Anyone succeeded on Fraser Canyon sheep?
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Every time my Dad and I drove through the Canyon on our way up north, he would tell me the story of a guy he knew that shot a trophy sheep at Spences Bridge. This was many years ago and I've heard the story many times. Apparently, this guy shot an incredible ram there one year and then was never able to repeat his success. They are there .... usually on one mountain and by the time you get up there .... on a different mountain.
Ardent
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I hear the odd story as well, no pictures. I'd love to do California bighorn there, but it's pretty beaten down. The outfitter there claims 100% but no particularly impressive rams taken, I'd just enjoy a "desert bighorn" hunt at home.
I hunted those sheep for 5 years.... many years ago before my work injuries. I've also rafted and fished the Thompson steelhead since I got my first car. The one ram we harvested (2004) was taken while he was bedded with 30+ other sheep on a steep slope on the right side of Citadel. If you are familiar with the area at all you know where I mean.
We accessed via a dirt road near dave's hilltop, and took the better part of 2 days hiking up and across, hunting our way thru. Once we spotted the sheep we had to take a totally different approach and retreated. Back at Shaw's we consulted the maps and inflated the raft. With minimal gear and enough for 2 nights away, we head across the Thompson and straight up onto citadel flats. The next morning saw us about 300M below the sheep and we angled up and away from citadel. The shot came at about 150 yards at extreme upward angle. The ram didn't move from it's bed, just kicked a few times and lay still. The commotion after the shot saw sheep scattering and sounding off as they all took off up the mountain with zero effort. It wasn't my kill but it was sure damn worth every bit of the gruelling hike to find them and then the equally as gruelling efforts to get into a shooting zone.
Would love to do that hunt again but I just don't know if the body will let me. Big Bar is a little easier terrain for me and I have a spot scouted out that a buddy harvested a legal ram in 2 years ago. In the fall, if you are in spences bridge where that guy has the farming area on the north side of the hwy.... you would be stunned at some of the massive rams that venture into his field to chow on the unharvested melons and veggies. It's a sight to see.
That area and the sheep in it were the driving force behind me becoming a hunter so many years ago. The only thing preventing me from harvesting my dream ram is my broken body LOL
We accessed via a dirt road near dave's hilltop, and took the better part of 2 days hiking up and across, hunting our way thru. Once we spotted the sheep we had to take a totally different approach and retreated. Back at Shaw's we consulted the maps and inflated the raft. With minimal gear and enough for 2 nights away, we head across the Thompson and straight up onto citadel flats. The next morning saw us about 300M below the sheep and we angled up and away from citadel. The shot came at about 150 yards at extreme upward angle. The ram didn't move from it's bed, just kicked a few times and lay still. The commotion after the shot saw sheep scattering and sounding off as they all took off up the mountain with zero effort. It wasn't my kill but it was sure damn worth every bit of the gruelling hike to find them and then the equally as gruelling efforts to get into a shooting zone.
Would love to do that hunt again but I just don't know if the body will let me. Big Bar is a little easier terrain for me and I have a spot scouted out that a buddy harvested a legal ram in 2 years ago. In the fall, if you are in spences bridge where that guy has the farming area on the north side of the hwy.... you would be stunned at some of the massive rams that venture into his field to chow on the unharvested melons and veggies. It's a sight to see.
That area and the sheep in it were the driving force behind me becoming a hunter so many years ago. The only thing preventing me from harvesting my dream ram is my broken body LOL
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