another sheep tag

[leatherneck]

I see a new avatar coming

[knobby]

Congratulations on the tag, and the Bighorn is an obvious bow choice for this hunt. Looking forward to tagging along.

[cacciatore]

Good luck Scott,I am next to you.I love also the bow of choice you couldn't find a better one for a CO bighorn hunt.
I think they are still excellent bows.

[Gen273]

WOW, That is great!!!

[Tree Killer]

I look forward to reading all about your upcoming sheep hunt Scott, congrats on the tag.

This is my 39th year applying for an Oregon bighorn tag, so maybe it will be MY lucky year as well.    

[HornHunter]

Vince-- thanks bud, 16 for me, I still remember how
get in shape, get in shape, get in shape, these are the three things I am working on right now

good grief this hurts, right now I am just hiking a STEEP hill once a week, later on i will do some other stuff, but for now it is picking the ol horn up and making a shot, getting my gear togeather because once the snow clears every waking moment will be put into scouting, scouting scouting, and when the time comes I want to just grab this bag and that pack and it is good to go,
no question if i need this or that, it will be decided long befor.

this is nothing short of the olympics for me and my wife, the tag we dream about---well other then that shiras bull tag--which jan had last year,,

cool should i post a pic of that as well?  had my best friends from the landocheese out here? they shared the fun


Ron good grief 39  WOW that is dedication

[Bigriver]

Yep, that was much fun! Cant wait to photo a dead bighorn & a happy hornhunter.

 

[HornHunter]

that was a day of butchering, but as you can see we had top knotch help

sharing the hunt is so very important, good friends and good times

[Jeff D. Holchin]

Scott, thanks for the update and I hope this continues for those of us who love sheep hunting.  You seem to be well prepared already.  That photo of your den and the winter/lion killed rams and sheds shows how much boot time you have spent in that unit already.

[HornHunter]

well its going to be a while befor any alpine scouting, still alot of snow in them thar hills
6/15/11

 

many of you have been here it is the Alpine visitor center in Rocky Mountain National Park looking west

more important though it is the Continental Divide just a few miles south is my sheep area

the snow is melting quickly now but it will still be late july- early august before we can get to the places I want to scout.

probably will have to kayak to my sheep mountain  

[cacciatore]

Good luck Scott.
The snow is melting here time to scout.

[bayhunter]

congrulations and good luck!      

[Hud]

Who said, no pain no gain must have been thinking of sheep hunting. Sixteen is a long time; got your running shoes and weights.      

[HornHunter]

hud
I got good boots and a back pack, much prefer to hike to get into sheep shape,

I will ride a bike later on this summer to help build stamina, and I mean a real bike SINGLE speed big tires-up hill

mental toughness is about 75% of sheep hunting, you can prep, scout , get in top shape, but if you quit it is all for nothing I have seen many first time sheep hunters, train like olympians, buy the most expsensive gear,scout like they should and after 3 days on the mountain hunting  by themselves they go home.

I have a much different approach to sheep hunting or any type mountain hunting , when season gets here I start out slow, very slow,I  set up a good camp, lay around get used to the altitude, shoot my bow, fish a little, then as the season progresses i get stronger,(actually building more red blood cells, the ones that carry oxygen) and by the end of the season few people can keep up with me...and thats not bragging, but mental as well as physical  conditioning, if you burn out the first few days you are in real trouble, cause it does not get any easier in fact it gets tougher, because you are losing weight-strength,
and you think you should be doing somthing else.

It takes a real faith to stay strong by yourself away from your daily routines for a long period of time.

I think that is most rewarding , being able to not only survive but excel in the wilderness.

[k9bowman]

Congratulations, must be nice. I haven't had that amount of luck yet but, still trying.

[Jeff D. Holchin]

HornHunter, isn't it time for another update?    

You can't hold a tag that good and not share every gory detail with us sheep addicts....

[HornHunter]

OK

so just a quick up date on the scouting--which isnt really happening where I want it too- still a lot of snow at the 10k level

 

picture looks smokey?  thats snow fog from melting snow

this is an area just north of where I want to look for rams, no animals yet, just a few deer tracks, no elk, no moose, no nothing other then snow birds?

but its melting fast been in the high 90's in the low country last couple weeks, lots of monsoon rain storms -which are early

So I have been looking in the lower elevations where I have hunted and found rams before, and they are there, unfortunatly my camera was dead when I found them, so with new battery, and renewed gusto I will go back and gets some pictures of these posers.

so here is a couple of pics from the country I will be hunting

 

[Shinken]

Beautiful country!

Lookin' forward to more scoutin' & huntin' pics!

Enjoy the journey!

Shoot straight, Shinken

   

[Bigriver]

Hell wit those sheep, how are my elk doing?

[HornHunter]

oh ya about those elk....a...er...are they the big brown ones?