need to bring some extra whiskey!

Ya ain't too old yet Randy....just too busy making money. I made my comeback at 69 just 90 days after a heart rewiring not to mention the Mayo Clinic job on the lungs. Draw that tag and I'll point ya in the right direction.

Flying out this weeekend with Meekins. We got 15 days for this hunt, so we'll see how it goes.

If I really want to feel old I imagine myself sheep hunting again.

If I really want to be depressed I think that I am not in Alaska sheep hunting.


Thanks for the lift


mike r

I just read Vern's post. Now I feel old and inadequate. You are right Vern, never give up, dead is the only restraint.


mike r

I fly out Friday for the Brooks Range. Can't wait.

I'll never make a sheep hunt I don't think. Simply can't put that much money into something.

But I sure enjoy watching them!

Won't be up for sheep but will likely find something to chase mid september once we arrive for a couple weeks visit.

Good luck to all!

Jeff

Not sheep hunting this year but I leave Sunday for a goat hunt. Drew a Unit 338 tag this year.

cwh2... I think you an me should have a contest. We seemed to have followed the same training regimen and gear organization strategy. First guy to come back in one piece wins?

Best of luck to everyone headed out. My plans got shifted around and I'm going the first week instead of the 4th. Was planning on getting in shape on a few caribou hunts prior, but looks like I'll be getting in shape on a hunt. At least I know what to expect this year.

Deal. What do we win? I'll suggest free beer.

I rummaged around and found a bunch of old Mountain House last night. Most of my "overpriced" gear gets tossed into a tote at the end of the year, so I can at least find that, even if it stinks like sheep. Tents are mostly in order. I bought a space blanket this year Ammo is loaded. Still need to track down a knife or two, but I probably have enough to do the job. I'm on a roll!

I should probably scrub some rust off the Kimber, but I probably won't.

This is going to be 4 years in a row I miss out on sheep hunting, my calendar is just too crowded for me to go. Hope to change that next year, I have a ton of Mtn House I need to eat up.

Oh well, at least I have moose camp to look forward to in about 3 weeks!

Good luck to those hitting the mtns this year.

Pretty sure I would fore-go a moose hunt for a sheep hunt.

Best of luck on your trip.

All my gear is packed, only took me two days to find it all. Wheels up tomorrow AM. Dang summer goes quick.

I'd heard rumors of your intellect, glad to see it confirmed.


I could hunt sheep with this guy.

Just be sure to sleep on your back......or he will.

alrighty then, I'm afraid that's gonna take more whiskey than any grown man I've ever seen could carry (brrrr honeycomb)


WTH is wrong with you ironbender?

Glad to see some carrying on the August tradition! Good luck, with or without whiskey.

I am to young to be feeling this old...

Took this picture in 2009.



The fact, that I do not have any new pictures since 2011 grieves me no end.

Be safe, all you guys, that go out there. You is a free people. Appreatiate that fact.

Truth told, my alaskan friends, how you can stand to live in them there mountains and not go hunting, tells me of sense and selfconstraint...

You are better men than I.

Ram down.

No pictures, didn't happen. LOL.

Congrats!

Congrats, "Ramstalker"!

youda man!

Congrats, lookin forward to pix and story

Just got home. I was up on the hill and was suprised I had 4G up there. The ram is my cousin's. He drew a any ram permit and took a 8-9 yr old with 35" x 13.5". I'll post some pics up later when I get them on the computer. I got gear to clean and then going caribou hunting.

luck on the bous bud

Good job on the ram. Old ram with 35" horns at 13,5" bases suggests perhaps a nice broom. Looking forward to the pictures.

Few places I felt as much at home as on the sheep mountains.

Good luck to all you guys out there.

My son got to tag along with his buddy for the early DCUA hunt. 20 mile hike in from the highway.

Damn that makes me envious. I'll have to live it through photos though. Can't afford it at all.

Gotta be some work on the 20 mile, but I suspect a bit of that was road.. which isn't all that bad.

Gotta be some serious memories when you walk 20 miles one way to kill a sheep.

Tell him congrats! What are the stats on that ram?

I keep hoping I will draw the DCUA one day. My old manager drew a Tok tag this year, lucky bastid.

I'm guessn that ram at 28" and 5 years old . Or the pixels are strange .. good eating for sure. Hard work is rewarding.. Congrats

I'd guess 31" and 6.5 age. There are some interesting genetics in dcua; we took one in there 2 years ago that looked like a twin. Congrats.

Been there, done that (DCUA) and took a swim in one of the glacial rivers on the way out. 100 plus pound pack. Buddy got ahold of my wrist and pulled me into shallow water. Did the other 12 miles soaked and cold.

Had a friend in there this year, but apparently his buddy got sick and they had to pull out.

Congrats to the young man.

Pretty sure I put on 5 pounds... along with another 80.

The kid said ADF&G measurements were 33" and 8 yrs.

That ram appears to be eight years old and about 33 inches in length with 12-1/2 inch bases. Probably a 145 or maybe even a 150 ram? Nice sheep, regardless.