Dall Sheep Hunt Report by Anthony Weber

Hunter: Anthony Weber
Date: Aug 15-21, 2020
Trip Taken: Dall Sheep Hunt
Consultant: Patrick Kissel | OUTDOORS INTERNATIONAL

We took two small plane flights to make it to the main lodge, then a staging flight followed by Super Cub landing on a sandbar for our base camp. It was about an eight mile hike up the river drainage to get to our spike camp on top of the mountain. I did see some other sheep hunters across the valley that shot a ram out from under us on day two. I harvested my ram on day three. Guide and packer were great, pilot was also good. I ended up leaving early and doing my own trophy care as I wanted to bring everything back with me instead of leaving with the taxidermist up in Alaska.

Overall, my sheep hunt was a great experience.

Hunt Report

How would you rate your trip overall? Great. But, they were a little possessive of the sheep meat. The guide and packer warned me that the outfitters wife likes to keep the meat from the hunts. I specifically told her that I wanted to bring ALL of my sheep home, that I am a meat hunter first, trophy hunter second. She said she would take care of it for me. I later noticed when I was on the plane headed back to Anchorage that I only had a small portion of meat… 15 pounds… She kept a whole hind quarter, all the neck meat and one of the tenderloins. Not sure why they did this, especially if I expressed interest in coming back to Alaska to hunt with them again, and then told them I want to take my meat with me. I wasn’t too mad because I shot a big ram, but thought it was kinda stupid on their part to ignore the wish of their client for some sheep meat.
How was your food and lodging? Good.
How was your guide? Good.
How was your outfitters communication? Fair
How physically demanding was your trip? Extreme.
How would you rate your consultant? Great.
Would you book another trip with OUTDOORS INTERNATIONAL in the future? Yes
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