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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: AKBowman on April 15, 2010, 11:13:16 PM

Title: WA Bighorn Sheep Tag
Post by: AKBowman on April 15, 2010, 11:13:16 PM: If a guy was going to start putting in for a WA sheep tag and wanted the most remote backpack hunt he could get where there might still be a place a big ram could hide...which hunt should that person put in for?
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 16, 2010, 06:00:07 AM: Wrong State
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Post by: boneaddict on April 16, 2010, 06:05:42 AM: Not really a backpack hunt, even if you were to draw.
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Post by: Ridgerunner on April 16, 2010, 07:51:03 AM: Definately the wrong state for a backpack hunt for sheep.
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Post by: boneaddict on April 16, 2010, 09:10:43 AM: Idaho....Frank Church....thats your huckleberry
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Post by: Falcon on April 16, 2010, 06:30:55 PM: Wenaha
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on April 16, 2010, 08:42:47 PM: Try Area 4 in WY ;). I killed my ram 9 air miles into the wilderness. Two days before the season, I watched an old stud ram close enough I could count all 14 annular rings through the spotting scope, and was reasonably sure he had 38" horn length and a 42" maximum spread. Only about 14" bases, but ...
Title: Re: WA Bighorn Sheep Tag
Post by: boneaddict on April 16, 2010, 08:59:57 PM: I hope to be in area 5 this fall. :)
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Post by: B.G.hunter on April 16, 2010, 09:07:15 PM: there is no wenaha tag this year. :'( only lick creek for south east tags other than the raffle wafnaws has.
Title: Re: WA Bighorn Sheep Tag
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on April 17, 2010, 08:18:17 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on April 16, 2010, 08:59:57 PM
I hope to be in area 5 this fall. :)
I hope you are - and with a tag with your name on it in your pocket!
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Post by: Ironhead on April 17, 2010, 08:30:22 AM: Bighorn Crags in ID. Serious back pack hunt.
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Post by: actionshooter on April 17, 2010, 08:35:54 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on April 16, 2010, 09:10:43 AM
Idaho....Frank Church....thats your huckleberry
Done that one (twice), if you want an ass kicker, this is you place. :)
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 17, 2010, 11:47:57 AM: i would be happy just getting a tag :chuckle: it does not have to be a backpack hunt :chuckle:
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Post by: Elkstuffer on April 17, 2010, 10:22:27 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: Ridgerunner on April 17, 2010, 10:26:06 PM: I would take just about any tag in this state, unfortunately I think I have a better chance of drawing MT sheep.
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Post by: Elkstuffer on April 18, 2010, 08:48:22 PM: We have a better chance of drawing Montana anything! >:(
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Post by: sheephunter on April 19, 2010, 03:26:17 PM: My only experience is Umtannum and 2 to 3 miles is all the farther you can get from a road.
good luck to all on the draws this year.
Title: Re: WA Bighorn Sheep Tag
Post by: bowhiker on May 17, 2010, 11:05:13 AM: Glad you started this tread. I've been buying points and will probably be for a while with this draw system, but I considered putting in for teiton. I don't hear much talk about it but that could be good or bad. However, if I could win the lotto with a raffle tag, I would probably do more homework of that area. I haven't seen the area yet, but the map says it's rough.
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Post by: coachcw on May 20, 2010, 12:27:20 PM: Sun river herd in montana give you good options on hunting style. for me two miles with a ram on my pack is plenty .