Dall Sheep Pics [Archive]

kootenayelkslayer

03-21-2008, 02:13 PM

Just scanned a couple pics of a ram we got a few summers ago. Thought you sheep guys might like to take a look... Sheep season isn't too far away now :smile:

12 year old ram, broomed to 35" and 37", scored 164!
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Krico

03-21-2008, 02:21 PM

Wow! Great ram!

HEAVY8)

srupp

03-21-2008, 02:41 PM

yuppers thats a keeper for sure.!!!!! well done ...you dont seem so happy kinda blank look on your face SMILE hes a beaut..

Steven

mainland hunter

03-21-2008, 02:43 PM

nice ram, what are the bases? if you know

kootenayelkslayer

03-21-2008, 02:57 PM

14 and some change i think... 14.5" i believe. Don't remember exactly though

boxhitch

03-21-2008, 03:48 PM

Nice old Monarch. From BC ?

kootenayelkslayer

03-21-2008, 03:52 PM

Nice old Monarch. From BC ?

From the NWT

bruin

03-21-2008, 04:49 PM

That's a great ram! Pics and no story, gotta say, I'm kinda disappointed!

kootenayelkslayer

03-21-2008, 05:01 PM

That's a great ram! Pics and no story, gotta say, I'm kinda disappointed!

The story is too long Bruin haha. It took us forever to get that ram. He was a smart bugger. Are you going up there this year for sure?? If so, get Tavis to tell you the story of the "Professor". It's quite a story

tracker

03-21-2008, 05:42 PM

I see a 45/70 in the background,did you take the sheep with it or another rifle? :roll:

kootenayelkslayer

03-21-2008, 05:59 PM

I see a 45/70 in the background,did you take the sheep with it or another rifle? :roll:

Nope, thats a 30-30. One of the guys I was working with packs that thing as his bear defense gun :shock:
And no, the sheep wasn't shot with that. Client hit it at 360 yards right through the throat with a .270 wsm. Very lucky shot

boxhitch

03-21-2008, 09:14 PM

Tavis ?? NWT ??
Reminds me of hikin' up the Fossil. And being snowed in at Goober. In July.

Bighorn hunter

03-21-2008, 11:46 PM

Dandy old ram Kootenayelkslayer, thanks for sharing

bhh

hunter1947

03-22-2008, 05:52 AM

I see a 45/70 in the background,did you take the sheep with it or another rifle? :roll:
I don't see a scope on that 45/70 as well ??? ,very nice ram as for being a very low number of Dall sheep hear in BC. That one is a hell of a nice Ram.

bruin

03-22-2008, 10:58 AM

The story is too long Bruin haha. It took us forever to get that ram. He was a smart bugger. Are you going up there this year for sure?? If so, get Tavis to tell you the story of the "Professor". It's quite a story

That's the plan, Have you decided what you're doing this year?? I'll ask for sure, was it a hunt you were on?

BCrams

03-22-2008, 11:44 AM

I don't see a scope on that 45/70 as well ??? ,very nice ram as for being a very low number of Dall sheep hear in BC. That one is a hell of a nice Ram.

The ram was taken in the Northwest Territories with Arctic Red River Outfitters.

Here's a brochure of their rams on their website. Lots of rams and lots of good ones to.

http://www.arcticred-nwt.com/

kootenayelkslayer

03-22-2008, 01:46 PM

That's the plan, Have you decided what you're doing this year?? I'll ask for sure, was it a hunt you were on?

I'm going to be working for Stan Simpson this year (Ramhead Outfitters). But ya that was the first hunt of the season in 2006. Tavis, another guide named Jeremy (who should be working there again this year) and I were on that hunt.

On the picture below, up around the corner where I circled is where that ram died :shock:. Talk about a scary retrieval. We shot down on him from the top of the mountain, but couldn't get down to him. So we had to head back and walk all the way around the mountain and back up the other side. The ram died right on the edge of a cliff that dropped into a huge hole underneath the snowpack, had he rolled off the edge he would've been lost forever.
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Tinney

03-22-2008, 01:57 PM

Hells ya man, that's country to hunt in

kootenayelkslayer

03-22-2008, 02:14 PM

Hells ya man, that's country to hunt in

Finally we agree on something.
I have to post some more scenery pics. I can't wait to head back up north again!

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kootenayelkslayer

03-22-2008, 02:15 PM

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Stone Sheep Steve

03-22-2008, 02:34 PM

Great pics! Those are ones that definitely give me "those" feelings:cool:.

And they say the white sheep are easy to spot?? Looks like that big guy knew how to hide!

SSS

bayou

03-22-2008, 02:38 PM

KES
Very nice pictures what camp are you gona be guiding out of for Stan Simpson.

kootenayelkslayer

03-22-2008, 02:49 PM

KES
Very nice pictures what camp are you gona be guiding out of for Stan Simpson.

No clue. Sounds like I'll be doing a couple hunts along with another guide, and then i'll get cut loose on my own. Don't know many details though. Have you worked there before?

bruin

03-22-2008, 02:51 PM

kootenayelkslayer

03-22-2008, 02:54 PM

Great pics! Those are ones that definitely give me "those" feelings:cool:.

And they say the white sheep are easy to spot?? Looks like that big guy knew how to hide!

SSS

That ram practically ran through our camp early one morning along the valley bottom in a desperate attempt to get to that ugly terrain that you saw the pictures of. He wanted to get there because he figured he'd be safe i guess... but that wasn't quite the case :smile:

kootenayelkslayer

03-22-2008, 02:59 PM

Great scenery pictures, some rugged mountains but the valleys look like good travelling country. Did you get in on some of the moose and bou hunts or strictly sheep? Did you have any trouble with bears up there, Kelly was saying they're pretty thick?
I met a couple of Stan's guides this year, actually going to school with them, sounds like they do alot of work with horses too.
How did you like sheep hunting with pack dogs?

We were hunting caribou along with the sheep, but I left before any of the moose backpack hunts started (thank god). Ya theres lots of bears, but i'm sure your use to that by now;). There were never too many problems, except for a couple late night visits and stolen caribou meat. And one story that involves a charging bear and a guide down with a broken leg... You'll have to ask Jeremy about that one when you get up there.
Pack dog was great! He could pack 50 pounds. Tough dog.

bruin

03-22-2008, 03:06 PM

I've had a couple of run-ins and some tense moments but not the density you guys would have had, should make things interesting:eek:! Can't wait to get up there! I passed your pictures on to one of my hunters for this year (hope you don't mind), should get him fired up a little, I definitely am.

bayou

03-22-2008, 03:08 PM

KES
Ya I was up there outa the backpack camp (keele camp) run jet boats up the river then hike from there, quit a few years ago though.

MattB

03-22-2008, 04:27 PM

KES
Ya I was up there outa the backpack camp (keele camp) run jet boats up the river then hike from there, quit a few years ago though.

How come you guys call it Keele camp? Ive ridden horses all the way around keele peak and then crossed the rogue river. Definetely some nice country up there!

Keele peak

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bayou

03-22-2008, 06:34 PM

Im guessing it was called the keele camp for its on the keele river I think the one that runs into it across from camp is the twitcha I would have to try and find old maps to get the names right. Yes it was very nice country and held some very impressive animals and by the looks of stans web site still does.