New sheep hunter

[Bigred323]

Hey there guys. Joined rokslide a couple of weeks ago after seeing all the sheep info.

Took my dad moose hunting this last October and after seeing the country in BC and talking about sheep hunting I caught the itch.

Fast forward 2 weeks later, I bought my first ever raffle ticket for a sheep hunt and 4 days later, I get the call I drew a freaking desert bighorn sheep in Sonora, MX!

Took a flight out to Sheep Show last week and now I’ve got a Dall booked in the NWT in 2027!

Don’t know if I’ll ever get the slam, but definitely something to look forward to trying.

 

[mtwarden]

Congrats on the raffle draw- good way to start

Welcome aboard.

 

[Steve O]

That’s a pretty hot streak! Congratulations.

 

[PNWGATOR]

Wow, congratulations!

Gonna be an awesome journey.

 

[cbeard64]

Congratulations! You are in for some great adventures. I hope the cards fall right for you and you can go on a bunch of sheep hunts!

Good luck!

 

[bradb]

Congrats awesome!

 

[Rabbit46]

Wow, congrats! Good for you.

I am looking forward to hear about your hunt prep and each of your hunts!

 

[survivalistd]

Congratulations on your draw. Excellent and exciting!!

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[schmalzy]

Way to go man! I am excited for you. The train up and gear prep was almost equally impactful on me as the hunt itself.


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[adamkolesar]

Wow! Just goes to show, you can't win if you don't play!

 

[Bigred323]

Thanks guys!

I’ve got my work cut out for me that’s for sure. I live down on the Texas coast at essentially negative elevation, so the mountains are a little intimidating to me, but I’ll get it done.

 

[Sheep_chaser]

Congrats. Coming into the sheep space HEAVY with adventure. Love it!

 

[ColeyG]

Congrats and condolences if you happen to catch the sheep bug bad. Your wallet, feet, and back are going to suffer, but your soul will thrive.

Now get a heavy pack on and start gaining some elevation.

 

[eshunt]

Congrats on drawing a tag. That’s awesome! Enjoy the process because the opportunities are few and far between.

 

[Rknight]

Better than winning a lotto ticket! Congrats. I’ll just keep living vicariously through y’all

 

[Bowfinatic]

Well that's not a bad way to get into it
Congrats on the tag
Hopefully you will share a recap

 

[CMF]

I live down on the Texas coast at essentially negative elevation, so the mountains are a little intimidating to me, but I’ll get it done.

We're on the MS coast, light house steps with weighted packs makes for decent training.

 

[Bigred323]

Good idea. I’ve already doing some weighted pack work and once I’m able to start putting on some Miles, I’ll head to the beach and start doing some weighted hikes in the sand dunes. Figure that’s as good as any.

 

[swarovskicoues]

get to a healthy weight, be honest with yourself if you need to lose weight and walk a lot! congrats on the upcoming hunts!

 

[Bigred323]

get to a healthy weight, be honest with yourself if you need to lose weight and walk a lot! congrats on the upcoming hunts!

Thanks and For sure! I got in pretty decent shape for the moose hunt we did in October but I’ve still got about 20 pounds I can cut to be where I want to be.