Member Highlights

Members, send us your hunt story (~50 words plus a picture or two) to communications@wildsheepsociety.com.

August 3rd, 2022, the thunderstorm passed and the rain finally stopped falling on the tent. My cousin and I made a plan to go glass a new drainage. We both barely had our packs strapped on when I saw this ram cruising 400 yards above the tent. We quickly closed the distance and the rest is history. Ram of a lifetime down in sight of the tent. Talk about being at the right place at the right time! – Micah Pyde (WSSBC Life Member #373)

Here is a picture from a recent tuna trip I did off the cost of Westport Washington about 50 miles from shore. The trip was epic from seeing hundreds of dolphins in one pod to the chaos of catching the tuna it was amazing.

– Ricky Roman

(Monarch Member #64) A couple years ago at the WSSBC Northern Fundraiser, my wife Lindsay and I purchased this Mouflon hunt with Herederos Hunting Co. in Spain. We traveled there this September and were rewarded with this mature Mouflon Ram. The outfit and hospitality that Rafa provides you from the minute you arrive to the minute you leave is purely first class! We had an exceptional time while we were with Herederos Hunting in Spain. – Robin Routledge (WSSBC Director)

Brogan Vipond (Life Member #500) of Pouce Coupe harvested this bull elk with a 7-30 Waters Rifle in the Chetwynd area. He called it in to 40 yards and made a great heart shot. Congratulations Brogan. Every year I desire for the adventure of new places, this year was no different. Failure at the top of a mountain and no other elk to be found left us heading for familiar hunting grounds. This bull came in silently for my partner and he capitalized on a small window of opportunity.

– Taylor Nairn

To start out the 2022 hunting season, I headed north for a 14day Stone sheep hunt. After 7 days of not being able to turn up very many sheep, we finally found a small band that contained one good ram. I was fortunate enough to help a friend harvest his first Stone, a beautiful 8-year-old. We continued to hunt after harvesting the ram, looking for an old mature Stone. We were able to turn up some good rams, but ultimately just couldn’t find what we were looking for. Once back home, the urge to get back into the sheep mountains quickly sunk in. I headed into big horn country to do some “looking around”. On opening day, we unexpectedly stumbled across a large band of good rams. The following morning, we made a great play and got in tight with the large band. After several hours of glassing, we could not confirm that the ram we were after was one hundred percent legal. We tried to get a closer look, but could not make it happen. We decided to back out with full intentions of returning in the coming days. Once back in Sheep country, we located the rams quickly as they luckily hadn’t moved far. We made a plan and fortunately were able to get within 200 yards of them. After 7 long grueling hours of patiently sitting, while soaking wet in rain and fog, we were able to confirm that the ram was legal and made the decision to take the ram. After what feels like a lifetime of chasing the illusive bighorn, taking my first is a moment that will forever be etched in my memories. I couldn’t be more thankful for my sheep hunting partners that helped and got to be a part of the journey.

– Matt McCabe