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LIFE OF A SHEEP GUIDE PART 8- Marvin’s last stalk.
A long pack train trod steadily upward toward a spike camp near rugged mountains of white limestone. The pack horses had their bells open so I could keep track of them all in the heavy timber. Two hunters, Marvin & … Continue reading
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LIFE OF A SHEEP GUIDE PART 7- SCURVY PREVENTION
Combing through journals and photo albums of my early guiding years the other day I came across a picture and thought….hum, this is certainly worth 500 words. The photo was taken in July 1976 at Grave Lake, which is in … Continue reading
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LIFE OF A SHEEP GUIDE-PART 6
What is the definition of a truly great sheep guide? Basically, it’s a guide that can be sent into any mountain range containing sheep and come out with a full curl ram and smiling hunter. Great sheep guides do not … Continue reading
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Gone to the Mountains.
A very rare Polaroid instamatic photo from 1973, L- Chris Widrig (17 years old), Kaska guides, Felix Johnny from Lower Post, Charlie Dick from Ross River and Harry Dick from Good Hope Lake, with a 42 1/2″ Stone Sheep. As … Continue reading
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LIFE OF A SHEEP GUIDE-PART 5
Four Kaska guides sat around a smoldering campfire near Grave Lake, joking, laughing, and gazing wistfully at distant mountains. It was June 1974, several months before the first Stone sheep hunters would arrive in camp. I walked toward the … Continue reading
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LIFE OF A SHEEP GUIDE-PART 4
Chris in Levi’s about 1977. How has the life of a sheep guide changed over the past four decades? Wow….then and now! Here is what a typical spike camp accommodation looked like in the 1070’s. Camp shelter … Continue reading
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LIFE OF A SHEEP GUIDE- PART 3
My grandfather George Dalziel was a very tough “old school” outfitter. He walked into the north by himself, on foot from Telegraph Creek, around the time of the Great Depression. He certainly had an interesting life; one of the original … Continue reading
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LIFE OF A SHEEP GUIDE-PART 2
Felix Johnny (left) caping Chris Widrigs (right) first ram, August 1974 My formative years in the sheep mountains began and ended with horses. Roundup at my grandfather George Dalziel’s Horseranch Lake camp was intense. Long hours of tracking and … Continue reading
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Life Of A Sheep Guide
Forty years climbing mountains is a long time! The rugged peaks where Dall and Stone sheep roam have changed little. The lines on my face have changed a lot. Every band of rams, the difficult 400 yard shots, the … Continue reading
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