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Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4606366
08/17/14 03:31 PM
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There's horizontal miles and then there's mountain miles. 12 from start to finish but not all new trail. My wife is a keeper…but she better be, so am I.

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4606958
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Awesome work there Brian. Great pictures also.


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Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4607036
08/17/14 10:42 PM
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10 days till you get to that mountain. I would have to start now. Good luck.
I see Hoopy got a ram, by the way..............
Wonder if he still want's a goat. grin


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Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4607046
08/17/14 10:47 PM
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AV - its onlt 1.5 miles to the base and 2500 sq. feet vertical. Wait you're right I better start now.

Ron, if i keep hiking 20 km west I'll hit BC border. Sure like one of those Stone rams but $35 k is steep

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4607179
08/18/14 12:25 AM
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Me too on the Stone sheep Brian. I would trade a bighorn hunt for one if I was allowed to. I would love to get another Dall sheep as well. The last one I got was 20 years ago when I was 18. It was a blast.

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4607197
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Nube - my buddy rides his jet boat up the canyons in McKenzie mountains, camps overnight and drops a ram on the canyon walls next day. pretty easy dall. I'm hoping i can do a real Dall hunt yet up in the NWT but the clock is ticking.

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4607555
08/18/14 11:17 AM
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The way you trap and hunt I think you got time lol You live a pretty active life. Wish I could join you for your sheep hunt. I haven't been out for a couple years now and it is driving me nuts. I have 94 hunters coming up this year for waterfowl hunts and that takes me till mid october. Then on the 26th I leave for Azerbaijan to hunt Tur in the mountains at 12000 ft! I guess that will have to be my sheep hunt for the year as I am out of time again.
I love the pics in your journal here. I hope to start my own journal this year now that I have a line

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4607947
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Looked at Tur hunt for NZ trip I have on deck. Not a chopper hunt. Good luck in Azer...hope you don't come back all radicalized like those dudes in Calgary.

Good for you on securing your trapline. You went hard resident trapping and deserve a registered line. Look forward to your stories as the season progresses.

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4608022
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Its Tahr in NZ a little different than Tur. Sandi and I hunted tahr in NZ in 2006 on as well. A great time.

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: RichM AB] #4609279
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Yup Tahr and a Dagestan Tur are totally different animals. Rugged mountains for both though. If you want to come there is still room for 2 more lol

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4614279
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It's go time. I've put all my gear together and thrown it in my pack to get a weight. 32 lbs without water and gun. I'm happy with that

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4614651
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Have a great hunt!

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4629236
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I survived my first hunt of the season. We had tough weather with rain and high winds most of the time. But there were moments of sunlight, some rainbows, and plenty of sheep, but we didn't take a ram. The only real good ram spotted was way down in the timber and moving, we didn't even try for it.

My new equipment worked well. The tarp cover system is a little light for days on end of wet weather but it kept me dry. The trick was getting out of the wind

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Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4629279
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That's the last time I bring socks I knitted myself






The toughest challenge was finding water. Luckily a small spring I found a few years back served us well

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4630990
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signs of a grizzly passing…literally



As close as I got to a good ram




I found a bear bed in the short scrub that was sheltered from the constant winds. Decided to upgrade with a rock fireplace. Dried my hiking boots and socks out nicely.

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4631251
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Great pics! Thanks for posting. I was looking foreword to a sheep pic but maybe next year. Are you getting back out there for another go later on ?

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4631336
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Just the first attempt nube. I also have a ewe tag after the 7th. I'll be heading back for sure. I'm going after early elk with the bow right now. Somehow my previous bow bounced out of truck and is no where to be seen so picked up a new Mathews bow. Been 5 years since last bow, they keep getting smaller and faster.

Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4631756
09/03/14 05:06 PM
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In that grizz scat I think I see some of those tiny bells the tourists wear so they can get closer to take pictures. smile

Great pictures as usual Brian.


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Re: Mountain Journal 2014 [Re: Bushman] #4633726
09/04/14 08:37 PM
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Those would be either off-the-beaten-path tourists Ron, or a bear with take out food.







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