viking421a
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LAST EDITED ON Dec-31-10 AT 01:44PM (MST)[p]I had the chance to hunt Nevada's unit 281 for desert sheep the last two weeks. This unit is on the bombing range which is an experience all in itself getting access to hunt here. This was the first sheep hunt I have ever been on and I spent a total of 8 days looking for sheep before I was able to take this ram. The weather was nasty for 5 or 6 days of the hunt raining all day long and socking the area in with fog.
I had several good friends along with my father in law and brother in law there helping with the hunt. None of us are sheep hunters so there was a defininte learning curve trying to figure out how to spot these things. It was tougher than I thought it would be. I ended up spotting this ram with three others feeding on a hillside about twenty minutes before dark. We came back in the next morning before light and started hiking in the almost three miles to get to them. We found them right where we left them the night before and after a very slow stalk around the hill below them I finally got into a position to take a shot about 11 am. After the shooting stopped I had this ram down at about 350 yards. He is an old brommed off busted up ram which is what I really liked about him. He was aged at 10 years old.
I was also fortunate to meet the Price family out of the St. George area. They are avid sheep hunters who were also hunting this unit with a friend. I can't say enough about how helpful they were. Just unbelievabley friendly and helpful people who even though they didn't know me went out of their way to give me a hand on this hunt. In fact once they learned that we had a sheep down they brought their mules in no questions asked to pack the ram out for me. It was a priveledge to share my hunt with them!
I had several good friends along with my father in law and brother in law there helping with the hunt. None of us are sheep hunters so there was a defininte learning curve trying to figure out how to spot these things. It was tougher than I thought it would be. I ended up spotting this ram with three others feeding on a hillside about twenty minutes before dark. We came back in the next morning before light and started hiking in the almost three miles to get to them. We found them right where we left them the night before and after a very slow stalk around the hill below them I finally got into a position to take a shot about 11 am. After the shooting stopped I had this ram down at about 350 yards. He is an old brommed off busted up ram which is what I really liked about him. He was aged at 10 years old.
I was also fortunate to meet the Price family out of the St. George area. They are avid sheep hunters who were also hunting this unit with a friend. I can't say enough about how helpful they were. Just unbelievabley friendly and helpful people who even though they didn't know me went out of their way to give me a hand on this hunt. In fact once they learned that we had a sheep down they brought their mules in no questions asked to pack the ram out for me. It was a priveledge to share my hunt with them!
That last pic with the mule tied to the cactus is awesome.
