Colorado sheep

recon6036 · Aug 6, 2016

Outstanding country. This Oak hunting story will be great, I'm sure....can't wait

Mica Man · Aug 6, 2016

Great pics and looking forward to the rest of the story as your days afield progress.

Dinkshooter · Aug 6, 2016

Domestics- Ensuring old hunters die without shooting a bighorn sheep for 50 years.

Bucksnort31 · Aug 8, 2016

How do you know where to camp? So few spots to set up...

3855WIN · Aug 8, 2016

Looks like an awesome hunt, regardless of outcome. What rifle are you shooting? Are friends going with you or by yourself?

Southern Elk · Aug 8, 2016

Good luck to you Oak. Keep us posted on how it's going.

elkrchr · Aug 8, 2016

All the best to you on the sheep hunt Oak! Who says you have to travel to Alaska to find that much tundra. I was expecting a photo of a caribou!

Oak · Aug 19, 2016

3855WIN said:
Looks like an awesome hunt, regardless of outcome. What rifle are you shooting? Are friends going with you or by yourself?

I'm shooting a .300 Wby built by Kevin Weaver. I'll have a couple of guys with me the first two days.

Made another scouting trip August 7-9. No shortage of critters. Sorry, most critter photos were taken through a spotter, or by other unprofessional means....

Southern Elk · Aug 19, 2016

You don't happen to have a deer tag do you?

Oak · Aug 19, 2016

Got back from another 3 day trip last night.

Winter is never far away up here.

Don't let me choose the tent pitching spot...

Wasn't a bad view the next morning, though.

Fat and lazy...

I wish these next two had not been miles away. A couple of studs.

grandejuan · Aug 19, 2016

Good luck on your hunt. Have really good rain gear. I drew a non resident tag in 1995. After two days it rained more or less constantly, in the San Juan's above Pagosa.I was fortunate enough to to take a 156 ram. I was not a "beloved" person when I checked the ram in Durango. Most of the hunters in the office had the f**king non resident viewpoint. One was O.K. and congratulated me. O well. Keep on applying at home and out of state, despite point creep I drew this tag in 10years. I hesitate to say that I have also drawn a desert sheep tag (R) and an rocky mtn tag in AZ (R) so it can happen!!! GJ

marksjeep · Aug 19, 2016

Love the pics. I'm tentatively helping a fellow west sloper in S1/18 with a ram hunt the opening week. I can't wait. I can only imagine how excited you folks that are holding the tags must be.

Thanks for sharing the pics.

LuketheDog · Aug 20, 2016

Great pics, hope your hunt is awesome!

Oak · Aug 20, 2016

grandejuan said:
Have really good rain gear.

I did 14 miles Wednesday and Thursday. It rained/snowed a total of 7.75 hours those two days.

grandejuan said:
I was not a "beloved" person when I checked the ram in Durango. Most of the hunters in the office had the f**king non resident viewpoint. One was O.K. and congratulated me.

Have to say that would be pretty unusual 2+ decades later. Most hunters here these days are pretty excited about the success of sheep hunters, regardless of residency. Sorry about your experience, and congrats on the ram.

Oak · Aug 23, 2016

Dinkshooter · Aug 23, 2016

hush up, that ain't no Alaska rain

Oak · Aug 23, 2016

Dinkshooter said:
hush up, that ain't no Alaska rain

No, there is lightning, too.

duckhunt · Aug 23, 2016

Beautiful country

Oak · Sep 1, 2016

I've been out for 4 more days of scouting since the last update. Crunch time is almost here. I'm leaving Saturday and the season starts next Tuesday. Hopefully there are some sheep photos in the next update.