East John Day River No. 1 Sheep Tag

Wanted · Jun 15, 2015

My wife drew it!!!

Looking for any and all info on the hunt.

Going to float the river. She has already got info on raft rentals and access to the river. She has spoken briefly to the unit biologists.

Any past hunters or people who have gone on hunts, please chime in or feel free to send a PM.

Thanks!

gonehuntn · Jun 16, 2015

Pm sent

Willametteriveroutlaw · Jun 17, 2015

I'd spend the money and hunt the elephant ranch (its like 2K)

Most of the sheep will be up top that time of year.

Thanks,

Ryan

Electric · Jul 14, 2015

Congrats on the tag! I would think twice about a raft. I went on that hunt in 2008 ( not my tag) and we used canoes and still had to drag them in spots. I know the guys that's use rafts are having to drag them quit a bit and I would think this year will be even worse. You don't want to spend most of your energy just trying to get down river.

Togwotee · Jul 15, 2015

Unless something unforeseen happens you're going to be dragging more than floating the JD this year.

I'd pay the tresspass fee.

Stay Thirsty My Friends

Wanted · Jul 16, 2015

Update:
We purchased access onto the White Elephant.

Deer · Jul 16, 2015

>Update:
>We purchased access onto the White
>Elephant.

good choice

muleyman · Jul 17, 2015

you both are going to have a BLAST! Its like winning the lottery...maybe even better. have fun and remember harvest the one you want to look at on your wall for the rest of your life, don't worry about the score. However big it is, it will be "YOUR TROPHY"!

muleyman

Wanted · Jul 19, 2015

Spent yesterday at the Orientation. What a great day! My wife is stoked! Next Saturday we are headed over with Ron (OregonTK) for the first scouting trip.

OregonTK · Jul 20, 2015

>Spent yesterday at the Orientation.
>What a great day!
>My wife is stoked!
>Next Saturday we are headed
>over with Ron (OregonTK) for
>the first scouting trip.

Hopefully we'll get a few photos to share after this weekend.

oneaway · Jul 31, 2015

Well? As an Oregon resident, I'm excited for you and your wife, so I'm patiently waiting for all your stories and pics! Any good rams spotted yet?

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Wanted · Jul 31, 2015

Didn't see much, 13 sheep total with 4 being rams. Spoke to a couple previous tag holders and they both said have patience as the sheep are there, just take a while to learn how to spot them. We did stalk a young 140" ram that was bedded on the edge of a canyon and got within 50 yards of him. Wife was pretty stoked about that. I have an antelope tag coming up so we'll probably resume scouting after that.

oneaway · Jul 31, 2015

Sounds like a good time. I hunted sheep in 2011, so it does take some time to get use to spotting them. Especially the mature rams. Good luck on your antelope tag, and keep us up to date!

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OregonTK · Jul 31, 2015

A couple pics from last Saturday.

Horseshoe Bend...

Some of the bucks we saw at dark when we were leaving...

dz · Aug 4, 2015

Awesome pictures. Lots of us are following so please keep it coming.

DZ

ForkWest · Aug 7, 2015

Yep, I'll be keeping tags on this thread too. Good luck!

brokenneck · Sep 26, 2015

Any updates ? That is one of my dream hunts!

OregonTK · Sep 29, 2015

>Any updates ? That is one
>of my dream hunts!

They were out scouting a few times in September, saw some more rams...nothing real big yet.

I was busy antelope and archery elk hunting, so haven't been back over with them. Just over 2 weeks to go...time to get the game faces on!