Weather was great, terrain was brutal. Or maybe my e-scouting just sucks, picked a area without a trail and just sent it. I guess I missed the 2 mile long boulder field that was a maze of cantaloupe to RV sized rock that did a number on a new pair of crispy's. The area seemed great but didn't see any sheep before the season closed quickly. Learned a lot, was trying to do some scouting last year but my trip was timed perfectly with the flooding so it was a wash lol. Stayed for some scouting after the season & have a new plan for next year.
As far as the gear, new EXO K4 was great, with way to much weight, old Black Diamond tent performed fine (could be a bit lighter, Oasis 3 6lbs but split in half with my oldest son), New Swaro EL range & STS 80 HD (to heavy but nice to look through, almost 20 years old), Gitzo Basalt & RRS head (under 2lbs total) always performs, Crispy
Briksdal MTN GTX good support & comfortable but left boot lost an eyelet & has stitching coming apart, Mnt Gear Bi Pod must of took a hit on the rocks in side pocket of my pack & cant was really loose tried to tighten and snapped the bolt. cooking was an old Ti snow peak set-up. Peak food was tasty but takes up a lot of volume compared to others, green belly & Heather's choice was on point (took 6 days worth) . Also the Ursack was a great improvement over my old canister. BTW fishing was epic, I was glassing but my son took up some gear & every other cast had a Yellowstone Cutthroat.
Hopefully someday I'll draw a sheep tag (have 24-25 points in a few states) but this is at least a chance, I've been thinking about trying it since about 2005 from my notes, hopefully my body has 5 years of Unlimited sheep left in it. That's my plan, give it 5 years straight with minimum of 10 day effort if available.