Sorry about the poor image quality, rainy day! my brother-in-law came up from Virginia to take a fine Dall ram. Best trip I've ever had in the Brooks Range.
Hunting & Fishing Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
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Sorry about the poor image quality, rainy day! my brother-in-law came up from Virginia to take a fine Dall ram. Best trip I've ever had in the Brooks Range.
Re: Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
Awesome Ram Chandalar.
You Alaska guy's have it made When it comes to hunting.
I was only there once, West side of Anchorage, There was a cow moose & calve walking across the Mcdonalds parking lot like they owned the place.
Awesome Ram Chandalar.
You Alaska guy's have it made When it comes to hunting.
I was only there once, West side of Anchorage, There was a cow moose & calve walking across the Mcdonalds parking lot like they owned the place.
Re: Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
Awesome job Chandalar! One of my dreams....you don't need another brother-in-law do you? Congrats all around, I'm sure it was well earned.
Awesome job Chandalar! One of my dreams....you don't need another brother-in-law do you? Congrats all around, I'm sure it was well earned.
Re: Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
Graham;
He was hunting with a .300 Rem. Ultra mag, nothing special, he had zeroed it at 500 yards, and it worked out pretty good. It was probably at about 5-600 yards, as our range finder was on the fritz. I would guess he shot at about a 25deg angle up hill. We were hunting in an area that was pretty thick with grizzly bears, so we got every thing back to camp and zodiaced across the lake to avoid an encounter. We did have one tough experience where we had to sleep out under a rock at 6000 feet, wet and extremely hypothermic, lets just say we got rather close to survive, we would shake for 20 minutes be ok for 10 minutes, then shake for 20 more. That wasn't fun at all, we were so happy to finally get back to our tent and sleeping bags the next day.
Graham;
He was hunting with a .300 Rem. Ultra mag, nothing special, he had zeroed it at 500 yards, and it worked out pretty good. It was probably at about 5-600 yards, as our range finder was on the fritz. I would guess he shot at about a 25deg angle up hill. We were hunting in an area that was pretty thick with grizzly bears, so we got every thing back to camp and zodiaced across the lake to avoid an encounter. We did have one tough experience where we had to sleep out under a rock at 6000 feet, wet and extremely hypothermic, lets just say we got rather close to survive, we would shake for 20 minutes be ok for 10 minutes, then shake for 20 more. That wasn't fun at all, we were so happy to finally get back to our tent and sleeping bags the next day.
Re: Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
Congrats to your bro-in-law. That's a big ol ram for sure. Sounds like you guys had quite a hunt. I hunted the Brook's 6 yrs ago in the NE corner for sheep. Wish I could have gotten a bear tag also, but the outfitter had his allotment allocated to other hunters. And of course I had arctic grizzlies within handgun range on two occasions. What a beautiful place the Brooks Range is indeed.
Congrats to your bro-in-law. That's a big ol ram for sure. Sounds like you guys had quite a hunt. I hunted the Brook's 6 yrs ago in the NE corner for sheep. Wish I could have gotten a bear tag also, but the outfitter had his allotment allocated to other hunters. And of course I had arctic grizzlies within handgun range on two occasions. What a beautiful place the Brooks Range is indeed.
Re: Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
That's a beaut!!!!
I had some sheep last year, a package left over from a care package, didn't care so much for the meat, tasted like goat but hope you can enjoy it!! (I hope it gets eaten too LOL)
Nice horns for sure!
That's a beaut!!!!
I had some sheep last year, a package left over from a care package, didn't care so much for the meat, tasted like goat but hope you can enjoy it!! (I hope it gets eaten too LOL)
Nice horns for sure!
Re: Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
That is super cool, and a hell of a story.
I would absolutely love to do a hunt like that.
That is super cool, and a hell of a story.
I would absolutely love to do a hunt like that.
Re: Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
Wow..just wow...
That right there is one of my dream hunts... right along with my bighorn (if I ever draw the tag )
Wow..just wow...
That right there is one of my dream hunts... right along with my bighorn (if I ever draw the tag )
Re: Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
Pretty amazing. Always hoped for a trip to Alaska but doubt it will happen anytime soon.
Pretty amazing. Always hoped for a trip to Alaska but doubt it will happen anytime soon.
Re: Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
On the north side you don't see any forest but on the south side there are some pretty good forested areas. On this trip I saw the sheep feeding right in the trees, but typically they stay above tree line.
On the north side you don't see any forest but on the south side there are some pretty good forested areas. On this trip I saw the sheep feeding right in the trees, but typically they stay above tree line.
Re: Brooks Range Dall Sheep 9/7/2011
wow nice ram its always nice when you go on a non guided hunt and score. some day I'll make it to alaska to hunt
wow nice ram its always nice when you go on a non guided hunt and score. some day I'll make it to alaska to hunt
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