First Stones

[mfarrally]

I'll put some pictures in the gallery if someone can transfer them to this thread, cheers
The trip was so short i didn't take many pics

[BlacktailStalker]

Mike thats awesome, congrats to both of you.
First year and you both "walk right in to sheep" ! Unreal.
Good write up :)

[mfarrally]

More pics of the other ram to come later in the week when i get my camera back

[whitetailsheds]

That's great, good job boys! Thanks for feeding the sheep fever, Can't wait for the photos!

[Gateholio]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/6570_113251803556_506398556_2330515_1810372_n.jpg

[Everett]

Nice looking sheep congrats. Any idea what your pack weighed on the way out?

[Kitimat Killer]

hey way to go on the sheep thats an awesome ram and both get a ram congrats big time

kk

[Wild Images]

Now your hooked, never look back
Congratulations :grin:

[mfarrally]

Nice looking sheep congrats. Any idea what your pack weighed on the way out?

The pack had to be at least 90-100 minimum. Even after i got rid of most of my food. I still have bad pack rubs on my hips. We would make it a couple hundred feet and have to sit and rest for a minute then go on. 90-100 lbs is just a guess, it could have been way more.

[Mtnhunter]

Great story, Great Rams!! Congratulations to you and your buddy!

[Bowtime]

congrats boy. great to see some rams down!!

[leadpillproductions]

Way To Go I Can't Wait , We Leave On The 29 For 15 Days Hope We Are As Lucky As You Guy's.

[plumbob]

great job nice rams.

[Blainer]

I was waiting for the story ever since you posted the picture in the gallery,and it was better than I expected.2 Rams!
Good on ya!

[kyleklassen]

what kind of truck were you hunting from.?

[andrew hill]

congrates on the rams

[kennyj]

Congratulations!Those are beauties for sure.
kenny

[hunter1947]

Great going on getting the job done ,not many hunters that go on there first sheep hunt can accomplish what you two did ,two sheep is unreal ,Good going on your first sheep hunt as for your story http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

[Nimrod]

the pack in and out tested me physically and mentally

I found on my first sheep hunt that even with being in excellent physical condition I underestimated the toll packing that much weight takes on your body. when you push thru that pain and realize what your capable of the mental growth you get from that experience is incredible.

Huge congrats to you and your partner....love the 123 shoot... that's awesome.

[olharley guy]

Howdy, excellent job for your first hunt. Being out there for the first day is what I used to do most of the time, before the guide or whoever has chased them around and made them nervous.
After every hunt we would say that is the last time for sheep but within a week or two when our bodies healed we were planning the next years hunt. Later

[d6dan]

:grin:Congrats there boys!. Great looking sheep. Now your hooked!!!:grin:

[Fisher-Dude]

Congrats guys! Nice lookin' rams!

[325 wsm]

Congrats on your first stones

[guest]

YOU'VE NOW BEEN HIT WITH THE BUG, Congrats to you guys, good things come to those that work so hard.
Thanks for sharing.
CT

[007]

congrats! very nice looking ram!

[WaterSkeeter]

Congrats guys, sounds like a blast

[goatdancer]

Congrats, and a double header on opening day! Wow!!!! Nice sheep. I like the colour. How many km per day did you do?

[gbear]

Congrats! Great work guys!

[mr.280]

Congrats guy's great looking rams! It's nice when a plan comes together. I got a double header on my first stones sheep as well,only I didn't now the guy before I arrived solo in toad river,but we hooked up and bagged, check it out.
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss186/frederick280/45.jpg

[mr.280]

there's nothing like a great stones sheep hunt! I can't wait to see some more posts of this years hunt.
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss186/frederick280/43.jpghttp://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss186/frederick280/44.jpg

[J_T]

Yup, congrats. Great story. I appreciated the honesty and way you told it. Excellent story.

[whitetailsheds]

Double header...awesome! Both look to be 8 - 8.5 years old. How soon before season opener were you on the hill?

[mr.280]

these rams were taken on Aug.3 and we were up there on the 31st of july,both aged at 8.5
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss186/frederick280/P1000091.jpg

[valleycowboy]

thanx for the story and great pics!!
congrats to you guys.

[porcupine]

Congrulations on a great hunt! Those are trophies you'll remember all your life.
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[moosehunter21]

Great story, Beautiful looking rams. Doing a taxi job?

[muleyman]

Congrats Good looking sheep.

[The Hermit]

Awesome!! Did yoiu see the outfitter on the way back out? That would have been funny FTW!!!

[Deaddog]

Great job guys, congrats

[rifleman]

Wow Way To Go You Guys. Sure Gets The Blood Pumpin Reading Your Story. Now Yer Hooked. Sheep Hunting Is The Best.

[Mik]

Congrats on the Rams. Great story.

[thehammer]

Funny I just read an article about this guy in Western Game Warden. The title should be "Too many Stones". Anyways he dosn't have his horns anymore and he's $2500 poorer.
Quote from the article, "The file began in August 2009, when a story titled "first Stones" was posted on the on-line forum website"

[budismyhorse]

Would explain the sudden "edit" made to the story;)

curious to the circumstances.......

[KodiakHntr]

What was the edit?

[.300WSMImpact!]

does that picture show an illegal ram? would like to know what he did wrong, if I ever get out sheep hunting I dont make the same mistake

[The Dawg]

does that picture show an illegal ram? would like to know what he did wrong, if I ever get out sheep hunting I dont make the same mistake

I think it was too many they shot

[thehammer]

In short, he killed a RAM in August, posted pictures in the Forum. Then shot another Ram without a license in a closed area and only took the horns and cape. This time he posted pictures on Facebook. Someone got wise and turned him in. Was charged in 2010 but in March 2012 it went to a hearing and they tacked on another 3 year hunting suspesion on him.

[huntcoop]

Maybe the OP can explain the true story.......this is awesome, wonder if Willy was the narc?

[.300WSMImpact!]

Well I guess I don't have to worry about making that mistake

[Jack Russell]

Nice to see braggarts getting their justice. So much for my thoughts about hunters being honest human beings, and sheep hunters being what I consider a "pinnacle hunter".

[Gateholio]

Nice to see braggarts getting their justice. So much for my thoughts about hunters being honest human beings, and sheep hunters being what I consider a "pinnacle hunter".

Pinnacle, that's funny. :)

Sheep hunters are no different form any other human being. They are mostly good and don't break laws. There are some that are greedy and do. And then there are the outfitters. :) :)

[Darksith]

Nice to see braggarts getting their justice. So much for my thoughts about hunters being honest human beings, and sheep hunters being what I consider a "pinnacle hunter".
well you just can't overcome the "stupid" factor. He was so desperate to prove how successful he was by posting his crimes on the internet that it ended up biting him in the ass, and rightfully so. Im sure someone on HBC was part of the reason he got busted, so that should put us "hunters" on even street in the eyes of Mr Karma :)

[mfarrally]

Yup the guy I went hunting with that year for stones did something real dumb on another trip later that season. I was NOT there and dont know all the details but he is paying for his mistakes and has been for a couple years now. Havent hunted stones with him since. I was not involved in the incident in any way so I am going to stay out of it. Start another thread if you wanna talk about an incident that has nothing to do with the original thread.
MF

[Darksith]

Yup the guy I went hunting with that year for stones did something real dumb on another trip later that season. I was NOT there and dont know all the details but he is paying for his mistakes and has been for a couple years now. Havent hunted stones with him since. I was not involved in the incident in any way so I am going to stay out of it. Start another thread if you wanna talk about an incident that has nothing to do with the original thread.
MF

We all make mistakes, especially when we are younger as he appears to be...everyone should be given a second chance though IMO. No one is perfect

[thehammer]

Actually this does have lots to do with the origianl thread, in the CO's words. "The file began August 2009 when a story titled "first Stones" was posted on an on-line forum". Also I see you edited the thread in 2010? humm

[mfarrally]

Wow your quite the detective hammer. After I had heard about this incident I obviously deleted any association on this site with the person in question. I think most people would do the same.

[mfarrally]

In short, he killed a RAM in August, posted pictures in the Forum. Then shot another Ram without a license in a closed area and only took the horns and cape. This time he posted pictures on Facebook. Someone got wise and turned him in. Was charged in 2010 but in March 2012 it went to a hearing and they tacked on another 3 year hunting suspesion on him.

Wrong again, The hunt in august was a great one and the incident in question was later on in the season when I was not there. Again Im not sure of all the details and apparently neither are you
PS there were no pictures ever posted on this thread of poached sheep

[huntcoop]

He was a hunting buddy and you don't know all the details :roll: really?

[thehammer]

Again why would you edit the tread a YEAR after the last person had responded to the thread. A suspicious person would think either something incriminated your friend. If not why change things?

[Gateholio]

He already said why- He didn't want o be associated with the incident.