2008 Hunt Report
The 2008 season turned out to be a very successful one, with a lot of very nice animals taken and an awesome group of hunters all around. August started with Stone Sheep hunts and the first hunt was two hunters Jim and Earl, Jim killed a ram on day three, but Earl ran into some health problems and was unable to leave base camp for more than a couple days. Hunt two was Don and Dennis both archery hunters. On this hunt both had seen legal Rams but were unable to close the deal. They booked a Bison hunt for the later season and are coming back in 2009 for another Sheep hunt. Year 2009 promises to have some nice Rams taken by our clients.
Moose hunts were unreal this year, John MacPeak took a great Bull on the first day with a bow at 35 yards that gross scores 195 B&C. Matt Comment harvested a 180 Bull on his combo hunt and was in on the largest Bull seen this year estimated to be over 230 inches and 65 inches wide at 50 yards, but luck was not on his side as he couldn’t get a good shot with one tree that stood in his way and no way around it. The next hunt was a returning group Mike, Cy and Don from New York. On the first evening Mike and his guide called in a giant Moose to 40 yards and Mike made an outstanding shot with his bow, the Bull only went 15 yards and went down! Mike’s Bull gross scored 208 inches B&C and was 57 inches wide on film too. The next two days his brother Cy and friend Don took great animals too, Cy killed a 198 inch B&C Moose with his bow and Don Killed a really nice Mt Goat. Don and his guide headed back towards main camp and they ran into a nice Bull, Don made a great shot and got his Moose also. Cy and Mike were now after Goats, and on the last hunting day the two hunters stocked up on two nice Billy’s, Mike drew his bow and took a shot but just shot over the Goat due to the steep angle, his brother Cy then shot the one Billy as he was heading for higher ground. This Goat ended up only being two years old but was 9 ½ inches long.
Dean hunted with Leon at the ranch for Elk and had awesome action with Bulls every day, seven and six points in range. Leon was a true trophy hunter and was after a Bull over 330, “That’s hunting”!
The next hunt was with a group of father and sons two on one and a young man from Salt Lake City Jack, they were all hunting Moose. First group Doc and son Dan, two great guys who we would love to have again, they had some great action, Doc shot a really nice Moose with a rifle and Dan flung some arrows at some really big Bulls. Brendan and father Richard also seen lots of bulls, Richard killed a really nice Bull and a Black bear but son Brendan never got one with his bow.
Jack an 18 year old bow hunter had an unreal hunt calling in Bull after Bull, he took an outstanding 55 inch Bull on the last day of his hunt, on this hunt they had 24 different Bull Moose in bow range and one only six yards grunting right in their face “ that will get your heart rate going” Jack had said.
Year 2007 was a great but 2008 was better, we have now found the hotspots! We know that 2009 will produce some more monsters and can’t wait to get out there again.
Bighorn hunts were the best we’ve had yet, with allot more Rams seen than the year before.
The First hunt was 100% (same as 2007) with both hunters (Mike and John) taking nice Rams one of which had seventeen inch bases.
The next hunt was Cory and Mike, Cory and his guide looked but didn’t connect with one of the big Rams known to be in the area they were hunting.
Hunter Mike took an awesome Sheep out of a band of eight Rams on day six.
This Ram might take the top Bighorn award for the guide awards this year and will be two years in a row we have won this top Sheep buckle.
Bison Hunts were fantastic in 2008 running 100% with all hunters taking a great bull.
This year we hunted them earlier in the season and used ATV’s instead of snowmobiles. This allowed for warmer weather and happier guides! Year 2009 will be great, we are planning to put in Bison camps to access more Bison country earlier in the season as these hunts are generally hunted from the Lodge.
This hunt qualifies for the P&Y record book therefore we get a lot of interest and our bookings fill up fast, so if you are looking for a Free Ranging Plains Bison please don’t hesitate to contact us!
We would like to thank all the great hunters who contributed to such an outstanding hunting season with us in 2008 and we look forward to seeing you all at the shows this winter season or on a MVP hunt in 2009.
2009 season promises to be an exceptional one and we hope you can join us!There's a big one out there just for you!
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From all us at MVP Happy Hunting!
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