The Mountain Hunting Thread

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Ardent

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Those who’ve hunted the big cold rocks know it’s practically a different sport. Not trying to call it better just completely different. Weather becomes life and death, the physical exertion can enter the level of extreme sports legitimately, the shooting is often longer, the rifles lighter, the trips longer, communication limited, and you learn economy to the extreme. I leave the toothbrush behind often as you can make those on the with a green twig. Sounds goofy unless you’ve been there.

I’ll try and trickle out pics and stories and hope folks will share as well.

Angus

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My ultimate dream for a hunt but realistically how old is too old for a guy? A no quit attitude I have in spades but what about the physical realities? Do I have to be an elite class triathlete or a spec forces type?
 
Rick B said:
My ultimate dream for a hunt but realistically how old is too old for a guy? A no quit attitude I have in spades but what about the physical realities? Do I have to be an elite class triathlete or a spec forces type?
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My dad went sheep hunting with me last year. He was 65 and in reasonably good shape. Just do the best you can and don’t put it off to long. Get after it!
 
Rick B said:
My ultimate dream for a hunt but realistically how old is too old for a guy? A no quit attitude I have in spades but what about the physical realities? Do I have to be an elite class triathlete or a spec forces type?
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We’ve had clients up to pushing 80. It all depends on the individual and as you point out, the attitude and mindset is #1. Well and weather. One of the best hikers I’ve had was 67, one of those who struggled the most fit and in his late 30s. But certainly train, train, and train before you go to the rocks backpack hunting. It only brings a guy a better experience and more opportunities, plus you live longer. Guys will come having done 7 miles a day at home with a pack... on flat land, and be floored by the physical effort. Climb stairs is the best advice I have with a pack, and don’t hurt yourself, keep the pack lighter than on the trip and just set a manageable goal. Say 45 mins a day, even 20 mins to start, something you will actually do. If you tell yourself you’re going to do 90 mins a day it’s too much to start, mentally, and many will give up early. Baby steps.

This gentleman this August had the right mindset, he kept setting little goals for himself. “Where are we going to?” he’d ask, panting, I’d pick a rock a hundred yards upslope that stood out, “The pyramid shaped one, got it?”, “Ok!” After a breather at the next landmark he’d tell me to point the next rock out again. And you know what, it worked for him, he went places he told me he never thought he’d be able to.

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Rick B said:
My ultimate dream for a hunt but realistically how old is too old for a guy? A no quit attitude I have in spades but what about the physical realities? Do I have to be an elite class triathlete or a spec forces type?
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Haha dead! I grew up and my famlily is still in Hagensborg, the only way to go is up, my folks still drag their old butts up into the hills.
 
Mountains are OK. They sure do seem to attract more gravity than I'm used to. Being a prairie boy I like to get into the high alpine where you can see a long ways. I was fortunate to get back to Dease Lake country in NW BC on a hosted caribou hunt last fall. Hunted with a friend half my age. I kept up and we had a blast, finding caribou and moose every day, avoiding a few grizzlies, and generally having a grand time. I'm very accustomed to long distance hikes, but the mountains do present some unique challenges. Turning 60 this year, plan to keep doing this stuff for quite a few more.
 

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savagelh said:
I too am jealous. Closest I get to mountain hunting is the coulees along the south Saskatchewan. Looking forward to some more pics.
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Once you are in the high alpine, it is eerily similar to "coulees along the South Saskatchewan" Every place has its special charm. I love to hunt both places!
 
Excellent Tuffcity, remember that one from your thread on it I think, and love it. Here’s the other white mountain species for a surgeon from Texas, then the support and logistics to go do that that happens pre hunt, and then just a Model 70 stainless in its natural habitat that warms my heart.

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Longwalker said:
Once you are in the high alpine, it is eerily similar to "coulees along the South Saskatchewan" Every place has its special charm. I love to hunt both places!
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Hunting gets your more in tune with the natural environment of a place than anything else I’ve found. That’s probably the greatest beauty of it, and it renders everywhere fascinating.
 
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