I returned from my Dall Sheep hunt a few weeks ago and thought I'd share it. I ended up hunting through Knik Glacier Adventures and Braun Kopsack. They are a great outfit in every way and I'd highly reccommend them to anyone. My guide was Tim and he was outstanding.
I flew into Anchorage on August 18th and ended up spending the night at Tims house. The next day we drove to Talkeetna and flew out via float plane in the afternoon. The flight in was spectacular. We landed in a small lake then traversed around 5 miles to our spike camp.
We ended up seeing rams right away once we arrived at spike camp. Over the next 3 days we saw numerous rams each day and one day we saw 14 rams - they seemed to be everywhere but we also put on a lot of miles. The third day I passed up a legal ram that was a bit thin horned and broomed on one side. On the fifth day we had exhausted the drainages near our spike camp so decided to move to another area to set up camp.
We arrived on the night of Day 5 and the next morning we were fogged in until around 2 PM. I felt the downtime was needed as we had a few long exhausting days and I developed a few hot spots on my feet and toes. I took a nap in my warm sleeping bag and read about 50 pages in my paperback.
Then we headed to the top of the mountain and looked for our sheep.
I flew into Anchorage on August 18th and ended up spending the night at Tims house. The next day we drove to Talkeetna and flew out via float plane in the afternoon. The flight in was spectacular. We landed in a small lake then traversed around 5 miles to our spike camp.
We ended up seeing rams right away once we arrived at spike camp. Over the next 3 days we saw numerous rams each day and one day we saw 14 rams - they seemed to be everywhere but we also put on a lot of miles. The third day I passed up a legal ram that was a bit thin horned and broomed on one side. On the fifth day we had exhausted the drainages near our spike camp so decided to move to another area to set up camp.
We arrived on the night of Day 5 and the next morning we were fogged in until around 2 PM. I felt the downtime was needed as we had a few long exhausting days and I developed a few hot spots on my feet and toes. I took a nap in my warm sleeping bag and read about 50 pages in my paperback.
Then we headed to the top of the mountain and looked for our sheep.