breathing until I could confirm what I already knew. I had killed my first full-curl ram.
SEVERAL CURSE WORDS, ONE near-death
experience and several heavy miles later, I made it back to the truck a full week ahead of schedule. I had finally accomplished a three-yearw mission. Solo sheep hunts are by no means easy, and often by no means even enjoyable. It takes a strange breed of man to so willingly punish himself. Most seasoned sheep hunters up here kept telling me it’s the greatest type of hunt one can embark on. I’m not sure I’m sold on the theory just yet, but I can’t wait to go collect more memories next August as I make my mind up. Be safe and shoot straight. ASJ
Editor’s note: Trevor Embry lives in Anchorage and is “a pharmacist by trade and a bowhunter by heart.” “It takes a strange breed of a man to so willingly punish himself,” Embry writes. “Most seasoned sheep hunters up here kept telling me it’s the greatest type of hunt one can embark on.” (TREVOR EMBRY)
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