That’s an awesome mount! Would love to hear about the adventure. Do you have a write up from the past you can link? Also, why is it closed? Is the war or something else? I speak Russian and would consider doing this in the future if the timing was right.
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Thanks for the detailed reply! Beautiful sheep and mount. Looking forward to reading the write-up you linked!Here is a post I made to the Sheep Meatpole back in 2019. I did a write-up on the hunt that was published in Grand Slam Magazine.
2019 Sheep "meatpole"
A Canuck here with my first ram. Slimbo Do you have more pictures and a story about that ram? I always love hearing how local BC hunters got it done for Stone's.
As far as current opportunities for hunting in Russia - while it may or may not be still technically open to entry by USA Citizens it is very uncertain they’d grant a tourist visa at this time. Even if a tourist visa was granted, don’t know how an American would travel there - even if one could, it would be extremely complicated due to closure of US and many other countries airspace to Russian airlines. Getting back out and re-routed home would be equally complex. Although I would love to return and hunt other sheep species (and had already planned to), things are just too risky and uncertain right now. Uncertain about other specific legalities and prohibitions for USA citizens at this time.
Don‘t want the thread hijacked and just wanted to share the results of a spectacular adventure a few years back in the Russian Far East. It was a great trip, I love the mount, and sincerely hope I have the opportunity to return there for Yakutia or other sheep someday.
Beautiful ram man! Really cool mount too. Who did your taxidermy?Here is a post I made to the Sheep Meatpole back in 2019. I did a write-up on the hunt that was published in Grand Slam Magazine.
2019 Sheep "meatpole"
A Canuck here with my first ram. Slimbo Do you have more pictures and a story about that ram? I always love hearing how local BC hunters got it done for Stone's.
As far as current opportunities for hunting in Russia - while it may or may not be still technically open to entry by USA Citizens it is very uncertain they’d grant a tourist visa at this time. Even if a tourist visa was granted, don’t know how an American would travel there - even if one could, it would be extremely complicated due to closure of US and many other countries airspace to Russian airlines. Getting back out and re-routed home would be equally complex. Although I would love to return and hunt other sheep species (and had already planned to), things are just too risky and uncertain right now. Uncertain about other specific legalities and prohibitions for USA citizens at this time.
Don‘t want the thread hijacked and just wanted to share the results of a spectacular adventure a few years back in the Russian Far East. It was a great trip, I love the mount, and sincerely hope I have the opportunity to return there for Yakutia or other sheep someday.
Thanks. Been lucky to have a few excellent taxidermists in my network. Steve Barrett, Critter Creations Taxidermy in Chambersburg, PA did this piece. He‘s done a couple of sheep, brown bear, Big 5, and others for me and I half expect each of them to flick an ear or blink when admiring them. Hopefully, I’ll be sending him another sheep someday
