Dall Sheep & Goat (PICS ADDED)

Every Aug 10 I think back to my days sheep hunting in AK...

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I wonder how many sheep hit the ground today?

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surefire7

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Good luck Jim on both animals!

This all for you, or is Joyce hunting as well?

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Good luck Jim on both animals!

This all for you, or is Joyce hunting as well?

No Joyce on these two hunts. Teaming with a friend for Goat & Deer and Brett for Sheep.

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Skip Nantz

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Wishing you luck Jim!

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Goat down, On to Sheep this week.

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Well done! Can't wait for the pictures.

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Well done! Can't wait for the pictures.

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Big shoutout to Taj Shoemaker, Phil's son, and Island Air for doing an excellent job of air support.

Jim

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Use Enough Gun

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Nice goat!

What caused the bleed on your face?

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Nice goat! What caused the bleed on your face?

I head butted a boulder in a fall on the way out in the dark with the goat.

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Great Billie!!!!

Congrats and hope your head butt mishap heals up soon!

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Great Billie!!!!

Congrats and hope your head butt mishap heals up soon!

Josh

Thanks!!

The head wound was a fairly small gash once I cleaned it up after flying out. No big deal. Head wounds bleed a lot and that made that picture a bit more dramatic.

I did end up with a nice Rocky Balboa Mouse eye though. "Yo Adrian"

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Awesome.

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Cougarz

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Nice goat. They do have a way of exacting revenge even after they're dead!

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Omnivorous_Bob

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Nice goat! What caused the bleed on your face?

I head butted a boulder in a fall on the way out in the dark with the goat.

Fess up Jim, you shot Joyce's goat didn't you?

Nice animal. I seem to remember about 5-6 years back that you were going on your "last" sheep hunt. Funny how that works.

Good luck on the sheep and looking forward to pictures of another successful hunt.

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Nice goat! What caused the bleed on your face?

I head butted a boulder in a fall on the way out in the dark with the goat.

Fess up Jim, you shot Joyce's goat didn't you?

Bob

That wound would have been much, much larger.

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surefire7

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Well done Jim!! Congrats.

Can't wait to see your sheep.

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Well done Jim!! Congrats.

Can't wait to see your sheep.

That's bad juju.

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Sheep Hunting is an addiction and the only known cure is advancing age.

I relive my sheep hunts every year around this time. Bob

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Sheep Hunting is an addiction and the only known cure is advancing age .

I relive my sheep hunts every year around this time. Bob

Cheating that as best I can.

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Flying out Saturday. Getting close!

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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.
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Awesome! I just saw your PM. Man...that sure brings back a lot of memories in the bowl. Sure is beautiful back in that area. Very cool! I shot mine way around on the other side...I can see it in the background of your pics. Too cool!

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Nice goat Jim.

Beautiful area, especially that lake in the background.

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Awesome! I just saw your PM. Man...that sure brings back a lot of memories in the bowl. Sure is beautiful back in that area. Very cool! I shot mine way around on the other side...I can see it in the background of your pics. Too cool!

I had your pictures on my iPhone trying to figure out what part of the bowl you were in. I did figure it out. We never saw goats over where you shot yours. There were some to the right of where you were successful but they were way up and inaccessible.

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Nice goat Jim.

Beautiful area, especially that lake in the background.

More pics

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Nice goat in beautiful country.

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Congratulations, Jim! Trying to settle on a hunt for 2021 and mountain goat is high in the running. Beautiful photos. Those lakes look stunning from altitude.

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From these pics, I can tell you guys were on the nearly complete other side of the bowl. We never made it up that far because all the goats were on the other side. That sure is a neat area!

Did you guys see any deer? They had a bad winter kill the year before we went and we only saw 1 in 7 days. We did see about 10 bears though.

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No bear! About 14 deer or so on flat wet land at mouth of lake.

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Congrats - awesome country!

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Great goat. How did your partner do?

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Great goat. How did your partner do?

Small Nannie freezer fare.

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You look fit man. Nice goat but I can buy that in my village at a fraction of the cost.

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No bears? Crazy...I think we saw 10 without even looking. They were up high, down low...hell...one even climbed up over a ridge using a goat trail. The pictures are great, neat seeing the bowl from the other side since we never hiked up that way. We camped down by the main lake along the creek and only had to hike up one day. We spent the rest of the week looking for deer.

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You look fit man. Nice goat but I can buy that in my village at a fraction of the cost.

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Man I love Kodiak goat country, gotta be my favorite mountain hunting!! Thanks for the pics!

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Is that hunt available for a non resident of Alaska?

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Is that hunt available for a non resident of Alaska?

EZ

Non-residents must be guided or accompany an Alaskan resident family member of second degree kindred or closer.

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