August 1 , 2010 Stone Ram Hunt

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Stealing BCRams idea here. Our hunt was much shorter but here goes.

We took off from the Muskwa boat launch, And planned on hunting the headwaters of Zippermouth Creek. Here is the captain launching his boat.

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Here is myself and lordbrown packed up, ready to rock. My noble beast Jake is on his first sheep hunt.

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Found an outfitter camp the first night. No one was home. The camp was in pretty rough shape. We could tell it had been used last year. It was 8:00 PM August 30th, and since no one was there, we decided it wouldnt hurt if we slept the night there and took off early in the morning. Here we are having hot dogs, happy as hell to be sleeping in a cabin this night since it was starting to rain.

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At 10:30 PM a 10 horse pack string showed up with guide, hunters, wrangler, and cook. Needless to say the guide was not happy. We went from being in bed, a real bed, to hitting the trail in the dark and rain. Not a very good deal. Here is our new accomodation for the first night.

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Midnight, still in shock over being booted out of bed.

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[rollingrock]

Oh no...not another one! Just to see if I'm taking the first row seat here! Waiting...:D

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The next morning brought some sunshine.

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And an amazingly groomed outfitter horse trail!!

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We arrived at the upper Zippermouth and found a nice place to set up camp where we could glass 2 sides of the valley and have the odd dip in the creek. It was hot as hell July 31.

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No tent.... bug nets were a must. No sleep without em.

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[OutWest]

Keep it coming!

[BlacktailStalker]

Another good thread in the making.
How do you like the Neo Air mattress?
I really like mine...

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lordbrown found 5 rams, and 2 goats July 31. We decided that one of them was worth a close look. We were pretty sure he was legal, and had a good feeling 2 more were as well. We put them to bed with the intention of waking up with them and getting into position during the morning.

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[r106]

wtf lets go LOL. I better just wait till mornin

looks good so far
If there is a good looking girl on horse in your trip you better have taken a photo unlike those other yah hews
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Of course it started to rain at 5:00 AM opening day. We did get a glimpse of the rams before the clouds really socked in, they were right where we wanted them =). We hit the trail dry but were soaked in minutes.

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4 hours later we were where we figured we needed to be. One problem. We couldnt see 40 feet.

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[Stone Sheep Steve]

This is getting good!
I, especially, enjoyed the pic of you two burning the G/O's firewood!:mrgreen:

SSS

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OK, the suns out, the clouds pissed off. We made a good call on where we figured we should get to so we would be in range to age the rams and shoot one if we decided to. We were ready to rock. But no rams....

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lordbrown comes through again. He spies this guy much higher than we expected them to be. This ram is a legal 8 year old, curled right to the nose, but not quite what we were after. We knew there was one better one in this group and we wanted to find him. There was another legal ram just like this guy in the group. There were also two 3/4 curl "dinks".

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[troutseeker]

It's getting interesting!

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At 3:30 PM the other 4 rams come out on the run to feed. They were lower than the one we found bedded up higher. The first ram out stopped to eat at 401 yards. 30 seconds later we got a look at the one we wanted to see, a nice 9 year old broomed ram. lordbrown took a quick photo of his view down the gun before he made 2 great shots. Double lung x2.

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And a minute later after we watched the ram roll ass over teakettle down the slope. It always ends up being steeper than you thought doesnt it?

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Finally I can take my eyeball out of my scope.

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Who doesnt love this feeling, success. Nothing better than when your plans work out.

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[Kitimat Killer]

this is getting really good day 1 and already a ram down way to go guys

kk

[troutseeker]

Now the "hiking" starts, lol. Looks nice and steep!

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The poor ol sheep fell pretty far. Saved us some climbing though, and did minimal damage. Here is where he ended up.

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And here is a happy lordbrown. His second stone ram. An upgrade to his first by quite a margin. Good job Brown.

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And the group photo. Now the work begins!

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[d6dan]

Boys, thats a beauty Ram!.. Sure has a dark cape. Congrats so far..:-D..Good story telling too...

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Caped, deboned, and ready to go. 3 hour walk down to camp. On the way down I ended up kicking a log that had a bee nest in it. lordbrown got a bee up his shirt that started to sting him. He screamed at me to get the Eff out of the way. So here we are, 2 guys loaded with sheep, trying to RUN down a steep wet hill. Needless to say it was pretty ugly and we both ended up falling down and nearly getting hurt bad, but god did I laugh. Almost peed. I just had to add that.

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After finishing the caping in camp.

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[troutseeker]

Sweet, so one down and one to go?

[Alpine85]

Thanks for posting up the picture story!!! Congrats to you guys on a nice heavy ram.

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And a beauty walk out of the mountains. We had to walk BACK through the outfitter camp, loaded. We were ready for battle, but it went much smoother than we expected. The guide was very polite and congratulated Brown on his ram. He even half ass scored it for us =). We both agreed that under different circumstances we would probably enjoy a bullshit and beers together. They had gotten a ram on opening day as well, so his hunter was happy as the pressure was off. Id hate to be in his shoes when he had to explain to his hunter that residents arent "normally" sleeping in their beds when they arrive.

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In the end it was a great hunt. I need new rain gear, and my right boot isnt water proof anymore....

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This is getting good!
I, especially, enjoyed the pic of you two burning the G/O's firewood!:mrgreen:

SSS

You know I never even thought of that..... all I could think about was how shitty the shape was of his axe....

[Bighorn hunter]

Thanks for another great thread.

great job guys
BH

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wtf lets go LOL. I better just wait till mornin

looks good so far
If there is a good looking girl on horse in your trip you better have taken a photo unlike those other yah hews


Nope, no ladies. Sausage party all around.

[Krico]

Caped, deboned, and ready to go. 3 hour walk down to camp. On the way down I ended up kicking a log that had a bee nest in it. lordbrown got a bee up his shirt that started to sting him. He screamed at me to get the Eff out of the way. So here we are, 2 guys loaded with sheep, trying to RUN down a steep wet hill.

Funny - I just got rid of a nasty yellowjacket nest under my front porch...and was thinking how schitty that exact situation would be to get stuck in...Tenacious got it pretty good a few years ago

Thanks for the good read. Congrats on the ram!

[Jordo]

Great pics, great story! Thanks for sharing!

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Another good thread in the making.
How do you like the Neo Air mattress?
I really like mine...

lordbrown loves his Neo. I love my thermarest. They are both awesome IMO.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Dandy Ram!! Congrats to you and your buddy....but you made it sound waaaaaaaaaaay too easy!:wink:

SSS

[kennyj]

Congratulations on your great ram. Enjoyed the story and photos. Next best thing to being there.
kenny

[Caveman]

Great Job Guys! Congrats!

[hillclimber]

Congrats on the ram. Looks like you guys had a blast! Did you guys get another ram or just the one?

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Congrats on the ram. Looks like you guys had a blast! Did you guys get another ram or just the one?

Just the one. We let 2 in that small band walk away. Theres alot more season to go. I plan to try for a good one a couple more times this season.....

[Duk Dog]

Congrats! Well done.

[Peacepipe]

Congrats on a nice ram. How did the pooch like the trip? Carry his own food?

[BCrams]

Congrats on a very nice ram!! Thats a nice looking cabin!

[pmj]

Congratulations on a great hunt. http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif Thanks for all the great photos. Having the ones of both of you walking away from the camera adds a nice touch (and takes a lot of extra time). That is beautiful country. Nice ram.

[BCbillies]

Id hate to be in his shoes when he had to explain to his hunter that residents arent "normally" sleeping in their beds when they arrive.

All residents should try this at least once . . . reminds me of an old fairytale involving 3 bears!

Nice ram. Thanks for sharing the story and the photos.

[325]

Great ram! I love these sheep posts!

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Congrats on a nice ram. How did the pooch like the trip? Carry his own food?

Jake carried his food and some of mine!

[slicky72]

Great post and fantastic pictures too, thanks for sharing your adventure .

[Rackmastr]

Great ram, great read....great pics!!

[cavebear]

great hunt, awsome read, thanks for sharing :-D:-D

[BimmerBob]

Great read on a successful stone hunt, thanks so much for sharing and congratulations!

[mpotzold]

Great photos & accompanying story! This is what Hunting BC is all about!

[SR80]

great story, i loved all the pics and little details, thanks!

[Maxx]

Jake carried his food and some of mine!


AWESOME ram, Congrats to you both!! How was your dog on the final stalk?

[whitetailsheds]

Thanks for posting! Another Stone's down...congrats boys!

[meat hunter]

Great photos, Great story, I love a happy ending.

[blackbart]

Thanks for sharing. Congrats to the "three of you".

[Mtnhunter]

Way to go boys! Nothing beats time spent in the mountains!

[budismyhorse]

thanks for posting this.......good photos....

am I the only one who really can't tell if there were two or three guys??

.......its late ......

and congrats.....looks like a little research put you in a great spot to hunt.

[Rattler]

Nice ram! Thanks for sharing your hunt with us...

[coach]

Beauty ram! Great pics and story.

[sniper ren]

Congrats on a great hunt!

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thanks for posting this.......good photos....

am I the only one who really can't tell if there were two or three guys??

.......its late ......

and congrats.....looks like a little research put you in a great spot to hunt.

Theres three of us on that trip. Unfortunately most of the pics were taken by buckeye. I gotta ask him if he minds me making him famous before I toss him up on the web.

[uraarchr]

i've pored and pored over my bc backroads mapbook and cant seem to find zippermouth creek?were the heck is it.is it next to shupyertrapandonttellanyonecreek......? Actually good story and very nice ram.mine was a shishkebab ram but ill never forget that hunt.congrats

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Heres all 3 of us headin up river.

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I know guys love to try guessing where pics are taken, so heres an easy one.

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This is for SSS. Sorry for making it look easy. Here is a shot of no mountains, just miles of valley. We walked well past the horizon here.

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After several hours of crappy trails, we found a good one. As Buckeye said, Stevie Wonder could navigate this.

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Solid camp nap. Was damn hot on the 31st. Rams are bedded, seems like a good idea.

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Some misery shots. Pouring rain, steep sections through an old burn. Lots of slipping on wet grass and hidden wet sticks under the wet grass. This is actually way steeper than the picture looks. Had to lock the hubs in this area. The dog handled it alot better than we did.

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And here, Buckeye is startin to think about selling his sheep huntin gear.

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Wet.... Cold.... Wait.

One of those moments where you wonder why you sheep hunt.

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[Stone Sheep Steve]

Thanks for those last pics:). I knew couldn't be quite as easy as I first thought. Not many people take the effort to dig out the camera when the conditions are tough. Makes for some great memories of all the work involved which makes the reward even sweeter!

SSS

[Brambles]

Nice ram, sounds like a great time, thanks for sharing

[steepNdeep]

Sounds like a great hunt! We slept off an afternoon storm on an outfitters deck last year. I can just imagine bein' bein' IN his cabin when he came home! :lol: Nice work!!



I consider myself sort of a "dink" expert...

I"m not a sheep hunter... How does your buddy's rate?

[Rodd]

Great Job! We have taken our dog Stone Sheep Hunting too, just part of the Crew! Nice Country, looks lush for sure. I have shown up and found residents camped in our Outfitters cabin as well while guiding a client, no need to get pissy, I've even shared accomadation with them for the night. No big deal, as long as no-one makes it a big deal. I'm certainly not going to sleep in the rain if there is a empty cabin nearby. Thanks for sharing your awesome adventure! Cheers!

[Deaddog]

great job guys, thanks for the pics, nice looking country!

[griz325]

Great job on the hunt,story and pics congrats

[WoodOx]

great hunt and great sheep

anyone try to age that sucker? with my super-inexperienced eyes I am guessing 9?

[MB_Boy]

Congrats on the ram....and thanks for takin' us all along!!

Great pics to go with the story. :cool:

[rifleman]

awesome job you guys. Love the pictures with the story. Nice broomed off ram.
congrats on a great hunt!!

[Kody94]

Great report, great pics and congrats on the ram! Its always nice to do the walk past the GO camp, "comin out heavy". http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

[ursus]

What an awesome story! Well deserved for sure.

[lordbrown]

Thnx for the comments guys, we should toss some more stories and pics on here, we have alot of em! Quote "I'm so Effing cold.... I'd suck a dick for some sunshine!" LMAO! Nyways... Yea that ram was 9 years old, scored 165 5/8" (Still to be determined by an official measurerer but that was being very modest) What else? Oh the Neo, yea its pretty good, no where near as comfortable as the regular thermarest, but i mean really tough for how light weight it is. Who doesnt like to cut a bit of weight to make room for a lil rum to celebrate with...well the days before the dog, now im getting lazy :P Thnx Jake!

[stoneslinger]

It is awesome to be a young man living so close to such wonderful hunting grounds. Enjoy it to the fullest fellas.

[porcupine]

Nice story, great pictures and great ram. Congratulations.

[trigger]

greatstorey guys. congrats on a great ram

[proguide66]

Good deal Maceliose!!!!....lucky Marty didnt invite you in for dinner....you woulda pissed out your ass for a week,haha

[Jonny outdoors]

Good job,


That's a pretty slick cabin that G/O has put up.

[killer_shot]

Nice to see some people still seekin out some real adventure

thanks for the report, cheers.

[Prowler]

That was a great read. Thanks for puttin it up. Sitkaspruce and I did the same thing 20 years ago. I Found an outfitters cabin in the middle of nowhere, and while Sitka was out for an afternoon Hike, I moved us in:-D
He was worried the guy might show up, but I thought, so what, we will move if he does, and I doubted it anyway, as it was early Sept. We stayed there for a few days, and there was a horse still living in the area, that I would visit with every day. Great memories....

[Buckmaster123]

Sounds like a perfect trip, it nice to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly...it make for a more memorable trip, and makes the adventurous hunter reflexed on there own glory tales, and wish they were back in the mountains hunting again!!!
Congrats

[Call of the Wild]

Great story!!! Beautiful area and very nice ram. Congrad!!!