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    Pack Advice: Barneys vs Kifaru vs Crossfire

    I did not have it below 50° yet, but it’s plenty crinkly at that temp when you are folding it or rolling it up. Once everything‘s in the pack andcinched down, I never heard it. FC
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    Pack Advice: Barneys vs Kifaru vs Crossfire

    Whatever this one is: FC
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    Pack Advice: Barneys vs Kifaru vs Crossfire

    For what it’s worth, I just bought the Barney’s Yukon UL with a Freighter frame. I didn’t recall seeing the guy’s name tag, but the receipt says, “Kevin”. Background: 5’ 10”, < 210 at hunting weight. Guided mountain hunts, some on horseback, some on foot. I’d been wanting to upgrade from a...
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    2024 Wild Sheep Meatpole Thread!

    Griffin & Howe mauser, 7x57, employing the same load that was settled-upon before I was born. (160 NP). Still combing through the hunting journals, but this was at least the 10th bighorn taken with that rifle. FC
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    Yukon Ram

    Excellent, all around. Congrats! FC
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    Missouri Breaks Bighorn --- My Last Hunt With Dad

    What a privilege for you both to do that hunt together. Please keep that Model 70’s legacy alive: we need pics as you carry it afield. FC
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    Mountain goat now, or sheep later.. maybe never

    I took a Dall sheep in 2011, then a goat in 2017. The goat hunt was far harder. I harvested a majestic creature, and I don’t feel that he, or the experience, took a backseat to the sheep in any way. If I had not been able to get a sheep tag for 2024, I would’ve hunted a goat again, instead. The...
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    Outfitter recommendations

    I got a nice bighorn ram with them. (Pics over in the 2024 meatpole thread in the sheep forum) As hard as they worked to make it happen, I’d gladly chase goats with ‘em. FC
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    Outfitter recommendations

    I liked Packhorse Creek so much I hunted with them 5x in 11 years. Took a few nice trophies, including a big billy. Just hunted with Baldy Mountain (next territory over) last fall, and they're positively top-notch. I saw Ben Stevenson mentioned earlier - I hunted his Dad's territory back in...
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    Pack Size Recommendation for Guided Hunt

    Heading out for 12 day Stone Sheep hunt in August. The plan is to chat with the outfitter about it @ SCI show later this week, but figured I'd throw it out there for those who've been up the mountain more than myself. In 2011 I did a 10 day Dall hunt, taking a 65L (85, if extended) pack. I'd...
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    bullet selection for mountain goat

    Probably way too late for the OP, but in the interest of adding another data point: .300 WM 165 TTSX @ a hair < 3,200 fps 125 yards Punched the shoulders, complete pass-through, dead on his feet tumbled 'til a tree caught him I picked the rifle for that trip, moreso than the cartridge: an...
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    Would you sell Bitcoin for a Sheep hunt?

    Yeah, I'm late to the party, but I only just joined the site. Count me in with the folks who mentioned that tomorrow is promised to no one. Or the old proverb that, "the last shirt has no pockets." Some estate planners once told me they explain retirement to their clients in terms of...
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    Differences in Dall, Stone, RM Bighorn, D Bighorn hunts

    The price considerations are 100% valid: it's stupid expensive now, and will only go up from here. Unfortunately, that's just the price of admission these days. With a Dall and Bighorn to my credit so far, my $.02 is that the outfitter you select will have a major impact on your odds of...
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    Planning a once in a lifetime sheep hunt

    Good luck on your quest. I'm booked for a Stone Sheep hunt this August, so I'm here to soak up info, too. First things first, though: be really careful about that, "once in a lifetime" thing. That's what I thought about last year's Bighorn hunt. 😊 Now i'm gleefully throwing myself down the...
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    2024 Wild Sheep Meatpole Thread!

    Felled this guy back in October with Great Grandad's rifle. It was at least the 10th bighorn taken with that gun. Pretty good mass on that critter: FC
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    A Grizzled Newbie

    After nearly 20 years on another forum, I figured I needed to expand my horizons. The hunting talk waned, while the bellyaching & body parts discussions ran rampant. I've still got some hunting to do, so I figured I'd give it a go over here. I do recognize some handles, & surely some will...

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