LAST EDITED ON Aug-30-15 AT 09:46PM (MST)[p]The third day of hunting I was staring to lose the kick in my legs. Too much pizza, beer, wings, etc.. may have been taking their toll. However, I still made my way to the top of the mountain and started looking for the sheep we left when the storm approached the night before.
Well, we actually walked past the sheep, which were in the canyon below us. Had we slowed down a little, we may have had them at 300 yards. However, they were hidden below us and we missed them. When we found them we were caught in the open at 650 yards. The sheep were moving higher on the hillside and our only hope was for a miracle. I didn't want a long shot on my ram. I can shoot fairly far, but wanted a shot of under 400 yards (which to a Midwest Boy is still a long way).
Below us on the Mountain River was a large fog bank. I told Rob that it would be awesome if the Lord would bless us and place that fog up where we were and allow us to head for cover behind the large hill behind us. Sure enough an hour later the fog bank rolled in for just long enough for us (me) to run/climb to the protection of the hill. We then worked 3/4 of a mile around the hill to where we may be able to approach the rams. We figured we would at least be hidden where we now were.
As fast as the fog bank lifted another bank rolled in which allowed us to run directly at the rams. Our best guess is that we would end up 450-500 yards from the sheep. We ran hard and when the fog started to thin we dropped down on the mountain, set up the packs as a rest and got ready for the shot.
Trying to range through the fog was difficult. Rob must have seen the rams, because he kept asking me if I could get a range. My Leica's kept reading 34 yards, but I really could only see 30 yards at the most. Then, all of a sudden the fog quickly lifted and I was awestruck by the view of two ten year old rams bedded in front of me on the mountain.
I asked Rob what his rangefinder said. He responded "336", I then checked mine and came up with "334". I knew then that I was going to actually harvest a Dall ram!
