"I am not sure I'm cut out for this"--Becca's 2012 Dall Sheep Hunt

[Becca]

Thanks again for following along, it was really an awesome trip and fun remembering it this week as I edited the story and organized the photos...

That was an awesome hunt! Thanks for taking the pictures like you do and sharing the story!

One question, and that is regards to your pictures. But the only time I rarely setup a camera with a timer is for after the animal is down and I want a picture with me in it, or with me and whoever I'm hunting with. Do you regularly setup your camera with a timer for the pictures? I think it really captures the essence of the hunt. And is something that I never think of doing while out hunting.

Mike

Mike, I honestly can't take much credit for the photos...Luke is definetelythe one who is most diligent about documenting our trips, and I confess that I often slack off even though I usually have my own camera. Course he gets lots of chances to take pictures because he gets lots of breaks waiting for me to catch up
We have been making more of an effort to take timer shots, because otherwise we can hike and hunt for half the year and never have a single pic with the two Of us together. Having a waterproof camera is a must, so we dont hqve to worry about drybags or rainy conditions. Our camera can set up on the tripod, but it also threads onto the screws we have thru our trekking poles (for the "v" adapters we carry to turn the poles into shooting sticks)...making it easier to take photos on the fly increases the number of timer shots we take, as well as pictures period. Hope that answered your question?

 

[Kotaman]

Awesome...

Fantastic write up and great Sheep! Just what I needed to pump me up a little more for my trip to the Brooks in August.

 

[Mckinnon]

So dang awesome. Way to go!

 

[muleymemories]

Way to go... thanks for an incredible story!

 

[actionshooter]

What an awesome adventure!! I always look forward to yours and Lukes hunts.

 

[reedjj]

Becca are those army surplus jackets you and Luke are wearing? Goretex?

 

[Becca]

Becca are those army surplus jackets you and Luke are wearing? Goretex?

No, we both use primaloft "Super Cub" puffy coats made by Barney's sports chalet/ frontier gear of Alaska. They still make them, but last I checked the multi-cam shell had been discontinued, available in green pertex though. I seriously love mine, kept me toasty warm for all three nights we bivied out with only one quilt to share.

 

[Becca]

Brought my ram home!!

Our taxidermist called and surprised me this week...apparently he already finished my ram, which is way faster than I was expecting. We went and picked it up today, I could not be happier!

Got him hung up in the dining room, now we each have a ram on the wall

 

[Matt Cashell]

Very very nice Becca!

 

[bigmoose]

Beautiful ram! He looks good on the wall!

Moose

 

[Slim Jim]

That is one beautiful mount! Congrats, I would love to have one of those hanging on my wall

 

[BuckSnort]

Great looking mount!...

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Looks good!

 

[arffdog875]

Awesome Ram! Congrats!

 

[Travis Bertrand]

I like the his and hers room! Awesome ram becca.

 

[Becca]

I like the his and hers room! Awesome ram becca.

Thanks...you can't tell, but that is our dining room...the table is right under where the photo stops, and those are our wedding photos on the wall behind each sheep

 

[Ryan Avery]

Becca, um.....yours looks a lot bigger

 

[HellsCanyon]

Beautiful mount! Thanks for answering the timed photo's question too, I know I should have a lot more pictures than I do!

Mike

 

[Becca]

Becca, um.....yours looks a lot bigger

Luke says that this ensures he will always have an excuse to go sheep hunting

In seriousness though, Luke's ram was the first legal sheep we found because I only had one day to hunt and he wanted me to be there...both of these rams will always be trophies to us!

 

[magpie]

That mount looks great!!!!!