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    Sometimes that once in a lifetime hunt just needs repeating and somehow I was able to work out heading back to the Yukon to chase my dream animal, a stone sheep. Over 13 days we covered two mountain ranges, 2 spike camps, over 100 miles on foot in sheep country, constantly finding rams the first 8 days, some legal but none 9 years or older. Sheep were the focus but we were constantly seeing caribou and black bears, usually at the end of the day, too far and too wore out to chase them. Not to mention 4 bull moose in a drainage several miles away that we glassed every evening, two of which pushed 60”.
    On day 8 after chasing a huge grizzly for 4 hours across a mountain, then a band of rams that turned out not to be up to par, we capped off our 18 hour hike by packing back down to the horses/cabin at 1:30 in the morning. Day 9 after a 6 hour ride, a 2 hour hunt and a one mile sprint I managed to drop a 60” bull at 572 yards. Spent into the night getting him mostly quartered, then spent the rest of the next day getting him out.
    Got up early the next morning and started climbing, around 1 we finally found what we were looking for. Two shooter rams. They were in the right spot, 600 yards bedded, but with a 30mph wind and their perfect location a shot was never really considered and so we made a move to kill one. Unfortunately, the mountain quickly became a whiteout of snow, sleet and fog that you couldn’t see 10 yards through. We’ll get them tomorrow we said, only to wake up the next morning to see the mountain completely saturated with fog and it stayed like that all day. We checked my moose kill the next morning for a grizzly and made the day ride back to base camp. No ram but it wasn’t from a lack of effort or skill, sometimes it’s just not in the cards but I will be back.

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    I'll shoot over a kids head in a blind or long gun one on a turkey in a heart beat. You want to kill stuff around me you gonna earn it.

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    Pretty country...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn View Post
    I'll shoot over a kids head in a blind or long gun one on a turkey in a heart beat. You want to kill stuff around me you gonna earn it.

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    That's all kinds of awesome.

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    Beautiful country.
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    Awesome
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    Thanks for sharing, awesome.

    I'd frame that second to last picture for sure.

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    Go Man!

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    Very cool, thanks for sharing.

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    Outstanding.

    And I agree about framing that picture. Unreal.

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    Guy on that mountain over yonder glassing the scene. He has to be wondering about the badass on the horse leading that moose...

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    I would love to do that, if I could get a helicopter to escort me to basecamp.. then have others clean up after I take off from it the last day.
    Last edited by Highstrung; 09-21-2021 at 02:00 PM.

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    DANG... That's Beautiful!

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    Fantastic. Is a combination hunt in the Yukon typically only 10 days? Why would one opt for Yukon versus Alaska and have you done both? Asking because the Yukon or Alaska is on the list in the next 5-6 years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Carolina Counsel View Post
    Fantastic. Is a combination hunt in the Yukon typically only 10 days? Why would one opt for Yukon versus Alaska and have you done both? Asking because the Yukon or Alaska is on the list in the next 5-6 years.
    Combo hunts are usually 12 days, some are 21, mine was 13. Alot of it is personal choice, I like mountain hunts and horses and the yukon has the only 3 concessions in NA i believe where you can hunt stone sheep, mountain caribou and grizzly.
    Yukon is better IMO with both success rates and quality as they have concessions, especially on sheep. I would give AK the upper hand on bears though.

    There are a few concessions in AK that are well worth looking into, i haven't been but when I go for my dall sheep, it will be AK with a outfitter concession

    The hunting world is very small in the scheme of things, its doesnt take long for you to figure out the BS and Alaska has alot of BS.(it can be sorted through though and there are tons of great outfitters)
    Last edited by buckpro; 09-21-2021 at 03:20 PM.
    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn View Post
    I'll shoot over a kids head in a blind or long gun one on a turkey in a heart beat. You want to kill stuff around me you gonna earn it.

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    Awesome!!!

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    Damnit man, you're living right.
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    That's beyond cool as shit.

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