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<blockquote data-quote="littlebighorn" data-source="post: 2404798" data-attributes="member: 112108"><p>I don't think you need to fret over bears, given you will be guided and taking care of you is your guide's #1 priority. Your challenge is to take a gun you can carry and shoot well enough to kill a ram. I've been on 5 sheep hunts of my own and a dozen or two with other tag holders. From my experience, sheep are not hard to kill so your shooting ability is the most important factor. My last sheep was killed with a light weight 6.5 CM. which was easy to carry and it did it's job. If you are going on a backpack hunt I'd keep it as light as possible. If you are taking horses I'd say an 8# rig is sufficient.</p><p>One thing to consider is a water resistant set up. It rains a lot in sheep country so a stainless (or the like) barrel/action may be a consideration so you don't get rust issues. On one of my sheep hunts I suddenly got trigger issues and I didn't bring any gun oil. It made for some really big frustrations and could have cost me my sheep.</p><p>I've never had issues with my gun and ammo not getting where they need to be and I've never factored it into the sheep equation. I have shot sheep with a 300WSM, 28 Nosler, 7RM, and a 6.5 CM and I'd take almost anything similar (leave the big stuff home!!) into sheep country, as long as I can shoot it well.</p><p>Best of luck. </p><p>Sheep hunting is awesome!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="littlebighorn, post: 2404798, member: 112108"] I don't think you need to fret over bears, given you will be guided and taking care of you is your guide's #1 priority. Your challenge is to take a gun you can carry and shoot well enough to kill a ram. I've been on 5 sheep hunts of my own and a dozen or two with other tag holders. From my experience, sheep are not hard to kill so your shooting ability is the most important factor. My last sheep was killed with a light weight 6.5 CM. which was easy to carry and it did it's job. If you are going on a backpack hunt I'd keep it as light as possible. If you are taking horses I'd say an 8# rig is sufficient. One thing to consider is a water resistant set up. It rains a lot in sheep country so a stainless (or the like) barrel/action may be a consideration so you don't get rust issues. On one of my sheep hunts I suddenly got trigger issues and I didn't bring any gun oil. It made for some really big frustrations and could have cost me my sheep. I've never had issues with my gun and ammo not getting where they need to be and I've never factored it into the sheep equation. I have shot sheep with a 300WSM, 28 Nosler, 7RM, and a 6.5 CM and I'd take almost anything similar (leave the big stuff home!!) into sheep country, as long as I can shoot it well. Best of luck. Sheep hunting is awesome! [/QUOTE]
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