Dall Sheep Down..... Real Pics Now!!

Doug, you told us all when we were there that you didn't eat wild meat anymore. So if you do get those loins and backstraps, package them up for two and send them off to Charlie and I.;) Or maybe we'll have to come back up and help you eat them.
 
mrgoat said:
Doug, you told us all when we were there that you didn't eat wild meat anymore. So if you do get those loins and backstraps, package them up for two and send them off to Charlie and I.;) Or maybe we'll have to come back up and help you eat them.
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To be totally accurate I said I don't enjoy moose or caribou any more, sheep was never discussed. I don't really even like sheep EXCEPT loins, backstrap and heart. And I have a whole backstrap now he's back. I'm going to barbie it tomorrow and eat myself into a stupor.

I picked he and his photo buddy up at the float dock at 6:00 pm and brought them back here and barbied them up a couple huge prime rib steaks with more pan fried spuds than they could eat and a large green salad. Red wine and Tequila filled the celebratory needs, now they are going to cut and wrap the meat.
 
elker said:
how much is the fee for satellite phone? I think it is a better investment than others as it can save lives
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Not positive, secretary deals with it, but I believe it's 40-50 bucks a month and 1.50-2 bucks a minute. The big owie is $2000.00 for the phone. My guys have lost one and run over one HHMMMMMMMM....
Of the 2 or 3 systems out there the only one worth having is the Iridium, the other 2 systems have great gaps and holes, sometimes for days. I've used it from nearly the north pole to Capetown and Mongolia to Tajikistan, have always been able to get a satelite.
 
elker said:
how much is the fee for satellite phone? I think it is a better investment than others as it can save lives
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Depending on your predicted amount of usage, renting is a good option. Locally, they rent for 15 dollars a day, plus a per minute fee on calls(that you never have to make hopefully). Worth it in most cases I think.
 
We have a bit of technical difficuly with the pics. Apparently the new fangled digital video camera used is not compatable with any of my computers nor with Walmarts equipment. It is way beyond my skills, so the situation is in more qualified hands and hopefully will be resolved in the next day or 2 and images will be able to move from camera hard drive to computer accessable.

He suffered a bit of "thin air shrinkage" from the airplane trip back, an all too common syndrome here in the Yukon when flying out sheep.lol Anyway he's 37 1/2" and quite light with 12" bases fairly wide and nice and even, so he's a pretty ram. 8 1/2 years old.
 
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Okay guys, here's some pics of the cleaned head and horns, we'll still have to wait a couple days for the kill site photos of complete ram.

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Where is the rest of the sheep? Showing only 5% of the animal and a firearm is not much to show. No field photo's?
 
What is the restrictions on these animals. I've read somewhere that to be legal they must have a full curl or be of a certain age. Not sure what sheep that applied to. Or is it like whitetail tags?. A antlered tag is good for anything with antlers spike or 20 point
Ill never afford to hunt a wild sheep but I'm just curious as to game laws
 
Yukon rams need to cross the line that extends from the corner of the eye to the nostral or be 8 years or older. This ram is both, he has room to spare on length as well. Bc has to break the bridge of the nose or be 8 years old. NWT had to be 3/4 curl only, those are for thin horn sheep (stone and dall).
 
brybenn said:
What is the restrictions on these animals. I've read somewhere that to be legal they must have a full curl or be of a certain age. Not sure what sheep that applied to. Or is it like whitetail tags?. A antlered tag is good for anything with antlers spike or 20 point
Ill never afford to hunt a wild sheep but I'm just curious as to game laws
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In Alberta we only have big horn sheep. A trophy tag in most zones is 3/4 curl, in other words draw a line from the front of the horn through the front of the eye and make sure the curl goes past. Some zones are full curl. Here is a brochure on how to identify a full curl ram:

http://www.env.gov.yk.ca/huntingtrapping/documents/huntwisely_sheep.pdf

In Alberta we also have non-trophy tags (they usually take several years to draw for) which are good for ewes only.
 
Sask_Hunter said:
Yukon rams need to cross the line that extends from the corner of the eye to the nostral or be 8 years or older. This ram is both, he has room to spare on length as well. Bc has to break the bridge of the nose or be 8 years old. NWT had to be 3/4 curl only, those are for thin horn sheep (stone and dall).
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Myself and all the guys I know use the bridge of the nose to be absolutely sure, but then again we don't shoot sheep that are anywhere close to iffy anymore. The rams we look for are always well past full curl and usually way over 8 years old.
I've guided several locals looking for their first ram and I always judge before the shot and never never give the nod unless it's over the nose. There is almost always better sheep around anyway, that we never had to risk it.
 
I saw a ram that another guide had guided to, that was 13years old and only a little over 3/4 curl. He was deep and came high of his head, had a big horn look to him and was 35" long.

It's crazy how they can look and be so different yet are so simular.

I always like to know how old they are before I give the nod, age is a true trophy.
 
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