Mixed Bag from the North - Sheep, Moose & 'Bou

[Flinch]

Got back this weekend from our sheep hunt. I'll try to keep it short. Crummy weather: snow, rain and wind. Packed into a couple of the same valleys I hit last year. On day 4 of the pack trip we got out of the tent at about 11:00am when the snow let up (we had been in the tent since 3:00 pm the previous afternoon). We started up the valley and found a group of 7 ewes and lambs from the day before and they had picked up a 3/4 curl as well that we thought was the same one that we had seen a few days earlier. After checking them over we continued up the valley only to have 7 or 8 rams jump up from being hunkered down right in the valley bottom. They were getting out of dodge so I picked the one that clearly broke the nose and dropped him at 200 yds. There was another on in the same bunch that was badly broken on one side but that would have been legal also, but big E decided to pass. Mine was not an old ram or a hawg, but he is my first and he was hard earned. Packed out that afternoon and got back to base camp at midnight. I had a group of 7 or 8 rams give us the slip in almost the exact same spot last year so it felt very good to capitalize there this year. Spent a few days relaxing (including a few trips to Liard Hot springs. Big E came in one night with a nice caribou - compact frame, but good weight and a bit of everything. I also managed to put down a 10 point moose for the freezer. Could not have asked for a better time - the comeraderie, teasing, food and flatulence were truly exceptional. Something, I think, only we outdoors people really appreciate.

I will try to get some pics up here, but If not maybe someone could retrieve them from my gallery for me.

[Islandeer]

Cool, congrats on your outcome, obviously well earned. Love the flatulence comment!!:roll:

[Flinch]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=6178&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=4093

[The Dawg]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/20071001204454North07_108.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=6176&ppuser=4093)



Great work, but the guy in the middle's feet have to be cold.... Crocs in the snow?

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/20071001204810North07_033.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=6178&ppuser=4093)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/20071001205649North07_105.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=6182&ppuser=4093)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/20071001205259North07_087.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=6181&ppuser=4093)

[StoneChaser]

Great job!

[Dirty]

How old was the ram that you harvested?

[Will]

.... Crocs in the snow?
:lol:

Some Great Critters.....Well done !
Thanks for the look ! :-D

[Greenstone]

Right on! Good for you guys, nice animals and your right it is something only us outdoor people would appreciate.

[ursus]

Good job, nice sheep photos of the ram. beauty cape!

[Orangethunder]

Congrats on all the critters, especially the ram. He is a beauty. Thanks for the pics.

[HighCountry]

Way to go guys good job congrats.

[Fisher-Dude]

Awesome Flinch! Great to see those Hilbaloneys headed up another successful hunt for you guys. And Big E actually woke up long enough to dump a dandy 'bou - who'da thunk?! :-P

[Allen50]

looks like a great hunt, you all had there,,nice hunting boots lets the water out. ha ha ha,,,

[daycort]

great job, nice pics

[Flinch]

the ram is seven years old

we had to drag middle guy from the very warm, cozy wall tent during a snowstorm to get those pics...so never mind the shoes, at least he wasn't in his gonch:eek:

[Robert_G]

Very nice moose, but just looking at a 1000 lb dead weight lying the swamp, and knowing it has to be removed and cleaned.........

[Krico]

Very cool. Seeing all the pics is therapy for my not going on a hunt up north this year...

[BlacktailStalker]

You guys hammered down, nice work. Congrats

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Great Job Flinch! :cool:Nice critters!!
Sounds like you guys made the best of the weather you had!

I''m collecting meat early this year for the banquet:roll:. I'll be right over.


SSS

[BCrams]

Wow .... great hunt guys. Thats a great combo !

[Sieg-MM]

Great work boys. Some great memories for sure.

[Kitimat Killer]

hey way to go on the mixed bag looks like you guys will have lots of meat plus trophys can't beat that

[Rackmastr]

Congrats!!! Nothing bettter than a bull in the water!!

[LoneWulf]

Great work boys. Some great memories for sure.

How did your sheep hunt go, Tyler?

[Alpine85]

Well done guys, great looking animals and nice job on the photos.

[chucknelson]

Awsome hunt. Thanks for sharing.

[one-shot-wonder]

Good stuff Flinch!

Those pics make it even harder to not have been up north with you guys!

Looks like a little different weather than last year.:redface:

How did Fry guy's wall tent work out? Was there a mouse infestation?

When do I pick up some meat for a starving over worked cripple?

[Flinch]

OSW,

The tent was awesome, once they let Big E and I come in...they made us sleep in the dome for a night or two, but when we got back to camp with a sheep at midnight they fired up the shower and moved our cots into the palace for us. Mice were present, but not a big problem as there was a floor in the tent.

[one-shot-wonder]

OSW,

The tent was awesome, once they let Big E and I come in...they made us sleep in the dome for a night or two, but when we got back to camp with a sheep at midnight they fired up the shower and moved our cots into the palace for us. Mice were present, but not a big problem as there was a floor in the tent.

So you had to earn your way into the palace.....shhheesshhh

If I was on the trip and had to sleep in a dome.....I would have unzipped their tent in the night and let a few mice in to wreak havoc. Then they would have let me move in to be on mouse patrol.:lol:

I have heard it is the new way to go now for those boys. I wonder where they go the idea??;-)