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Decker9

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My daughter (8 years old) dreams of sheep hunting (she’s been one 1 trip), I can’t wait for the day that I can snap a photo like this with her! A very happy dad moment I bet! Huge congrats to the both of you!!
 
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That is just awesome on so many levels. Congratulations to her on a new baby and a great ram and you for raising an awesome family.
 
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WOW! Thanks for all the kind responses!

To add a bit more content... we went after the rams at 1:30 PM, thinking we'd be on them in about 3 hours, which would give us time to get back by dark. At 6:00 she dropped the hammer and we watched his final kick push him off the grass slope and on to a shale slide where he picked up speed until he disappeared into a narrow broken rock canyon. It was 7:30 PM by the time we got to him and had to get out of that chute before dark. Took some pics did a bit of prelim and made it to the bottom of that chute at around 8:30 (dusk). The next 5 hours were a steep hike up in the dark. Her mental toughness is as impressive as the physical!

She's under doc's orders not to pack any weight so next morning I fired off an inReach text to buddy and he showed up at camp at 0830 the next day- after a 3 1/5 hour drive. Fortunately he's about 30 years younger than me. lol Took us 10 hrs from camp to sheep, back to camp. Temps were in the high 20's (F) so I wasn't worried about spoilage.

Couple of time I was wondering if I was getting too old for this ... naaaa. lol

Climbing up to retrieve the ram
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Torture testing my SG pack- had to drop it off this ledge as it was moss covered and slippery and I didn't want to eat it climbing down. Ram was retrieved from further up this canyon than this pic
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Me ass dragging coming up the return mountain. We were in the 4th ravine over on the upper left of the pic.

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That is awesome on so many levels. I hope I have this experience with my kids some day. Congratulations to the both of you for a great experience.


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CTXhunter

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Wow what a tough lady. Good for her, and congrats! Glad you guys were able to get out and make some memories together.
 

CJF

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Props to the husband who stayed at home with the baby.....that would have been a hard pill for me to swallow!!
 
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