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04-29-2018, 05:07 AM
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Alberta resident guided sheep hunt
Hello everyone,
I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I am an Alberta resident looking to find an outfitter or guide to take me on a sheep hunt late October. I have heard the prices can be more reasonable for residents but I am having trouble finding an outfitter. I have been sheep hunting for the last 4 years but always have gone in on foot. Mainly I looking for someone who can take me in on horses and set up a base camp a little further than accessible by foot.
I am looking for late oct.15-31st. Thanks for the help and feed back.
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04-29-2018, 06:14 AM
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If you just need someone to haul in your camp and pick you up after a week and not show you around then you don’t really need to pay a guide $1000 per day. You could hire anyone with some horses.
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04-29-2018, 08:33 AM
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There are a few guys that'll do just that what area are you hunting in I'm just waiting for some numbers for you
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04-29-2018, 02:41 PM
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You can try Indian Trail Adventures
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04-29-2018, 07:12 PM
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Thanks guys really appreciate the fees back I will reach out to them.
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05-01-2018, 04:58 AM
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Does anyone know someone for hire with horses?
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05-01-2018, 05:09 AM
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Originally Posted by wbshunt
Does anyone know someone for hire with horses?
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What area? South? Central? North? I have a string of mountain horses. I’m in south zone.
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05-01-2018, 09:24 AM
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I know a guy who rents his gear out and tags along with it
It’s not cheap, but if you can keep up, you’ll shoot a ram
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05-01-2018, 09:34 AM
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How much is a resident Guided hunt going for these days?
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Last edited by walking buffalo; 05-01-2018 at 09:48 AM.
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05-01-2018, 09:59 AM
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A friend of mine did just a pack in last year and it cost them 5grand unguided
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05-01-2018, 03:25 PM
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Sheep hunt
Don’t book with grosso outfitting I know a guy who paid 5 k went one day it was very foggy. Was told to come back and could never get a hold of them again. Lol lesson learned
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05-01-2018, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by mightybuck
Don’t book with grosso outfitting I know a guy who paid 5 k went one day it was very foggy. Was told to come back and could never get a hold of them again. Lol lesson learned
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What do you mean he was told to come back, did he get packed in and told to come out the next day.
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05-01-2018, 05:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mightybuck
Don’t book with grosso outfitting I know a guy who paid 5 k went one day it was very foggy. Was told to come back and could never get a hold of them again. Lol lesson learned
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Who didn't want to go hunting the guide or the client
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05-02-2018, 10:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mightybuck
Don’t book with grosso outfitting I know a guy who paid 5 k went one day it was very foggy. Was told to come back and could never get a hold of them again. Lol lesson learned
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So you post this about an Outfitter and then don't follow up with any information
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05-03-2018, 09:12 AM
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guided sheep hunt
Lot of guides do not like taking Albertans, know they will do their own hunt in following years into the prime areas he took them during payed hunt.
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05-03-2018, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf
Lot of guides do not like taking Albertans, know they will do their own hunt in following years into the prime areas he took them during payed hunt.
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OR, Outfitters take residents into other outfitters areas, but not their own.... Guided resident sheep hunting is making waves.
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05-04-2018, 12:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf
Lot of guides do not like taking Albertans, know they will do their own hunt in following years into the prime areas he took them during payed hunt.
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Precisely why it's my policy to never guide resident hunters,waterfowl being the only exception?
That said,pretty safe bet that 99% of people wouldn't have the means to pull off a back country sheep hunt on their own next year,but still risky,could be they own horses or their buddy does or wutever??
Just shooting yer self in the foot in my experience.
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05-04-2018, 11:32 AM
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Spend the money on good gear and a gym membership, sheep hunting is hard and takes commitment. If your just looking to kill a ram hiring an outfitter is definitely the way to go, but I don't think you will get the same satisfaction as doing it yourself, I know I wouldn't. I'm on year 5 without a Ram, figure I probably got another couple years of suffering and heartbreak before my time comes.
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05-05-2018, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by walking buffalo
How much is a resident Guided hunt going for these days?
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$10K plus now was the latest I was quoted for a friend of mine.
Also the new “rule” is the only Outfitter allowed to guide a resident in a WMU is the one who holds the NR allocations. In WMUs without allocations I think it’s fair game for any that hold the proper designation.
A great step in my opinion if everything holds true to the agreement 👍
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05-06-2018, 12:01 AM
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An old freind of mine told me he would accompany me on my first sheep hunt this year, he lives in bc but im a alberta resident would this be a conflict? he wants to take me into the dinosour/torrens range along the bc boarder.
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05-06-2018, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Sheepnu2985
An old freind of mine told me he would accompany me on my first sheep hunt this year, he lives in bc but im a alberta resident would this be a conflict? he wants to take me into the dinosour/torrens range along the bc boarder.
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There is no issue with your friend coming along on the hunt with you as a non hunter.
Are you accessing the area from the B.C. side or the Alberta side? I would check into the access issue if you are coming into Alberta from the B.C. side, and then if successful, having to cross back and forth across provincial boundaries with a unplugged ram.
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05-06-2018, 08:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Torkdiesel
$10K plus now was the latest I was quoted for a friend of mine.
Also the new “rule” is the only Outfitter allowed to guide a resident in a WMU is the one who holds the NR allocations. In WMUs without allocations I think it’s fair game for any that hold the proper designation.
A great step in my opinion if everything holds true to the agreement 👍
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This "rule" should weed out those from the "Gentlemen".
"Funny" how the No Sheep Outfitter area has become open game for Outfitters.
Next on the list of future problems will be the Free for all guiding zone....
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05-06-2018, 08:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Torkdiesel
$10K plus now was the latest I was quoted for a friend of mine.
Also the new “rule” is the only Outfitter allowed to guide a resident in a WMU is the one who holds the NR allocations. In WMUs without allocations I think it’s fair game for any that hold the proper designation.
A great step in my opinion if everything holds true to the agreement ��
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Who's rule is this?
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05-06-2018, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by littlered
Who's rule is this?
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APOS and the Outfitters involved is what I was told by one of the sheep Outfitters
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