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Awesome job..congrats!

Great shikar congratulations .Thanks for sharing .

Glad to hear you had a good hunt. Very nice ibex and good sheep. Great stuff !
Sorry If I missed it but which outfitter did you use?

Dennis

Thanks men, I appreciate your comments. I hunted with Ermek Bakasov, Bishkek.

Congrats on some fine animals!

Well done. Congrats.

How high were you guys?

Great trophies - looks and sounds like it was an absolutely awesome hunt. Who did you book through and what was the travel time?

Larry, base camp was 12,400', we went up as high as 14 and change. I was blowing a bit on some climbs, but that comes with the territory. The nice part is the horses get you almost all the way to where you need to be.

Hunter, the travel time was around 12 hours to Istanbul, another 5 hour flight to Bishkek. The car ride to camp was less than 8 hours from the airport, in a comfortable Toyota 4 runner. Not too bad by Marco standards. I booked with Ermek Bakasov, hunt-kg@elcat.kg.

Thanks again,

Awesome ibex and Marco - congrats!

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Originally posted by Jack D Bold:
Kyrgh version of spagetti

Ah shlashlek the national dish! Congrats on a fabulous ram and ibex and more importantly a fabulous hunt with your son!

Brett

very nice animals

Jack congrats to you and your son on a trip of a lifetime. Quick question on gear. I struggle with keeping my fingers warm during cold hunts, besides the mittens which finger glove would you suggest? Again congrats love the mass on your ram.

Brian,

I have had the same problem. What I found was that even the "best" of gloves do not keep my fingers warm. What we did was wear a thin pair of Mountain Hardware windstopper gloves, and slip my hands into the mitts when not in use. The mitts have a loop to attach them to your wrists. Flick them off as needed and you won't lose them either. Funny thing though, my hands stayed warmer without the liner gloves. Can't say enough about the Absolute Zero. Windproof, water resistant 800 fill down, well made - they really work.

Thanks!

i absolutely love the picture of you behind the spotting scope with the ibex wearing sunglasses above your shoulder!

Congratulations Jack I am glad it worked out so well. It is really great you were able to share it all with your son too.

Jack, what can I say? Fabulous animals. The bases and carried to the tips mass on your ram are fantastic. Great, heavy, curling ibex, too.

Congrats to you and Ty, both. I will give you a ring after turkey day.

Super report and great trophies for you and your son. Well deserved and well done!

Very cool, Jack.
Congrats to you and your son.

Very well hunt. Good to see some good results from this Country . Many hunters are what i know come home very disapointed.

Great Ram and Ibex. Big congrats !

Hey Jack didn't know you already put up the hunt report...it's exciting to read all that happened.
Fantastic my friend and I'll get that photo ready for print today and send for your review

And Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Great report, fantastic hunt Jack, it's so much better with your son on the hunt, congratulations to you and your son! What a hunt!
Best Regards,
Butch

That Marco has great bases! They look too big for it's skull.

Butch,

Thank you. I am truly blessed. My son is 23 years old and he still wants to hang out with the old man. We enjoyed this trip immensely. We definitely will go back. Lucky me, I have two more sons who want to go.

Frank, the mass on that ram is amazing. He is way heavier than the average Marco, almost looks like an Altai Argali.

Thanks again for all the great comments men. One week's gone by and I am still on a buzz.

looks like a great adventure with your son. love it! very nice ram and ibex!

Congratulations on the adventure of a lifetime with your son. While your trophies are fantastic quality, I think sharing this with your son has to be the ultimate trophy of all. Very well done!

Jack - GREAT report and great trophies... Well done!

Jack...Incredible Trophies

Huge Congratulations!!

Serious. Check the bosses on that Marco.

Great report, and great animals! Love the mass on that sheep, he's a great one! Your Ibex is a stud as well!

Can't wait to get back over there, a Marco Polo in Kyrgyz is in my 5 year plan. I really loved that area of the world.

Congratulations again on what appears to be a fantastic trip, and well done taking your son along!

Greg

Another awesome adventure,
Congrats to you and your son.

I think im getting Ibex fever.

Congrats buddy, really happy for ya!!!

Greg, TH, Aaron - thanks for the comments. Andrew, you made my day with the "boss" comment. Thanks again!

Hi Jack,

Awesome hunt - nice thropies.

Could you tell us what cartridge & bullets you used please. Those were long shots and I am curious to know the ballistcs of your load to enable you to take those shots.

Santa Claus

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Incredible! Congrats. That is a "dream" hunt of mine.

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Originally posted by Jack D Bold:

Turns out, the only spare we had to use was a rangefinder. My chief optics were a pair of new Leica HD-Rs. The rangefinder consistently did not pick up objects, like say a cliff face loaded with Ibex at a quarter mile. Let alone a group of sheep in a bowl down there a ways. The handy spare rangefinder was good to have. It's what I used to range my Ibex. The other two animals were inside of 300, so the distance was not that critical. BTW, the leicas are on the way back to the shop.

Jack - I actually had a similar experience with the Leica's in Tajikistan this past February. Initially I thought it was a battery issue, but after changing the battery and getting the same results I figured something was up. The client I was with had the Swarovski range finding binoculars and they worked flawlessly so we just used those for the sheep. When I got home, the Leica's worked fine at 40 degrees F. The only thing I can figure is that the older Leica's didn't agree with the -10 temps and the range finding components would freeze up somehow.

Something to think about on the next trip over.

Great report. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations Jack to you and your son.
Beautiful Marco and Ibex. Adventures like this with family always ramps it up for few notches.

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing I'm going. No doubt!