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by Painted Horse
Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:18 pm
Forum: Mule Deer - General
Topic: 2007 Recap
Replies: 3
Views: 1768

I'm wanting to learn how to take pcitures through a spotting scope. What did you use and what would you use different if you were starting over. I borrowed a wonderful Swarovski Spotting scope for my Bighorn sheep hunt and have decided I need to buy myself a spotting scope. (not neccessarily a Swaro...
by Painted Horse
Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:27 am
Forum: Moose, Caribou, Sheep, Goat Hunting etc.
Topic: San Juan Sheep Success
Replies: 19
Views: 13675

The San Rafael South Unit is about 1000 square miles in size, It host 300 sheep in it's herd. So there is a LOT of country where the sheep do not reside. There were several things that helped me improve. The first 7 days in the unit I was not actually hunting. No rifle, I was scouting. The Labor Day...
by Painted Horse
Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:54 pm
Forum: Optics & Gear etc.
Topic: Leupold VX-L?
Replies: 2
Views: 2490

I bought one and used it hunting this fall. One of my reasons for buying it was my previous 50mm scope had problems getting in and out of Gun Scabbards on my horses. Most leather scabbards just won't accomadate a big objective lense, Especially when mounted high like the need to be. The VX-L does mo...
by Painted Horse
Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:20 pm
Forum: Moose, Caribou, Sheep, Goat Hunting etc.
Topic: San Juan Sheep Success
Replies: 19
Views: 13675

Congrats, I know just how tough a hunt that can be. I spent 18 days this fall in the San Rafael looking for a Desert Bighorn ram on a DIY hunt. I started Labor Day weekend, a few weeks before the actual hunt and then most weekends during the hunt. 14 of those days I didn't see a sheep. When I finall...