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Stone sheep hunts in the Yukon
This outfitter in the Yukon Territory offers Stone sheep hunters at a great price. He takes Stone sheep hunters in odd years and Dall sheep hunters in even years. In 1997 he took Stone sheep hunters, he went 11 for 12 with two rams scoring in the 170s. Other animals are available on a trophy fee basis.
He bought the outfit in 1989 from his father, who had started it in 1964. The outfitter lives right in his hunting area in Ross River, about 100 miles northeast of Whitehorse.
Including hunters who are primarily after moose, grizzly or caribou, the outfitter takes 20 hunters per year in his gigantic 20,000-square-mile area in the Yukon Territory.
All hunters pay a base fee, plus trophy fees for any animals they take. Most hunts are by horseback with some hiking. There are usually four hunters in base camp. The outfitter maintains six base camps and rotates them each year. There are cabins in most base camps and some wall tents. A hunter typically leaves base camp with his or her guide and five horses, sleeping in small mountain tents to keep mobile.
"I like to run two hunters, two guides and 10 horses per group on spike hunts," the outfitter said. "I usually run my own camp by myself with just one hunter, but I keep moving and checking on the other guides. I keep a satellite phone in base
camp. I provide roomy Woodsman sleeping bags good to 30 below and roomy and Thermarest pads. We took only one grizzly in ?98 and normally take a few more. I average taking 16 bull moose per year and took 14 in ?98 and typically
average 60 inches. Mountain caribou is about 90 to 95 percent success, and the bulls start out at about 350 score."
The outfitter said about the same numbers of Dall sheep and Stone sheep live in his area. He said the average ram has 36-inch horns that score 155 to 160 by the Boone and Crockett measuring system. He said about 70 percent of sheep hunters kill a ram but that most hunters take home at least a moose or caribou, including 1998, when just six of nine Dall sheep hunters got a ram.
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| Price in U.S. $ | Trophy fees for 1999 | ||
| $5,500 + trophy fees (1998 only) | Stone sheep, $3,500 Moose, $1,500 Mountain caribou, $1,000 | ||
| Lodging | Travel | ||
| Cabins or wall tents in base camp, mountain backpack tents in spike camps | $800 charter from Whitehorse to base camp | ||
| 1998 | 6 Dalls for 9 hunters; biggest 38 inches | ||
| 1997 | 11 Stone sheep for 12 hunters; two over 170 B&C | ||
| Hunting Dates and Prices | |||
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| Days | Approx. starting date | Chief game species | Price* |
| 12 | July 31 | Dall sheep | $7,500 |
| 12 | Aug. 13 | Dall sheep | $7,500 |
| 14 | Aug. 26 | Moose/caribou | $8,700 |
| 11 | Sept. 10 | Moose/caribou | $7,000 |
| 11 | Sept. 22 | Moose/caribou | $7,000 |
| 11 | Sept. | Moose only | $6,000 |
| Year 2000 Trophy Fees | |||
| Dall sheep $2,000; moose $1,500; mountain caribou $1,000; grizzly $3,000. | |||