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  1. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    No doubt. Which is regrettable, but reality.
  2. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    Again, I applaud your intent to open up an opportunity to sheep hunt to those that might not otherwise have that opportunity. That said, what you propose is not so much a business model as it is a charitable model. The demand for sheep hunts has never been higher. Full price hunts with good...
  3. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    I’m not so sure. I’m becoming more and more convinced that there are so many very wealthy hunters in the sheep game today that many will pay the going prices for just the chance to take a ram instead of an expectation to take one. Especially if current population trends continue. Sheep hunting...
  4. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    I’m done talking about the potential problems but I did want to add one thing about an issue brought up earlier: the way the outfitters back in the day insured they would be paid the trophy fee was to have us bring separate certified checks made out to them in the amount of the trophy fee(s) of...
  5. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    I admitted don’t really understand your reply fully, but it sounds as if your position is that you expect the client in my scenario to either take a shot at 400 even though there is a reasonable chance to close the distance or assume the $$$ risk if he wants to try and get closer. (My scenario...
  6. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    I am a moderately experienced sheep hunter. I am a good shot but by no means an expert marksman. My goal is always to get as close in as possible. I have always taken on faith that this is my guide’s goal also. My shots on rams have been at 100, 210, 220, and 300 yards. All successful. Simply...
  7. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    Mainly because your criteria is subjective. If the ram is borderline a client could simply disagree with you and then you have set yourself up for a “my word vs. his” dispute that can never be resolved short of legal action. Even with video evidence. Even the range would have to be proven. If...
  8. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    If you can advertise 33 of 34 on rams and plan on only doing a few hunts, then the more I think about it the more it makes sense just to charge the going rate of around 30K. You should have zero issues staying booked up and demand will only grow if your success rate remains near 100%. I mean, I...
  9. cbeard64

    Dall sheep status southern yukon

    Dang I sure hate to hear that. Took a beautiful Dall ram in that region in 2017. Populations were robust then with lots of mature rams on the landscape. Breathtaking country.
  10. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    Yeah the “putting client in front of a legal sheep within 400 yards” part of the equation will never work for any number of reasons. Trophy fee = animal taken/wounded is best way to go. Hunt over if blood drawn. That’s the way 99% of contracts read, and for good reason. Both take their risks...
  11. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    I am old enough to remember when the base hunt cost + trophy fee structure was the norm for almost all outfitted hunts. It is the most fair model for all the reasons given above. All parties should have financial skin in the game. Then the demand became so great that outfitters began to realize...
  12. cbeard64

    Nevada California Bighorn Adventure

    Congratulations and thanks for taking us along!!
  13. cbeard64

    NWT vs Yukon

    Funny how attitudes have changed on the helicopters. Not too many years ago NWT hunts were pretty universally looked down on because of the helicopter use. Seems like now it’s considered a plus.
  14. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Harvest 2023

    Yeah, I’m not ever buying that so few live longer than 8 anyway that there’s no impact. Sorry. Rams that live past 8 constitute the overwhelming majority of the ram harvest, not just in AK but across all of NA. And f there really were so few that would survive naturally and their importance...
  15. cbeard64

    Alaska Sheep Harvest 2023

    I have always been skeptical of the set-in-stone mantra that older age class rams were “excess” (basically useless) on the landscape. Nature doesn’t keep “excess” around long and years 8-12 are a third of a ram’s life.
  16. cbeard64

    AK Sheep, Population Observations

    Quota means for everyone. R, NR, subsistence. Predator control. Big penalties for non-legal rams. Habitat restoration. Trap and transplant. Whatever else the experts think will help. Y’all got a problem and it isn’t going to solve itself.
  17. cbeard64

    AK Sheep, Population Observations

    I know this is heresy to AK residents who consider it a God-given right to hunt sheep every year, but it’s past time for all AK sheep tags to be put under a quota/draw system. These numbers don’t lie and they are speaking clearly that everything that can be done needs to be done.
  18. cbeard64

    Dall Sheep Shape

    I would venture to say the vast majority of NR Dall sheep hunters are not in near as good a shape as you. I wasn’t and never have been. I can’t say it was exactly easy on me but I did fine. IMO mental toughness is the key requirement for sheep hunting. Of course, the further you are down the...
  19. cbeard64

    2 weeks from desert sheep opener.

    Y’all going to make me read this whole thing aren’t you?😊
  20. cbeard64

    DIY Colorado Ram

    Way to go and congratulations!!!

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