Archery Dall hunt

[jcc1590]

Hey y’all been lurking for a while now lots of great info here. Looking to get some information/tips/pointers. I’ll be going on a dall hunt later this year. I’m a life long western hunter and more recently have made the switch to archery only and loving it. Looking for any insight to an archery dall hunt vs a rifle hunt. Will be going with my dad he’s killed two dalls and a stone he has a good amount of insight but he’s not much of a bow hunter. Any bow specific info is much appreciated. Thanks

 

[wildwilderness]

I would say Canada. AK does not have the terrain or numbers of sheep for high success archery hunts*. There are places that are more conducive than others to bow hunt. So I would make sure they have had archery success in that specific area before. Rifle hunts are pretty straight forward though in either place. In my bowhunting experience if there is a rifle at hand, you are most likely going to kill one with it....

*unless you get lucky and draw a TOK tag in AK

 

[jcc1590]

haha have definitely have been told not to bring a rifle. It might be hard to resit the rifle my dad will be hunting with. Im feeling pretty good with the outfitter I have booked in NWT. Just looking for any info/stories/tips from guys who have done it before they seem few and far between online.

 

[Bambistew]

They are far and few between, because the success rate is very low. The archery hunts here by Anchorage run about 7-10% at best. about 50 hunters kill like 3-4 a year and its any ram...

We have extremely varied terrain to hunt them in most is very conducive to stalking with a bow. IMO the challenge of bowhunting is not the terrain but being patient and waiting them out. They will make a mistake but it might take a week or more for them to get in a favorable spot, same goes for rifle hunting...

Good luck if you go with a bow, that's quite a challenge! Look up Jonah Stewart and talk with him about archery hunting sheep, he has killed about as many with a bow as anyone and guides archery hunters.

 

[Blockcaver]

I taken a Dall with my bow in the Mackenzies...2017 with Canol Outfitters. Also a Stone in BC with the bow. Check out a thread I started called “Bowhunting Thinhorns” over on Bowsite. Lots of good info there from myself and other successful archery sheep hunters. Good luck!

 

[as.ks.ak]

I taken a Dall with my bow in the Mackenzies...2017 with Canol Outfitters. Also a Stone in BC with the bow. Check out a thread I started called “Bowhunting Thinhorns” over on Bowsite. Lots of good info there from myself and other successful archery sheep hunters. Good luck!

Could you post a link to that bowsite thread? I couldn’t find it.


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[Blockcaver]

Google “Bowhunting Thinhorns, Bowsite” and it it came right up for me. I’ll bring it to the top over there.

 

[as.ks.ak]

Google “Bowhunting Thinhorns, Bowsite” and it it came right up for me. I’ll bring it to the top over there.

Thanks Kurt, appreciate it!!


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