They're not all "Blue skies and big rams"
We had the best weather going in on the 8th and 9th. Opening day the 10th was socked in until early afternoon for a couple hours. Then socked in until about 7 for a couple hours. Weather came in again and it rained all night and was socked in/rain the entire day of the 11th, all night in into the 12th. The 12th we had a couple hours of visibility as we traveled back further to another destination. During our trek that afternoon the ceiling and the rain fell once again through the night….. as so it went.
At some point this all becomes a wet, grey blur. It rained everyday and night, let up some sometimes. Most of the time the ceiling was low and the ground fog filled the valleys. We had a couple hours scattered here and there between the 10th and 16th that we could see to glass/hunt. We did end up seeing 9 rams, none legal, and about 30+ ewes and lambs. Last time we were in this area 3 years ago we saw legal rams and 15 sub legals, made two unsuccessful stalks and I slipped in a steep chute and dislocated my shoulder. We popped it back in and hunted for 4 more days.
Of course my mind is thinking…. “if we had better weather maybe we could have spotted a legal ram”… but, who knows, that’s Sheep Hunting! It was great to get back to the sheep mountains after not sheep hunting last year. It was also very cool to be packing the 45 Colt BisHunter. Good Lord willing and if our bone structures hold up, we’ll try ‘er again next year!
[video=youtube_share;8XFBbymqoiE]https://youtu.be/8XFBbymqoiE[/video]
We had the best weather going in on the 8th and 9th. Opening day the 10th was socked in until early afternoon for a couple hours. Then socked in until about 7 for a couple hours. Weather came in again and it rained all night and was socked in/rain the entire day of the 11th, all night in into the 12th. The 12th we had a couple hours of visibility as we traveled back further to another destination. During our trek that afternoon the ceiling and the rain fell once again through the night….. as so it went.
At some point this all becomes a wet, grey blur. It rained everyday and night, let up some sometimes. Most of the time the ceiling was low and the ground fog filled the valleys. We had a couple hours scattered here and there between the 10th and 16th that we could see to glass/hunt. We did end up seeing 9 rams, none legal, and about 30+ ewes and lambs. Last time we were in this area 3 years ago we saw legal rams and 15 sub legals, made two unsuccessful stalks and I slipped in a steep chute and dislocated my shoulder. We popped it back in and hunted for 4 more days.
Of course my mind is thinking…. “if we had better weather maybe we could have spotted a legal ram”… but, who knows, that’s Sheep Hunting! It was great to get back to the sheep mountains after not sheep hunting last year. It was also very cool to be packing the 45 Colt BisHunter. Good Lord willing and if our bone structures hold up, we’ll try ‘er again next year!
[video=youtube_share;8XFBbymqoiE]https://youtu.be/8XFBbymqoiE[/video]
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