Been on a missing spree. First animal I've taken this year with one of my centerfire rifles.
There isn't much of a story on this one. We were going over to Kona so my buddy could pick up some stuff, and decided to do some hunting on the way over.
The only place we could go time wise, was down an access road we use for bird hunting. This is pretty open and mostly scrub brushy, with some sense clumps of trees.
The first place we stopped.and checked was a Pu'u (cinder cone) I've had luck walking the rim on before. About 1/2 way around we jumped a small ewe and lamb from a ravine finger below us, but didn't spot any more animals.
Moving on from there we stopped at over looks on way down
On our second stop I saw this ram move thru an opening at about 300yds moving diagonally towards us. I tried to get Ed on him, but he crossed the opening and clear part of the road below us at 180ish before Ed could find him. Where he came out, the wind blowing straight at him.
Since Ed was out of position, and I didnt think he'd wait for us, I took the shoot as soon as he came up above the level of the tree directly infront of me. The round hit him with a resounding wack and he went down like a ton of bricks.
I didn't actually get to see how big he was thru the scope before I fired, but from what I saw of him moving I knew he was a big animal.
He's the largest sheep I've taken to date, and his horns while not overly long were really wide. Ed's got a special place for him in his collection.
The idler pulley on my dad's truck seized up AFTER we got out. Which was a major blessing, because the road was all washed out and nasty.
When I got home, I found that my oldest dog had passed while we were out....I'm enough of a romantic to believe she came on one last hunt with me. So while I'd usually attribute both taking an excellent animal, and my equipment holding out literally just long enough to luck.....
All I can say is thanks Poi......
There isn't much of a story on this one. We were going over to Kona so my buddy could pick up some stuff, and decided to do some hunting on the way over.
The only place we could go time wise, was down an access road we use for bird hunting. This is pretty open and mostly scrub brushy, with some sense clumps of trees.
The first place we stopped.and checked was a Pu'u (cinder cone) I've had luck walking the rim on before. About 1/2 way around we jumped a small ewe and lamb from a ravine finger below us, but didn't spot any more animals.
Moving on from there we stopped at over looks on way down
On our second stop I saw this ram move thru an opening at about 300yds moving diagonally towards us. I tried to get Ed on him, but he crossed the opening and clear part of the road below us at 180ish before Ed could find him. Where he came out, the wind blowing straight at him.
Since Ed was out of position, and I didnt think he'd wait for us, I took the shoot as soon as he came up above the level of the tree directly infront of me. The round hit him with a resounding wack and he went down like a ton of bricks.
I didn't actually get to see how big he was thru the scope before I fired, but from what I saw of him moving I knew he was a big animal.
He's the largest sheep I've taken to date, and his horns while not overly long were really wide. Ed's got a special place for him in his collection.
The idler pulley on my dad's truck seized up AFTER we got out. Which was a major blessing, because the road was all washed out and nasty.
When I got home, I found that my oldest dog had passed while we were out....I'm enough of a romantic to believe she came on one last hunt with me. So while I'd usually attribute both taking an excellent animal, and my equipment holding out literally just long enough to luck.....
All I can say is thanks Poi......
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