You have do some looking and calling for sure. They're not hard to train but they do vary in physical ability and willingness. You will pay more for a trained packer since your gambling on an untrained Llama. You can also pay for bloodlines.
It does seem there are more for sale than 4-5...
Maybe try walk back tuning before bare shafting. I often find if I have anything going on with my form bare shafting can be more of a method of self torture than tuning.
Walk back tuning should have the most forgiving results based on form. Try going from one extreme to another say a 200...
Permits can vary national forest to national forest in terms of permit stipulations for camp locations, group size, number of stock, days allowed, etc... Then they can vary based on wilderness vs non wilderness etc..
I'm a bit embarrassed to say, I tagged out, with a rifle, at 25 yards.
I have lots of great excuses hunt was 13 hours one way, I had just moved from where I drew the tag to Idaho, only had 4 days to hunt, was borrowing a buddies truck, there was lots of rain and the sheep were staying really...
One thing I like about my llamas is they don't really overeat. I can cut them loose on a friend's pasture and pick them up a couple weeks later for a trip.
Hey folks,
I'm looking to sell my Opticron MM3 6OMM spotter with the SDLv2 eyepiece. It's in amazing shape, but I just don't use it but a day or two each season. Nice lightweight awesome glass. With the SDLv2 eyepiece it runs 15-45x.
$500 TYD.