t_boneking
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This might be a long post. In 2020 my mom and dad got called to serve a church mission in Alaska. My dad quickly fell in love with Alaska. When my dad had time he would go look at Dall Sheep in the mountains behind his house in Anchorage. In 2022 my mom got diagnosed with cancer and my parents had to come home early from their 3 year mission.
While in Alaska my dad made some friends and met some people that were guides and outfitters. One of them was willing to take my dad and I on a 2 on 1 dall sheep hunt.
The hunt was originally scheduled for 2023 but the outfitter had something come up and the hunt was pushed to this year.
That worked well for us as it gave us time to focus on my mom’s health. She is now healthy and cancer free.
August 22nd came and it was time for us to leave Utah and head North. We arrived safely and after a few days of travel we made it to the mountains the evening of the 23rd.
The night we arrived at camp we immediately started to see sheep. We also saw a big grizzly about 700 yards from camp.
August 24th (first day of hunting)
We woke up and hiked above camp to get a closer look at the ram from the night before. Upon closer inspection he wasn’t legal so we had to leave him alone. We spent the rest of the day hiking to a remote area. When we got close to camp we got in close on 8 other rams but none of them were legal.
August 25th
We awoke to snow and fog in the higher country. We couldn’t located any of the sheep from the day before. We checked the weather and saw we were suppose to have bad weather for the next few days. We divided it would be best to leave the high country and head back to base camp. There we would be out of the fog and be able to see. We spent the rest of the day hiking back to base camp.
While in Alaska my dad made some friends and met some people that were guides and outfitters. One of them was willing to take my dad and I on a 2 on 1 dall sheep hunt.
The hunt was originally scheduled for 2023 but the outfitter had something come up and the hunt was pushed to this year.
That worked well for us as it gave us time to focus on my mom’s health. She is now healthy and cancer free.
August 22nd came and it was time for us to leave Utah and head North. We arrived safely and after a few days of travel we made it to the mountains the evening of the 23rd.
The night we arrived at camp we immediately started to see sheep. We also saw a big grizzly about 700 yards from camp.
August 24th (first day of hunting)
We woke up and hiked above camp to get a closer look at the ram from the night before. Upon closer inspection he wasn’t legal so we had to leave him alone. We spent the rest of the day hiking to a remote area. When we got close to camp we got in close on 8 other rams but none of them were legal.
August 25th
We awoke to snow and fog in the higher country. We couldn’t located any of the sheep from the day before. We checked the weather and saw we were suppose to have bad weather for the next few days. We divided it would be best to leave the high country and head back to base camp. There we would be out of the fog and be able to see. We spent the rest of the day hiking back to base camp.
