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#1 son's Dall sheep #4 P&Y all time #1 in Can @16 years old

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that's awesome!

for me:

the 4 sheep found in BC
mountain goat
an elk with one horn going up and one horn going down
grizzly
mule deer with double drop tines
polar bear
walrus

occelated turkey
curassow
peacock bass
whitetail south of the equator
jaguar

auerhahn
european moose with dogs

leopard with dogs
forest buffalo
elephant
giant eland
barbary sheep
lesser kudu
springbok
tigerfish

marco polo's sheep
snow sheep
severtzov's argali
ibex
gaur
taimen

marlin

of course, not all are possible. but some certainly are!
 
sheephunter said:
Is that a Gobi Argali? Great looking ram...congrats!
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Negative on the Gobi this one is the Altai Argali, not a monster but hard fought for and 10 1/2 years old. Only saw 2 mature rams on the hunt. This was the last Altai permit issued by Mongolia for the foreseeable future, so I decided to take this ram instead of hold out for a monster and come home empty without the ability to ever hunt them again. Ovis ammon darwinei is next on the sheep list, or maybe desert.
 
c-fbmi said:
Negative on the Gobi this one is the Altai Argali, not a monster but hard fought for and 10 1/2 years old. Only saw 2 mature rams on the hunt. This was the last Altai permit issued by Mongolia for the foreseeable future, so I decided to take this ram instead of hold out for a monster and come home empty without the ability to ever hunt them again. Ovis ammon darwinei is next on the sheep list, or maybe desert.
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Ah okay cool.

Ovis ammon darwinei; I gotta say I'm not familiar with that sub species. Where would you hunt them?
 
c-fbmi said:
I have however been quite successful in business and have attained all of my original list and have had to re-vamp my list several times now.
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Congrats on your success in business. That usually doesn't happen without a lot of hard work and and a little risk taking - traits that, no doubt, have ensured positive outcomes in your hunting adventures.

Great pics. :)
 
Ovis ammon darwinei

sheephunter said:
Ah okay cool.

Ovis ammon darwinei; I gotta say I'm not familiar with that sub species. Where would you hunt them?[/QUOTE

Sorry about that, Gobi and Hanghuay (not sure spelled right), both in Mongolia same species, same DNA but the Hanghuay get much larger, better range and genetics I suspect.
Hey is that you in your avatar with the Marco?
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sheephunter said:
Ah okay cool.

Ovis ammon darwinei; I gotta say I'm not familiar with that sub species. Where would you hunt them?
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I think he means Ovis ammon darwini.

Here:

The smallest one among three species of Mongolian Argali, Ovis ammon darwini are found in the spectacular Mountain ranges of the Gobi desert, in the South and South-Western Mongolia. The 2,000 m high Mountains are the final part of the entire Altai Mountain Range.
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Fall Guy said:
Congrats on your success in business. That usually doesn't happen without a lot of hard work and and a little risk taking - traits that, no doubt, have ensured positive outcomes in your hunting adventures.

Great pics. :)
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Thank you for that comment!

I have been called a super aggresive overachiever (amongst a lot of other NOT so nice things)

C'mon guys who else has photos (especially penguins) of your hunts, don't have to be exotic or huge, as long as it's special to you and fetches fond memories, share them with us, please !!!!
 
c-fbmi said:
sheephunter said:
Ah okay cool.

Ovis ammon darwinei; I gotta say I'm not familiar with that sub species. Where would you hunt them?[/QUOTE

Sorry about that, Gobi and Hanghuay (not sure spelled right), both in Mongolia same species, same DNA but the Hanghuay get much larger, better range and genetics I suspect.
Hey is that you in your avatar with the Marco?
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Oh okay...cool....so basically a Gobi then. Ya, they are very cool looking. I'd love to hunt Mongolia one day.

Yes, that is a Marco Polo in my avatar. I took him in Kyrgyzstan in October 2011.
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sheephunter said:
Here's my Marco Polo and Mid Asian Ibex that I took on the hunt.

Outstanding Ibex, I heard they were much better in Khyrgistan. Nice Marco, quite brown, eh. Are you getting him life mounted? They IMHO, are the most beautiful sheep bar none in the world. Congrats on a gorgeous ram !!! And I know for a fact they don't come easy, by far the spookiest sheep I've ever hunted, and they live on the bald a$$ prairie at 15,000 ft.

Thanks for the pics, let's keep 'em coming, everybody.
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c-fbmi said:
Outstanding Ibex, I heard they were much better in Khurgistan. Nice Marco, quite brown, eh. Are you getting him life mounted? They IMHO, are the most beautiful sheep bar none in the world. Congrats on a gorgeous ram !!! And I know for a fact they don't come easy, by far the spookiest sheep I've ever hunted, and they live on the bald a$$ prairie at 15,000 ft.

Thanks for the pics, let's keep 'em coming, everybody.
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Thanks. We weren't in a great ibex area but it was exceptional for Marco Polo. They have some unreal ibex in their ibex areas but I was really pleased with this one. Sadly just a shoulder mount on the Marco Polo.....not enough room in the house and money in the bank for a lifesize...lol

Ya, it was a tough hunt, definitely not your typical Marco Polo for sure We ended up doing a bit of an exploritory hunt and rode very deep into the Tian Shan mountains, spike camping as we went. I doubt many westerners had ever seen this part of Kyrgyzstan. Our guides thought we might have been the first. It was really cool!
 
Hey fellas, this is a most incredible thread and the pictures are outstanding.
However, I and I'm sure everyone reading this thread would love to know what you gentlemen used for rifles and and also loads, bullets, weights, etc.
This sort of information is priceless as are all of your current posts.
 
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