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Old 08-24-2017, 08:36 AM
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Have a couple friends in the Willmore reporting more bugs and more mud then they've ever seen, sucks on the trail but once in to the hills it's still amazing. Good luck tomorrow for anyone in there!


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Old 08-24-2017, 08:58 AM
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wouldn't be wilmore without bugs and mud!

hope they do well
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Old 08-24-2017, 09:34 AM
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wouldn't be wilmore without bugs and mud!

hope they do well
Somebody told me, if your'e going to the Willmore in July, it's gonna rain. didn't tell me it snows as well.

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Old 08-24-2017, 10:00 AM
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I know I should be leaving today or even a few days ago but work interferes. I hate hiking in on opening day, I'm sure everyone would prefer waking up on top opening day. Calling for 15-20mm of rain today in Grande Cache so should make that mud a little worse than it already is. This will be trip 5 in there in the last 4 years and haven't seen a legal ram yet so at this point I'm thinking its going to be another good hiking trip.
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Old 08-24-2017, 11:29 AM
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Going to be there in a month. Hope it gets cool and drier.
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Old 08-25-2017, 11:07 AM
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I know of one ram down at first light today.
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Old 09-08-2017, 03:51 PM
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Going in from rock lake, about 6hrs to eagles nest cabin if you can keep a steady pace. If the rain last night and this morning didn't affect the trail too much it'll be good and the deepest creek crossings will be about a foot. We just got out it was beautiful weather, some black flies but nothing crazy. The only other people we saw were on the trail and the vast majority were not hunting. Saw lots of goats and not too many sheep. Needless to say we didn't harvest anything but as always it's a beautiful big place just to be. My advice to first timers as always, don't push yourself the first day of you are backpacking in, and if you are on horses make sure you find water, pretty dry in there now.


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Old 09-08-2017, 05:15 PM
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Sheep are down low right now. Look for them in the shady chutes and in the trees. Infact they should be low enough to be in poplars with this heat and close to the streams.
I'm headed out on Sunday to kill one and hope for the best
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If you see grizzly #148 sporting her new GPS collar, be sure to say 'Hi' from all of her Canmore friends We got tired of her 'bluff charging' the locals and shipped her up that way!
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I've always run into good guys on the trail and in the backcountry when sheep hunting.
No sheep tag for me this year but am heading to the Willmore in a couple of weeks to hunt moose and my partner will have a sheep tag. .......should be another great experience.

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Old 09-10-2017, 11:43 PM
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I've always run into good guys on the trail and in the backcountry when sheep hunting.
No sheep tag for me this year but am heading to the Willmore in a couple of weeks to hunt moose and my partner will have a sheep tag. .......should be another great experience.

Good luck to everyone!!
Man, ive thought so many times about doing a moose hunt in the Wilmore. After packing out a moose on a solo hunt a far lesser distance than I would expect based on my experience in the wilmore though, ive always talked myself out of it though, lol. Cant wait to hear about your trip and GOOD LUCK, im sure it will be awesome. I have no doubt there is a new Alberta record somewhere in the wilmore, hopefully with your name on it!
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I was thinking of going hunting for WT in Willmore in a couple of weeks. My wife is going to join me for the first time ever and I wanted to check out some place new and quiet. Unfortunately the week I set aside for scouting the area this year got taken up by a last minute provincial exam I had to study for.

I generally hunt 410 & 316 as I live in Canmore and those seem to be the closest opportunities, but I hunted both zones hard last year and only had two bucks walk by. I ended up with a nice 5 * 5 but pretty much at the 11th hour.

I am thinking of maybe heading to WMU 339, it looks decent, all public land and is open for the last week of September. Plus there are some supplemental tags.

What's it like out there? I have most of a week so I will have time to move around and check out the area. I don't have horses or machines and my little Mazda is 4*2. I generally just walk most of the day, maybe too much for Whitetail deer hunting. Any time I tell people I am thinking of Willmore for WT they generally just raise their eyebrows.

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Old 09-08-2017, 08:48 PM
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If you see grizzly #148 sporting her new GPS collar, be sure to say 'Hi' from all of her Canmore friends We got tired of her 'bluff charging' the locals and shipped her up that way!
No, she went to Kakwa, probably back home soon. Gotta keep those Canmorites and their mutts on their toes.

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No, she went to Kakwa, probably back home soon. Gotta keep those Canmorites and their mutts on their toes.

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She's actually staying put nicely right now.
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Old 09-30-2017, 08:10 AM
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Here are some of the views you may expect not this late in the year as far as snow but earlier in sept.


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Awesome shots
What part was theses pic taken in
Can't wait to get in there leaving wed
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Old 09-30-2017, 11:04 AM
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Love the Willmore, its a big country, lots of room and campsites. Met wonderful people in the back country and a couple of real jerks,
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Old 09-30-2017, 12:30 PM
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Awesome shots

What part was theses pic taken in

Can't wait to get in there leaving wed


Couple pics are from close to eagles nest then the rest are moving north and west from eagles nest.


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Old 09-30-2017, 01:14 PM
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Great shot
You went in from rock lake??
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Old 09-30-2017, 01:34 PM
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Yeah you bet it’s the most convenient access for me and probably 70% of the other sheep hunters ha ha


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Old 09-30-2017, 02:08 PM
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Oh good to know
I've got a non trophy tag but if there are more hunters then sheep I may go else where I'll have to look at my maps again
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