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You don't know me or my capabilities kuunt and you never will because I won't associate with hippie trash.

You're right, I have no idea about your capabilities, nor any desire to know more about you than I already do.

My comment was not about you or your capabilities, but as usual, you thought it was about you.

I got a chuckle as my guide handed my cased rifle up to the pilot of the float plane- he said "did you forget to put your rifle in"?

Sub 6# all in and it did it's job @ 420 yards (w/ a puny 2-7X scope!)

Kimber Hunter?

Congrats on the ram!

Jason

Congrats on the ram! Didn't you know a Leupold is incapable of doing that. 😉

Good deal!

Thanks!

Yup Kimber Hunter (.308)- barrel shortened to 19", gel removed from stock and a ti bolt handle- light and handy

Very cool, congrats.

Very cool! I have one in 30-06, but haven't done anything with it yet.

Looks like a Spartan bipod on your rifle.

Thanks

Yup Spartan bipod, also Spartan adapter on my tripod for shooting/spotter/bino- pretty nifty setup

Good deal! I was hoping you had some success.

The biologist in Fairbanks told me that they have been checking in very few sheep this year.

Serious question:

Do you feel all the work, hiking and conditioning that you have done lately was critical to your success, or in anyway more than just 'nice' to have been in such shape, both mentally and physically?

Yeeessss! Was wondering when we would hear from you.

Congrats!

Thanks


It definitely was critical imho; we had several tough hikes leading up to getting the ram; we ended siwashing up on the mountain- fortunately for only 4.5 hours till we had enough light to get down (my guides were jealous of what I brought for a bivy! it was pretty chilly); very tough pack out (started at 5:00 AM, done at 11:00 PM); we had three days where we were stuck on a gravel bar due to smoke- I'll admit I was getting a wee bit nervous, but tried to stay positive.

It was a tough hunt mentally and physically; I was still humbled even though I was in pretty good shape- it would not have been good at all if I wasn't

Our camp did pretty good, they went five for five the first 10 day hunt- one guy got his on the evening of day 8, another on day 10! There were four more sheep hunters coming in when we left, I know one was successful as I got a text from the guide- not sure on the other three

Good deal. My one ram took me two trips of about 10 hours each to get out. Road based solo hunt. My record of being stuck in a tent/airstrip is 4 days, but that wasn’t on a sheep hunt.

Those dall hunts will definitely test a guy, mentally and physically.

Fully agree! (but well worth the pain and suffering! :D)

Hey Blackheart,

Sherpa porters. I bet they're carrying a tad more than your "240 lb. well muscled brutes" could, not to mention at 5x the altitude of the "dacks."..kind of doubt they hang out at the local Crossfit Box, even if there was such a thing in Nepal. Just humping loads for a living.

Excellent!

Another critter to the lowly Kimber 308. What bullet did you use on this hunt?

165 gr Accubonds (Nosler factory loaded)- small hole behind the shoulder and bigger hole on the opposite shoulder; I've had good luck with that bullet on elk/deer (and a sheep now :))