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mtwarden;
Top of the morning to you sir, I hope that this Monday finds you and yours well.

With apologies to the OP - but I suppose still within if not the direct realm of discussion the periphery - what kind of sheep and more or less where?

No secret spots are requested obviously sir.

As a former and still hopeful sheep chaser and sheep observer/counter in the meantime, I do love to hear about sheep.

Thanks in advance for considering the request.

Dwayne

I dunno Dwayne. It seems to me that if mtwarden wants to go sheep hunting, he needs to get off the couch and do some training hikes in the mtns, don't you think??

Dwane- good morning. After 30+ years of unsuccessfully applying for a Bighorn license here, I told my wife just once in my lifetime I'd like to hunt sheep. Well God bless her, she said just do it- so I booked a Dall hunt in the Brooks range (2.5 years ago)



yeah I guess you're right, I better get to going

Awesome!! Good luck, Mt, one thing your guide won't have to worry about is your ability to keep up!!!

Do you worry or otherwise deal with over-training, MT? I have a knee that the older I get, simultaneously responds well to “the trail” but also seems a bit degraded after every adventure.

Not sure what tags I’ll get this year, find out soon. About the only way I’m in “boots” if if it snows up where we hunt elk. The good tag I have the best shot at is the backpack mule deer hunt I’ve done several times now on that big remote high-desert mountain range which shall go unnamed… very, very rugged, very steep, no trail. Perfect for my X-Ultra's.

My buddy’s wife got him a pair of them (he’s one of these millionaires who’s too cheap to buy himself nice stuff) except they were the high-top version. I’d be curious to try them; at least I know the lower part of the shoe fits my foot. I have a pair of their more substantial “boots” and while they nominally fit great, they put my foot in a position that leads to Achilles pain as the days go on. Like my shin is cocked forward slightly and that’s the direction they don’t flex much.

My youngest has emerged from her college ultra-liberal daze and said she wants to kill a deer with me, so there’s that, too. Blacktail are my bread and butter and I know how to kill ‘em. So I might end up playing guide with her much of the season; however I have a feeling she’s being unrealistic about having much time off from her FS job at that time. She’s in a supervisory role this year, which is cool for her, but maybe not as easy to escape from in the fall. We shall see. Much depends on the tag lottery, and it’s coming soon. In the meantime I’m seeing calm ocean later this week and they just upped the limit on halibut to (2)…….

mtwarden;
Thanks for the reply sir.

That is simply wonderful!

I've never been to the Brooks but have been up in the Yukon as far as Dawson City.

My goodness you'll be way, WAY up there. Super cool.

I hope you have a grand hunt in all ways.

Dwayne

Not really; 90% of my training is Zone 2 stuff, fairly easy hiking. I do get a little Zone 3-4 stuff every week, any steep climbs or a sometimes a dedicated hill day. Probably every month or so I get one hard trip in- those can raise injury demons, but knock on wood- nothing too serious.

With the Brooks trip coming up shortly I'm going to be pretty picky on any trips from now until August- keep the risk of injury low






Thank you Sirs!

Speaking of the brooks trip, are you going to document it here? AAR?

Yeah I can certainly do that

This is your OP, little one.

Here is your answer, if you ever grow up.

Light Weight Field Boots.




They won't help you with Marksmanship, though.

You will need to acquire that skill.




GR

Straight outta the box!

You must be closely related to MIKE WERNER?

You must be a starving comedian.


What's funny is, how terrified all y'all are of light weight field boots.




GR

Nobody is terrified. They just know they are dog schiet.

Why in the world, other than someone too poor or dumb to know better, would they wear dog schiet boots? Keep the G.I. special (ie lowest bidder), pass the La sportiva, asolo, lowa, hell even Salomon...


News flash, guys that can wear what they want in the service don't wear garbage bates boots..

Boot snob.

Disciple of the Cult of the Tennisbootsthings.

Ha!

These light weight field boots are comfortable and durable.

And you hate that.




GR

Actually I usually wear something more in the line of mountaineering boots, which are way more lightweight and durable than your g.i. special.

Grand Retard is wrong yet again......(it's a trend)

Awww... your feeling are hurt.

Have the high priest of the Cult of Tennisbootsthings console your sadness and disillusionment.

Hiking and hunting in light weight field boots is so... secular.

Ha!




GR

I think I hurt your feelers by insinuating you are a brokedick shopping at the army surplus......😭😭😭 "boot snob!" 😭😭😭


Hey man, if that's all your social security budget allows, that's cool, just don't hate on those than can afford decent boots.

It's a really good boot, at $35 it was a great boot.

What else does a boot have to do, little one?


And if your footwear defines you, and your li'l feelings get hurt by what other people wear hiking and hunting?

You should probably be wearing high heels.

Because you're a pussy.

So ya know.




GR

Not much from the recliner I suppose.....