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29 November 2011, 22:59

Equinsu Ocha

Тянь-Шань скитания

A recent two week wandering in the midle of nowhere Kyrgyzstan, central Asia within the massive and beautiful Tian Shan (Celestial) mountain range.

A bone jarring 10 hour ride to the end of the earth.

Typical Kyrgyz homestead. Portable!

Mode of transportation

Easy, old boy, don't trip now!

Fly camp.

Past hunters

Plenty of four legged hunters in the area too.

After Richard's Marco Polo success, we enjoyed Argali oysters!

Damned cholla follows me around the globe!!

Past 13K ft, it was COLD

Setting up

Helluva place, these mountains

29 November 2011, 23:16

BrettAKSCI

Fabulous!!!

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Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter
May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick.
And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too.
May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep.
May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip.
-Seth Peterson

29 November 2011, 23:34

Dog Man

Finally, really been looking forward to this one and realizing you been runnin hard the last several weeks. I had faith in you, but as the days went by, I was sure hoping you didn't get in an early vodka drinking contest.

Congratulations, looks like you really got it done. Great photos and thank you for sharing them with us.

30 November 2011, 00:21

ZekeShikar

Scottyboy!

You did well my friend! I'm happy for your great success and fabulous experience. The photos are excellent as well.

Were the oysters as good as they are from N.A. wild sheep? I didn't eat any while in the Gobi or the Pamirs. Darn it!

Zeke

30 November 2011, 01:03

Steve Ahrenberg

Scotty,
Very nice, good descriptive photo's as well. Thanks for agreeing to go back with me for MP.
Heartfelt congrats.

Steve

30 November 2011, 01:10

larryshores

Very nice! Excellent pictures!

30 November 2011, 01:16

safari-lawyer

Nice Scotty, really nice.

I especially like the rock drawings. Was there a story to go with those?

Hope to see you in Vegas!

30 November 2011, 01:18

lde

Heck of a hunting experience!
Congrats on two really nice trophies.
Bet you were glad to get home. LOL

30 November 2011, 04:32

Hawkeye47

Scottyboy,

Well done my friend and thanks for the report!!!

Hawkeye

30 November 2011, 05:56

larryshores

The story. We need the story!

30 November 2011, 06:03

Grenadier

Wonderful pictures from what looks to be a great hunt. Thank you for sharing.

30 November 2011, 07:15

505 gibbs

quote:
Damned cholla follows me around the globe!!

Congratulations Scotty.

30 November 2011, 07:17

Steve Ahrenberg

лекс фуцкинг колд

30 November 2011, 08:18

nube

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
The story. We need the story!

Ya Ya, what he said!!

How long were the horns on the Ibex and the sheep? It looks like awesome country and what a great experience

30 November 2011, 09:10

silkibex

Scotty, congrats!
Glad to see your post.
Those petroglyphs are not old, though. However, there are many places with old ones with similar looking ibex but no hunter.

30 November 2011, 17:11

Anders

Fantastic report!

Congrats on some really nice billies!

Anders

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30 November 2011, 17:47

Jack D Bold

Scott,

Welcome home from your great adventure. That first fly camp photo cracked me up. Thought that them boys parked it there in the stream, maybe because it was in easy reach of water.

Really happy for you. Stunning country, nice billies. When you are ready for marco, let's get it done.

Thanks for the post

30 November 2011, 19:13

bwanamrm

Well done Scotty... looking forward to your hunt report!

On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling

Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.

01 December 2011, 01:19

matt u

Congratulations Scotty
Well done!

01 December 2011, 10:13

billrquimby

Congratulations, Scotty. Wish I were young enough to have gone with you. Would like to buy you lunch and talk about your trip. Call me to set it up.

Incidentally, what do the Cyrillic letters spell in your heading?

Bill Quimby

01 December 2011, 20:01

Jack D Bold

сильный зверолов, расскажите пожалуйста, историю

01 December 2011, 21:26

Equinsu Ocha

quote:
Originally posted by billrquimby:
Congratulations, Scotty. Wish I were young enough to have gone with you. Would like to buy you lunch and talk about your trip. Call me to set it up.

Incidentally, what do the Cyrillic letters spell in your heading?

Bill Quimby

Bill
I'll take ya up on the lunch offer. I haven't seen ya in a few months. I'll call you.

The Cyrillic lettering says "Tien Shan Wandering". At least I hope it does!

Thanks all!

01 December 2011, 23:59

Brice

Thank you for the pix, Scottyboy. I was furtunate to have hunted the Tien Shan a few years ago. It was a mind boggling experience.
I'm not sure which spelling is preferred-Tien or Tian.

02 December 2011, 00:04

Jack D Bold

quote:
Originally posted by Nganga:
лекс фуцкинг колд

LMAO!

That's why Scott has that big jacket and gloves!

02 December 2011, 04:36

mbogobutch

Scott,

Outstanding! Man you have had a heck of a Fall..

Looking forward to more, in the future. Great Job

02 December 2011, 10:57

nwhuntr

Looks like a fantastic hunt! Thanks for sharing the pictures!

07 December 2011, 18:56

dukxdog

Way cool!

07 December 2011, 21:27

sheephunterab

Great looking hunt....congrats! I so want to go back!

09 December 2011, 06:07

SBT

This is awesome. I can't get over how similar the rock drawings are to our Anastazi.

10 December 2011, 12:30

G D F

С полем! Спасибо за отличные фотки.(Congrats! Thanks for the nice pictures)

10 December 2011, 21:34

Vanderhoef

Scotty, congrats on a fantastic adventure.

That trip is on my bucket list for sure!

Regards,
Scott

11 December 2011, 12:52

cameronaussie

Dear Scotty

Now the question is, whats next????

Give it some time for the trip to really sink in.

Well done.

11 December 2011, 22:13

Equinsu Ocha

quote:
Originally posted by cameronaussie:

Now the question is, whats next????

Buffalo (along with pigs, scrub bulls, etc) in Australia in June, and trying to afford a Tanzanian hunt in Oct.

Thanks guys!

22 December 2011, 04:36

graybird

Damn, not one but two!!! That's the way to get it done! I gotta put this on my wish list!

Congrats!!!

26 December 2011, 02:31

Tim Herald

Great stuff Scott. Please do write us all a detailed report. We all see how great it was, now we want to "hear" how it was...

16 January 2012, 01:10

Roman BGH

Nice hunt! Thanks for sharing!

02 February 2012, 05:32

duckbofetch

Looks like a great hunt
Pm sent

05 February 2012, 22:11

AnotherAZWriter

Scotty,

Great hunt and great pics! I just got back from another Tanz trip last week.