Packed into an area for barbary that never gets pressure and for good reason. Its nasty and remote.
I had heard the rut was in october and was interested to see if there was any truth to this.
Well 4 hours into the hunt i found a group with 47 ewes and 3 rams. One ram i estimated to be 31? or there about. This ram was young and had no mass so i was a little hesitant.
The 2nd ram was a little older with good mass and super wide but no curl and i did not like his length.
The 3rd ram was asleep but had bases bigger than anything ive ever seen. Also he was dark chocolate in color and was a tank of a sheep. I dialed them in at 900 yards and just waited. I didnt want to shoot as i was alone and they were in a hell hole.
I also had my sights set on a 35? sheep. So i decided to look for more. About an hour later i realized how bad i was hurting and how hard a packout would be alone so i returned to the big group.
By this time they had all moved up the hill and were on top where a packout would be all down hill. In addition, the tank was now standing and oh man was he a monster. I can honestly say hes the biggest bodied sheep ive ever seen. When he stood next to the 31?ish he dwarfed him everywhere except length. I wasnt concerned and decided to setup for a shot.
I moved to the nearest available point and setup to discover they were only 600 yards. I took my time setting up the 338 lapua. I took no time relocating the chocolate titan in my scope. He turned broad side and the 250 gr hollow point took out his entire right shoulder.
Upon examination he had 13 years of rings, 13? bases and 30? horns. I was expecting 28? horns so i was really shocked. I guess the younger sheep was over 32? but i would have still shot the same one. Besides now the younger ones can have some ewes as the big guy was breeding them all and not sharing lol.
All i can say is wow. The oct hunt is amazing.
I had heard the rut was in october and was interested to see if there was any truth to this.
Well 4 hours into the hunt i found a group with 47 ewes and 3 rams. One ram i estimated to be 31? or there about. This ram was young and had no mass so i was a little hesitant.
The 2nd ram was a little older with good mass and super wide but no curl and i did not like his length.
The 3rd ram was asleep but had bases bigger than anything ive ever seen. Also he was dark chocolate in color and was a tank of a sheep. I dialed them in at 900 yards and just waited. I didnt want to shoot as i was alone and they were in a hell hole.
I also had my sights set on a 35? sheep. So i decided to look for more. About an hour later i realized how bad i was hurting and how hard a packout would be alone so i returned to the big group.
By this time they had all moved up the hill and were on top where a packout would be all down hill. In addition, the tank was now standing and oh man was he a monster. I can honestly say hes the biggest bodied sheep ive ever seen. When he stood next to the 31?ish he dwarfed him everywhere except length. I wasnt concerned and decided to setup for a shot.
I moved to the nearest available point and setup to discover they were only 600 yards. I took my time setting up the 338 lapua. I took no time relocating the chocolate titan in my scope. He turned broad side and the 250 gr hollow point took out his entire right shoulder.
Upon examination he had 13 years of rings, 13? bases and 30? horns. I was expecting 28? horns so i was really shocked. I guess the younger sheep was over 32? but i would have still shot the same one. Besides now the younger ones can have some ewes as the big guy was breeding them all and not sharing lol.
All i can say is wow. The oct hunt is amazing.
