Dall sheep in the Brooks Range (more photos added)

24 August 2016, 04:36

quote:
Originally posted by FishN4Eyes:
Nice job, Larry.

You busted your ass getting ready for the hunt and researching all your gear.

You earned that sucker, congrats and a helluva shot.

Glad you got it done!

Thanks Chris. One of the guides for another clients was from Helena.

25 August 2016, 00:37

Ivan

Great ram Larry!

You're famous!

http://forums.outdoorsdirector...uot-Request-for-help

The "experts" are willing to share what they think of your ram, just from a picture.

25 August 2016, 01:28

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by Ivan:
Great ram Larry!

You're famous!

http://forums.outdoorsdirector...uot-Request-for-help

The "experts" are willing to share what they think of your ram, just from a picture.

Interesting.

I am glad they have time on their hands to do this type of thing. I certainly didn't up there, especially with the weather.

I am glad I shot it and got out. If I hadn't, I would still be stuck due to weather. My guide is injured and they can't get him out.

Is this ram the biggest ram in the world? No. But he is legal. It is the smallest of the Dall rams I have shot. At my age, coming from the flat lands, having the weather that we experienced and knowing the weather that was coming, I was happy to have the opportunity. It may well have been the only opportunity I got. This may well have been my last Dall hunt. It was almost certainly my last backpack hunt.

There was some disagreement between the guides about how old he was . I am not going to opine because I do not know. I will say that there was significant wear on the teeth. Frankly, I was surprised at the teeth.

In my book, when one is 60 years old (almost 61), from Florida, on a backpack hunt in the northern Brooks range in horrible weather and take a legal sheep at over 500 yards, it is a trophy, a very memorable trophy.

I am glad I had the opportunity. I will remember it a very long time.

Thanks!

25 August 2016, 02:53

Matt Moore

The fact that you survived a meal with Jim, Cal and Brett at the Captain Cook speaks volumes to your conditioning efforts.

Matt

25 August 2016, 23:44

Kusko

Good job Larry! My sheep is not the biggest in the world either, but it's legal and on my wall! Good for you!!

26 August 2016, 00:08

mart

Awesome. Good job and great story.

26 August 2016, 01:15

Use Enough Gun

Outstanding Larry!

26 August 2016, 07:10

Frostbit

Well done Larry!!

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26 August 2016, 07:10

Frostbit

quote:
Originally posted by Matt Moore:
The fact that you survived a meal with Jim, Cal and Brett at the Captain Cook speaks volumes to your conditioning efforts.

Matt

Jealous eh Matt?

BTW, we are back from the Denali Highway with both our Bou.

Cheers
Jim

27 August 2016, 01:49

Matt Moore

Nope,

You know me Jim- I hate to miss a meal! Hate to miss good hunting stories even more.

Matt

27 August 2016, 06:14

AnotherAZWriter

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
quote:
Originally posted by Ivan:
Great ram Larry!

You're famous!

http://forums.outdoorsdirector...uot-Request-for-help

The "experts" are willing to share what they think of your ram, just from a picture.

Interesting.

I am glad they have time on their hands to do this type of thing. I certainly didn't up there, especially with the weather.

I am glad I shot it and got out. If I hadn't, I would still be stuck due to weather. My guide is injured and they can't get him out.

Is this ram the biggest ram in the world? No. But he is legal. It is the smallest of the Dall rams I have shot. At my age, coming from the flat lands, having the weather that we experienced and knowing the weather that was coming, I was happy to have the opportunity. It may well have been the only opportunity I got. This may well have been my last Dall hunt. It was almost certainly my last backpack hunt.

There was some disagreement between the guides about how old he was . I am not going to opine because I do not know. I will say that there was significant wear on the teeth. Frankly, I was surprised at the teeth.

In my book, when one is 60 years old (almost 61), from Florida, on a backpack hunt in the northern Brooks range in horrible weather and take a legal sheep at over 500 yards, it is a trophy, a very memorable trophy.

I am glad I had the opportunity. I will remember it a very long time.

Thanks!

In my experience, guides won't take any chances if they think an animal is not legal. I am sure this one was.

Back in the 80s I shot some "full curl" sheep that were indeed full curl, but dinks nevertheless. But I did them all on my own, without a guide, I took great satisfaction in that. You busted your butt for that sheep Larry and that counts for a lot in my opinion.

27 August 2016, 22:44

A7Dave

Larry,

How do you feel your conditioning/training held up? Good enough? Anything you'd do differently? How did your gear hold up to the elements?

Congratulations on a hard won sheep.

28 August 2016, 03:49

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by A7Dave:
Larry,

How do you feel your conditioning/training held up? Good enough? Anything you'd do differently? How did your gear hold up to the elements?

Congratulations on a hard won sheep.

Thanks Dave.

My gear was good, even great with one exception. My Swarovski binoculars leaked. I was not happy about that.

All factors considered, my conditioning was good. Had I not gotten injured a month before, it would have been better. I think my own stupidity initially made the injury worse. I already exercise 2-3 hours a day before I go to work. It is kind of hard to do more.

If I had it to do over gain, I would:

1- Have stopped immediately when the injury occurred.

2- My sense of balance has always sucked. At age 60, it has not gotten any better. I would have done some balance exercises.

3-While we do not have rocks here, it occurred to me this weekend that there are rocks on the jettys around some inlets. I might have benefited from a few trips to those.

4- I would definitely take more books. I had no idea how long I would get stuck in a tent up there. Three and a half days in a single stretch sucks.

5-I would take one of those super light fold up chairs.

6- Knowing now how long I got stuck in the weather, there a couple of places that I would climb to and just sit and wait on caribou. It could not be any worse than sitting in a one man tent for three and a half days.

28 August 2016, 04:11

Frostbit

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:

5-I would take one of those super light fold up chairs.

Larry,

When we were in Barney's adjusting up Joyce pack frame, she noticed the Crazy Creek chair on the floor and sat in it. We ended up leaving with two.

Not sure at this point I would haul one on a Sheep hunt but they sure did make glassing on our recent Bou hunt 1000 times note comfortable. I added a small piece on closed cell foam as well for butt comfort.

Cheers
Jim

28 August 2016, 15:58

Norton

Nicely done Larry!

29 August 2016, 07:05

AkDave

Congrats on the sheep. Very cool. Curious what Adfg aged it at when it was sealed.

29 August 2016, 15:53

larryshores

It had not been sealed yet. The outfitter is having all of them done after the season is over.

29 August 2016, 16:23

swampshooter

Congratulations Larry, that was a great adventure and a very nice ram. It don't get no better.

30 August 2016, 01:42

reddy375

Congratulations Larry and a great shot too. I always say one of those mountain trophies = to 10 African plains game.

Arjun

30 August 2016, 04:40

dogcat

quote:
Originally posted by reddy375:
Congratulations Larry and a great shot too. I always say one of those mountain trophies = to 10 African plains game.

Arjun

Now Arjun, you may be exaggerating a bit. That big Lord Derby you shot was plenty tough!!!

30 August 2016, 04:41

dogcat

Besides, Larry has a Marco Polo that needs attention in a couple of years.....

30 August 2016, 04:50

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by dogcat:
Besides, Larry has a Marco Polo that needs attention in a couple of years.....

If I live that long! (that was a joke)

01 September 2016, 09:01

mlfguns

Kudos

02 September 2016, 09:40

Antlers

Congrats, Larry - well done!

03 September 2016, 05:20

larryshores

Thanks all.

I had another thought today. I come from the flat lands. When I get to the mountains, the mountains look awfully intimidating. Several days later, those mountains that looked impossible when I first got there were no big deal. Mind over matter.

03 September 2016, 08:33

Frostbit

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
Thanks all.

I had another thought today. I come from the flat lands. When I get to the mountains, the mountains look awfully intimidating. Several days later, those mountains that looked impossible when I first got there were no big deal. Mind over matter.

20 steps at a time, anything is possible. Our recent Caribou trip was the first time Joyce actually packed a fairly heavy load and she had to since we dropped two Caribou in the same spot.

Three trips later we were both pretty spent but she remarked how she couldn't believe she had just done that.

I was mumbling Crossfit terminology to her as we packed our way out. We are not presently in the best shape we've been in for the last three years but the shape she was in three years ago before the cancer was beast mode level. I really believe the determination and mental toughness to get into that shape proved to her that her mind could will her body to do what it didn't want to.

I too believe that. It's your mind over matter Larry.

A quote from Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" stuck with me from 1973 ------ "We forge our bodies in the fire of our will"

Cheers
Jim

07 September 2016, 00:04

larryshores

The authorities have aged the ram. It is OFFICIALLY 10 year old.

I am sure those on the other forum will be disappointed.

07 September 2016, 03:22

Frostbit

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
The authorities have aged the ram. It is OFFICIALLY 10 year old.

I am sure those on the other forum will be disappointed.

Nice. Larry, when I had mine aged and sealed I walked into the F&G office and they did it in front of me. I wondered as a non-resident how folks got info on their Sheep like that. Did F&G contact you to give you the age?

I'm sure whoever carried the picture from AR over to that forum will let them know.

07 September 2016, 03:58

Fourtyonesix

That's amazing for a ten year old ram! Not to many see much past that. Might have saved him a rough winter!

07 September 2016, 04:56

justanotherhunter

Awesome to hear! He must have been through a lot to make it that long in those mountains!

07 September 2016, 06:58

larryshores

Jim :

I got 2 separate e mails and a text from the guides/outfitter.

09 October 2016, 07:20

Sevens

quote:
Originally posted by dogcat:
quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
Go to Tajikistan with me Mike.

and me!

Ibex or sheep hunting?

09 October 2016, 08:45

larryshores

Both

10 October 2016, 02:20

AnotherAZWriter

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Finally , I ended my visit to Alaska by having dinner with Faisal. It was a very pleasant and enjoyable dinner. I am glad I got to meet him.

Larry:

A sheep guide taught me a neat trick: instead of trying to count the rings on the whole horn, draw a line from the eye through the skull, count the rings above that line, and double the count. Your ram is ten by that method.

10 October 2016, 04:26

larryshores

Interesting

21 October 2016, 03:51

John Chalmers

Well done Larry,a hard hunt and a great shot.

21 October 2016, 04:20

larryshores

Thank you sir.

Well gentlemen, I am considering doing it again proving without a doubt that I am not very smart. Not that there was any question to begin with .

21 October 2016, 05:55

Frostbit

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
Thank you sir.

Well gentlemen, I am considering doing it again proving without a doubt that I am not very smart. Not that there was any question to begin with .

Tru Dat

Always welcome at our place if the timing works Larry.

Cheers
J&J