... we had to travel light and get up to where the sheep are.

Ruger M77 Compact, 260 Rem. caliber, SS. 

Day's provisions and sleeping bag.

Not shown are ... binos, spotting scope, some other stuff.

Choules glassing ...

On our fourth day, at our turnaround point, we found sheep.  I got my 155-160 ram about noon. Bedded at 315 yards, I took him as he got up to climb into some rocks and disappear.  In the excitement my camera-man brought everything forward but the video camera.  Oh, and range-finder.

It was the last day of August, and warm, so I started caping and boning immediately to get the meat cooled ... even before camera arrived.  It paid off - we have great tasting meat.

We spent the next three and a half days packing it, and our stuff, down to one of the airfields.

Calling out ... (SAT phone)

Humpin' back for meat ...

Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep are BIG creatures ... way bigger than a mule deer, to which they are often, and mistakenly, compared.

We had the help of a trail crew - they loaned us one of their mules for the last four miles.  Sweet.

Camp at Middle Fork.  (One big fire ring.)

Jolly sheep hunter ...

Ram back at civilization ...