Stone Sheep Hunt Day 8 Mon. Aug 4

 Up at 7 to a beautiful sunny day.  We had already packed yesterday so after  coffee and porridge, up we climbed.  Left camp at 9:10 got to top at 11 and immediately say a big Ram west of us on the Plateau grazing and heading right for us, but it was a little shy of horn. Really exciting.   Saw 5 ewes and 6 Caribou. 

This snow pack is near our Alpine camp..... but no running water from it.  Bryan filled up the sac with snow.

You can see Alpine Camp on right hand side of photo just past the gray.

Vikki's Pack on ground..... Bryan filling day water jug.

 Moss Campion
Lots of flowers but afraid to use up camera battery too soon.

Grizzly digging up Columbian Ground Squirrels or Pikas???

 We hiked west over to where the Guide Outfitter had gone and looked around and then had lunch.  Saw Sheep on Far East High Mountain so off we went again 2 km E.  We were glassing the ones we'd seen and all of a sudden we saw 7 Rams bedded and 3 more above them closer to us.  Two Big Dark ones with Brownish big horns all broomed off. They were about 1000 yards away and no way to get closer without being seen.  Two of them looked legal.  Bryan dragged himself on his elbows straight towards them for 300 yards down a saddle.  Then when he was out of their sight, he made a good stalk up a saddle onto a knob at 100 yards. This took about 45 minutes.  He lay and watched the rams for 20 minutes.  The two big ones looked real heavy but not above the nose so he passed.  Vikki was watching through the spotting scope and when she saw him light a cigarette she knew he didn't want any of these.

 In the above photo Bryan has already crawled down the slope and is that black shadow (look at word crawled in the first line and then look up into photo).    Stone Sheep are above word is that in first line.  They are around a large blackish bolder.
Hannah found some Pikas to chase.  Coming back we watched the 3 big Caribou in the snow pack. 

 Bryan collected nice water in one of Cabelas' 20 Litre "Sea to Summit" water proof Sacs and added that to the back pack.  Half way down he was walking backwards to help the pain.  Back at camp at 8:30.  Had Tea from Snow ice.  Ate Kraft dinner and Sausages.  Sun went down at 9:30 pm.  Just at dusk 2 cow Caribou and one baby came into the valley we look out at.  A Really Good Day!!!!