Thunderclapper
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First try at the photo upload. Montana sheep hunt from last fall.
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First try at the photo upload. Montana sheep hunt from last fall.
Thunderclapper
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So my buddy with the tag entered a contest, yada, yada, yada, he can't release the photos yet.
littlebighorn
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OK, I get the photo part, but for us die-hard's with sheep withdrawal, how about telling us about your experience?
Thunderclapper
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This was a backpack hunt around Gibson Lake, MT. We were told there was no reason to scout because the sheep winter right down on the lake and are easy to find late in the season. We didn't listen hoping we might get lucky and find a nice ram. We did find lots of sheep, just no good rams.
View back toward the lake from our first glassing spot. We packed in 9 miles the first day. This was one stop along the way. We saw a few Ewes and lambs.
While climbing this ridge we saw 2 nice bucks. On the other side of the same ridge we saw an enormous black bear.
Further South on the same ridge we spotted several more sheep and found a dead Ewe. Everyone I know that finds winter kill sheep always finds sweet rams, leave it to us to find a Ewe.
Temps were warm, in the 60's. We planned 4 different 3-day hunts throughout the sheep season. Our first 2 outings the weather was the same. On the third trip the snow arrived the temps fell 80 degrees from what we had known to a daily high of -20. That's when my friend decided it was time to take care of biz and harvested a great ram in life threatening conditions.
I wish I could do this every year.
