The outfitter was Litzen Guide Service, and guide was Jason Reinalda. You will get your money's worth with Litzen, he does a lot of preseason flying, and gets his hunters on game, sheep hunters went 6 for 6. Most hunters got rams in one or two days, I got mine on day 3, one guy hunted about 7 days. Most rams were in 36-38" with a couple just under that size (I think). They all looked like nice rams to me. We were in the Alaska range west of Denali, but Litzen asked us not to be more specific. My ram is 37-1/2 on right, and broomed on left, 34+, he was one of the heavier rams killed.
Here's a quick summary of the hunt.
This was my first trip to Alaska, and my first sheep hunt, it was a totally awesome experience (except for the traveling to get there and back). Also my first guided hunt. I prepared hard for this hunt, but did not to loose the weight I had hoped to. Bottom line, I hunted 3 days and it kicked my butt! First day we hunted a bowl fairly close to camp, it was a lot of climbing and crossing some rock slides, but total distance covered wasn't that great and I felt pretty good at the end of the day. Didn't see any sheep, one grizzly bear.
But day 2 we hiked about 10 miles to another spot, with a lot of climbing and descending, got back to camp at sunset (11 PM) and I was whooped. Saw some sheep that day, by maybe only one legal ram waaaay on other side of drainage. Saw another bear and a big moose.
When the alarm went off at 5 AM I told Jason my legs might need another couple more hours to recuperate (probably needed more like a day), so we sleep in till about 8:00. We hunted the closer bowl again and spotted 2 rams on other side. After some waiting we decided to go after them. Several hours later (after not being able to see what they were doing) we got to where we going to make our final approach. While preparing for the climb up a boulder field, the 2 rams (one only half curl) had finally got out of their bed and came into view at 430 yds, crossing in front of us. Killed him dead with one shot at 380 yds, wow that was exciting. Time was ~4 PM. After butchering and packing him up, we got out of the bowl and to the top of the saddle just at dark (11 PM), as the rain and clouds moved in. Back at camp half hour later.
Here is a photo where we bailed into the bowl. If you notice near the center you can see our trail.
Luckily we found a path out that was not quite that steep! And thank goodness Jason is an ANIMAL, he packed out 80-90% of the carcass, plus the horns and cape. I have no doubt his pack was 150 lbs or more, while I probably had less than 50.
