Idaho 27-1 ...
Road Recon ... here
Get-in-Shape Climbs ... here
Early Hunt ... here
"Unit 27-1 ... a Tough Hunt" ... (Draft ... here)
My partner on this trip - good friend Jeff Choules ... more (on Jeff) ...here
... my Ram!
(Sorry he's already caped ... but I shot him August 31, and it was warm ... I started in with the knife even before the camera arrived.)
... my experience in 27-1 spawned some articles ...
"Planning a Do-it-Yourself Bighorn Sheep Hunt," Big Game Hunt ... (here)
Also published in The Bighorn, Volume 30, Issue 4, Fall 2004/Winter 2005, Number 93, The Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Society
Also published as "Planning and Executing a Successful Do-it-Yourself Bighorn Sheep Hunt," Huntn & Fishn Biz, Vol. 4, Issue 2 February - March 2006, Pages 20-21.
I have been able to give some other hunters some
tips for chasing rams in 27-1.
Pictured right is Mark (on the left) with his fine ram taken Sept 2006.
Rams taken in 27-1 are no easy matter. In fact, even coming home without a ram can be brutal.
But, as you can see by the twinkle in their eyes and by the expressions on their faces, the experience will be forever etched deep in their hearts and souls.
Congrats Mark - you beat the odds!!!
Bryan's 2007 Hunt ... here
Three Rams above camp ... but Bryan didn't get to them in time ... Ughhhh.
Other Units ...
My Dad (Bud Filler) and his 2004 Ram ...(Unit 26)
Primer to my Dad's hunt ... here
My Dad's Hunt ... here
[My] Diary of my Dad's hunt ... here
Some video clips ...here
Comparison / Contrast of Guided and Do-it-Yourself (DIY) hunts ...here
My `Tuesday Ram' partner Jeff Choules, and his 2002 ram.
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep are BIG creatures.
Other States ...
My brother Andy and I went on a Road Trip in 2005 ... from Ft. Polk, Louisiana to Boise, Idaho, and then I continued on up to ... (home).
It was a great trip. Icing on the cake was seeing a herd of Bighorn Sheep on the headwaters of the Rio Grand in Colorado.
Sweet indeed.
