Got Marco Polo fever! Swore to never hunt sheep again and here I go.
Will report when I get back.....

Good luck!

Good luck! I hope brought enough clothes.

Good luck and Godspeed!

Sitting in business lounge in Istanbul! Stunning! Makes Denver or Dallas look 3rd world.

Larry - brought my Barney’s Sports Chalet arctic stuff. Hope it works. I look like the Michelin Tire man in all the gear. Hope I don’t have to pee....

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Originally posted by dogcat:
Sitting in business lounge in Istanbul! Stunning! Makes Denver or Dallas look 3rd world.

Larry - brought my Barney’s Sports Chalet arctic stuff. Hope it works. I look like the Michelin Tire man in all the gear. Hope I don’t have to pee....

That gear is great . I used it.

Good luck and don’t push too hard early on. Acclimate.

Ross,

Shoot straight. Have some info to share with you upon your return.

Mark

Ross,

Good Luck. Just checking the weather. Single digit highs (F), with lows in the minus teens. Looks like great weather! Enjoy the hunt. I can't wait to read the hunt report.

Bryan

Good luck! Dream hunt for sure.

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Ross, happy and sweet hunting!

Looking forward to the report!

Cheers

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Ross,
Go hard and wishing you great enjoyment and success.
Cheers

Shoot a big one!!!!

Can't wait to read the report. Hope you get a monster ram!

Just got back in December. Yep, the business class lounge in Istanbul is amazing. Get ready for cold temps and high altitude, but game is everywhere.

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Originally posted by dogcat:
Sitting in business lounge in Istanbul! Stunning! Makes Denver or Dallas look 3rd world.

America is actually 3rd World
Some People just didn't know it...

Good luck, cant wait to read your report!!

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Originally posted by dogcat:
Got Marco Polo fever! Swore to never hunt sheep again and here I go.
Will report when I get back.....

Best of luck my friend.

Stay safe and have a great hunt.

Oh my! That IS a great adventure!!!

I cannot believe it's been 11 years 2 months since I was there.

Along with all the others, I'll be awaiting your report too.

Zeke

Good luck! What rifle are you using? Looking forward to the report, yours are always riveting.

Someone got a nice ram.

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Originally posted by larryshores:
Someone got a nice ram.

Looking forward to the photo of the ram


morten

Well, I survived.... -35F every morning. One day the high actually was +5F.

Killed a nice ibex and a good ram....

Will post a report soon with pics.

A very, very challenging trip. Very remote, drove 600km from Dushanbe to the area. Paralleled the Afghan border for 300km. Unbelievable vertical mountains....

Altitude was tough. We hunted at 14,200’ most of the time. I live at 5200’ and still had trouble catching my breath.

Organization was excellent, guides were exceptional hunters. Most were Kirghiz.

Area is very big, 92,000 hectares, holds 1000 ibex, 600 sheep, 9 snow leopards, 6 bears, yaks , fox and others. Seriously managed and studied.

We were very limited where we could go due to 18” to 24” of very soft powder snow. Roads were good, vehicles good, but the snow hampered us. Made one 2000m stalked up the foothills and though5 I would drop on the hike down. Snow and altitude are tough on 65 year old lungs.

Shots were very long - 605 yards on sheep and 700 yards on ibex. The SAAM school prepared me well.

The cold was tough on us. Both shots occurred at -10F. One of rings on the scope cracked due to cold. Did not affect the zero, but was concerning.

A lot tougher hunt than I expected....

Africa is calling.... no snow, no cold...

Anyway, will post pics and story.

Sounds like there will he a great story in your report Ross. Big congrats. I look forward to reading this one.

With conditions like that you have a hunt that will never be forgotten.

Looking forward to the report. It certainly sounds like you had a proper adventure with an excellent outcome.

Welcome back! The hard hunts are the most rewarding.

Ski+3
Whitefish, MT

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Ross, If that was the brief exec summary then I cant wait for the big report! Congratulations and welcome home! Look forward to the story.

Charlie

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Can't wait for Full report & photos, glade all went well & you got back safely !

It sounds like a Hell of a Hunt!!! Congrats

Tajikistan as it is ... Congrats and well done

Looking forward to the report


Morten

Scope rings cracked?

Aluminium? Must be that or stainless.

We broke a lot of stainless stuff in Alaska in Barrow in the winter.

Aluminum

Well done Ross.

When we went the low was -15. I can't imagine -35.

Congrats!