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<blockquote data-quote="jlw" data-source="post: 1140365" data-attributes="member: 48982"><p>Sizing it up. Before we left on the hunt while in base camp, I was asked what size Ibex did I expect, I replied that I would be happy with an Ibex that was 1 meter (39 ") or larger. As this was my second trip to travel over 11000 miles to hunt Ibex, and being considerably older than most who attempt such a hunt, I wanted to be realistic in my desires, but honestly I don't care for records books, and as a hunter I do not carry a tape measure, the experience is the thing with me, and I was having a blast. </p><p>A the end of the heard was a group of 5 males all appeared to be good size, my guide asked me if I wanted to shoot, after looking them over and getting his advice as to which one was the biggest I decided to take the largest one, at the shot I lost the view in the scope but heard the bullet hit with the satisfying "swack" sound. As I racked another round in, the guide said kaput! No more shoot! We started down the ridge toward where I thought the Ibex was, my guide pointed down, there in a rock slide about 500 yards further down was the Ibex. </p><p>[ATTACH]54290[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Here is where it got very difficult, and I made a discovery, the boots I had on were all wrong for this type of descent. As it was cold where we left base camp, I left my mountain boots and wore a warmer pair of Cabela's Mendle hunting boots. The mountain was very, very steep, and with all the loose rock I could not get any purchase on the rocks and kept slipping and falling. The only way I could precede was by sitting on the loose rock on my butt and try to do a controlled avalanche slide down. As we got close to the Ibex, it would slide another few hundred feet down the mountain. This process continued all the way down the mountain, and I was totally exhausted at the bottom, it was dark, Ibex was skinned and we made camp for the night. A quick measurement by the guide shown my Ibex was 41", indeed a fine trophy. </p><p>[ATTACH]54291[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]54292[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jlw, post: 1140365, member: 48982"] Sizing it up. Before we left on the hunt while in base camp, I was asked what size Ibex did I expect, I replied that I would be happy with an Ibex that was 1 meter (39 “) or larger. As this was my second trip to travel over 11000 miles to hunt Ibex, and being considerably older than most who attempt such a hunt, I wanted to be realistic in my desires, but honestly I don’t care for records books, and as a hunter I do not carry a tape measure, the experience is the thing with me, and I was having a blast. A the end of the heard was a group of 5 males all appeared to be good size, my guide asked me if I wanted to shoot, after looking them over and getting his advice as to which one was the biggest I decided to take the largest one, at the shot I lost the view in the scope but heard the bullet hit with the satisfying “swack” sound. As I racked another round in, the guide said kaput! No more shoot! We started down the ridge toward where I thought the Ibex was, my guide pointed down, there in a rock slide about 500 yards further down was the Ibex. [ATTACH]54290.vB[/ATTACH] Here is where it got very difficult, and I made a discovery, the boots I had on were all wrong for this type of descent. As it was cold where we left base camp, I left my mountain boots and wore a warmer pair of Cabela’s Mendle hunting boots. The mountain was very, very steep, and with all the loose rock I could not get any purchase on the rocks and kept slipping and falling. The only way I could precede was by sitting on the loose rock on my butt and try to do a controlled avalanche slide down. As we got close to the Ibex, it would slide another few hundred feet down the mountain. This process continued all the way down the mountain, and I was totally exhausted at the bottom, it was dark, Ibex was skinned and we made camp for the night. A quick measurement by the guide shown my Ibex was 41”, indeed a fine trophy. [ATTACH]54291.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54292.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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