Addicted to sheep hunting?

[209x50]

Originally Posted by gopher

Ya I see what your saying for me personly I am more of a shooter then a hunter. I enjoy working with dogs more and wing shooting and the casual feel of a good bird hunt. I can defently see the attraction to sheep hunting and the work that Gose into it and the trophy of a life time. It's not for me sheep hunters are defiantly dead serious about there game

And so are my bird hunting buddies in SD! Different strokes for different folks.

[crazyfish]

To each there own,... but those guys that waterfowl hunt the flooded timber standing waist deep or mre ! thats dedication !

Now if i could only get a sheep draw for nov !!!! Bliss !! But i should finally get my NT sheep tag as well this year , so it should be very exciting !

[pseelk]

Originally Posted by sheepguide

Im not addicted to hunting sheep. Im addicted to hunting the high valleys and high ridges. Climbing that mountain and feeling the burn in the back of the legs and saying " why the hell do I do this to myself", then breaking over the top and looking at the vastness of the next range or valley and then I remember exactly why I do that to myself.
A sheep at the end of the trail is just a bonus. Ive hunted sheep for 22 years killed 2 in the first 4 years and have been looking for the "One" dream ram ever since. Probably turned down 30+ rams since and some pretty decent ones(170+) but just havent found that one that gives my heart a jump.
And honestly dont really care when it happens as I will be out there tag or no tag looking for what is over that next high ridge for many years to come I hope.

Could I quit? Not a chance!
SG

x2 Love the high country!

[jim 1367]

When you talk about high country there is just something about it that get your blood boiling. Like was posted above as soon as the aches and pains go away your thinking of when you can do it again. The way I describe it to people is if you think those mountains look good when your driving by or looking up at them, then you should see what they look like from the top!

Read a report one time where a guy was kind of bragging about getting all four sheep for his slam on the first day he hunted for each of them. I felt sorry for him, he did not know what he was missing. That being said you either love it or hate it and thank god it's not for everyone, it allows those of us who love it to enjoy it that much more.

[Rocks]

I spend quite a bit of time in the mountains in the spring and summer, but there is something about being out there with sheep tag in your pocket that makes it so much better. It's my favourite hunt and the one I look forward to the most every year. And even though I can't buy a ram tag this year, our hunt is already planned and I'll be out there anyways hopefully helping the boys get a ram or two.

[TheClash]

I'd have to say as much as I loved being out there for sheep...watching the dogs work, seeing them lock up and then hearing a big old rooster bust out if the brush.... Ya that's hard to beat for me. But then, cresting a ridge and seeing forever. Your ling screaming, sweat down your back and the sun on your face.....hmmm....ya, spring can't come soon enough lol

[Stinky Coyote]

got a ewe and a ram now, think i've got it out of my system now, i'm gonna hang it up


















BWAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAA, or not.

When i can't hunt them i will be hopefully be guiding people very close to me on them....full speed ahead! What could be better, aside from calling a pack of wolves and killing almost all of them????

[fireguyfire]

Let's see; I have 5 rams on the wall, including a book rifle kill, and a book archery kill, and yet I still go out tons of days each fall "sheep hunting" even though I have no intention of ever shooting another one?

Yeah, I guess I'm addicted!!!!!