Dreaming and the Marco Polo Sheep

[Budog56]

The recent dream hunt thread and my wonderful (boring) job got me to thinking and well ..DREAMING..usually it is about being feet away from a giant yukon moose that just came crashing throught the brush to see who was calling, or picking a spot on a dall or bighorn high in the mountains and hoping he dont go off  the giant cliff on his right, or up in montana calling that big bull that just wont commit from his safe 50 yards, or running behind the beller of hounds that just treed a giant cat awaiting the arrow to find its mark or to simply leave it there for another day..also the great campfires I hope to share with many of my fellow tradgangers and my dad and best friend steve. But today my mind got to wandering about the Marco Polo sheep I read somewhere that 500 yards is normal and 300 is the average shot..Is this because they just shoot when they get a good shot or is it really impossible to get in bow range..Has anyone ever tried it with trad gear or is DREAMING all that is possible?

[vermonster13]

It's been done with a bow. Gary Bogner did it, I just don't know which bow he used when he did it. He hunts both recurve and compound.

[Steve O]

All compounds to my knowledge.  Archie Nesbit, Jack Frost, Tom Hoffman.  If Bogner did it, he did it with Hoyt wheels.  Those Gobi Mountains are OPEN!

[vermonster13]

Bogner did it in 1991, he was the first to get one with a bow in modern history. Hoyt talks about his using a recurve then and doesn't try to take credit for it with their compounds. That's why I'm not positive about what he used.

[Mark Maves]

Tom Hoffman was the guest speaker at the AK Bowhunters Assoc. last month and he had incredible video of his hunts.  He had video of him and Jack within 15 yards of gigantic Marco Polo sheep.  They have both taken them, but with compounds.  The price of the  hunts over there didn't sound too outrageous compared to the costs of coming up here to hunt with an outfitter.  One can only dream....

[Jerry Jeffer]

There just isn't any cover out there. Wide open.

[Budog56]

Wide open and it may tend to get cold to. the 60 degrees it is in my dream aint gonna happen...thats how I know im dreamin..lol

[Rick McGowan]

I just got back from hunting in the Gobi mountains, we had Argali sheep in the area we hunted and I actually saw five of them the last day. The area they live in is gently rolling hills for miles and miles. Finding them would be hard, getting close would be nearly impossible, there just isn't anything to hide behind.