NV 207 desert bighorn
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From: DonVathome
26-May-17
I just got a message I drew. Obviously I will be in shock for at least a week but when that wears off let's hear some stuff!!
From: Heat
26-May-17
Congratulations! That's all I got.
From: Lee
26-May-17
Very cool!! Enjoy it. Lee
From: JM
26-May-17
Don, Congratulations!!! I know the feeling too, because I also drew a Desert bighorn tag!, I still can't believe it. It is going to be a fun year :) John
From: TXCO
26-May-17
Congrats, way to go!
From: Bowboy
27-May-17
Congrats on the tag.
From: EJG
27-May-17
Wow congrats!
From: midwest
27-May-17
Dang....congrats!
From: Cazador
27-May-17
Great news Don.
Some lucky guys on BS pulling giant tags.
From: Zim1
27-May-17
Congrats Don & JM! You pulled off what so many of us hope for each year. How many points? Hope you guys can devote a lot of time to your adventures. Best I ever beat was 1% odds but you guys beat powerball odds.
From: DonVathome
27-May-17
My odds were literally thousands to one. I'm going to figure it out soon and I believe I had eight points. I found out from a message from hunting fool while in front of a restaurant waiting for my girlfriend. I was in complete shock and wondering around muttering everyone was looking at me like I was crazy! I'm going to be hunting nine different big game species this year.
From: Zim1
27-May-17
Nine??? Yikes that is definitely more than I could handle. Got one tag and not sure if I even want a 2nd this year. Give us your 2017 lineup. Very curious how you intend to pull it off!
From: DonVathome
27-May-17
I calculated my odds based on 2016 and they were 2,064:1, with 7 bonus points.
Some hunts I can't name but 2 are already done. Florida gator & hog, whitetail back home, sheep, cow elk Dec, mule deer & lope in WY (almost 100% sure to draw both).
From: gobbler
27-May-17
Congratulations
From: JM
27-May-17
Don, I think we are in similar boats. I am doing a Roosevelt elk hunt at the end of September, a peninsula brown bear hunt in October, a Kansas Whitetail hunt, and now the Desert sheep hunt. These are problems I like to have :) By the way I drew unit 181 with 18 points, I don't know that the odds were but I know that they weren't good.
John
From: AZ~Rich
27-May-17
Congrats on the tag, I imagine as you make some further realizations, some of those other species hunts for this year will get postponed. Sheep hunting in NV can be challenging for several logistical reasons not to mention time consuming. What unit did you draw for?
From: DonVathome
27-May-17
I drew unit 207, I am not canceling any other hunts. I am semi retired and have lots of free time. I also just sold my latest rehab and made an obscene amount of money so I can afford some extra trips this year. Worked out great!
From: oilcan
27-May-17
Congrats Don Are you going to consider getting a guide or are you going to do it on your own.
From: DonVathome
27-May-17
DIY all the way! Always except gator in FL, way to much expensive gear. oilcan I have an extra gator tag..............
From: JRABQ
27-May-17
Wow, congrats on the awesome tag! Have fun!
From: NvaGvUp
27-May-17
Congrats, Don!
From: oilcan
27-May-17
Don I'm sure that would be a blast but I'm already spread thin. I drew the Nevada 231 Deer tag, I have a Colorado Deer Hunt then a SD Whitetail Hunt not to mention my hunts here in California. Some of us still have to work. LOL
From: oilcan
27-May-17
Don I'm sure that would be a blast but I'm already spread thin. I drew the Nevada 231 Deer tag, I have a Colorado Deer Hunt then a SD Whitetail Hunt not to mention my hunts here in California. Some of us still have to work. LOL
From: Paul@thefort
27-May-17
Both, that is what dreams are made of. my best, Paul
From: Turk
27-May-17
Congratulations!
From: BULELK1
28-May-17
How cool is that!!
Congrats you 2
From: pav
28-May-17
Fantastic!
Best of luck!
From: OFFHNTN
30-May-17
Holy AWESOME! Congrats!!!
From: Mark Watkins
30-May-17
Congrats! you have the "year of all years" in front of you!
Life is good!
Mark
From: njbuck
30-May-17
Congrats on an amazing tag, please take lots of pics so we can all follow along.
From: StickFlicker
30-May-17
Having drawn my desert sheep tag last year, I know exactly how you feel! Fortunately, or unfortunately, I didn't have a lot of other hunts to try to coordinate around. But I did have to work, so I had to scout on weekends so as not to use up vacation time so I could have it all for the hunt itself. In the first months of scouting, I didn't see how people could get so addicted to sheep hunting, but by the time the hunt was over I definitely wished I could do it again. What are the odds of drawing two sheep hunts in the same year (which I believe is what you (Don) did in two different states)? Congratulations!
For the two of you that drew the Nevada tags, what are the hunt dates?
From: IdyllwildArcher
30-May-17
Grats Don!
From: Southern draw
30-May-17
Congrats !!
From: grazak
30-May-17
I want what JM is drinking or smoking..! Congrats John on your Tags, sure wish I had that 181 tag...
From: Bowboy
30-May-17
Congrats should be quite the adventure!
From: Rickm
30-May-17
Good Lord Don!! Co ewe and Nv desert ram? Wow.
Jm you drew and Ed in S9 a few years back didn't you?
Congrats and hunt hard.
From: Charlie Rehor
30-May-17
Congrats JM and Don.
From: REDMAN1
30-May-17
That is awesome, congrats I drew 207 desert also.
From: JM
30-May-17
Rick, in 2009 I drew a Colorado S9 Sheep tag, a Nevada California Bighorn tag in unit 12, and a Arizona unit 1 Elk tag. I killed my Colorado ram on the first evening but It took 13 days to kill the Nevada ram so I only had 4 days in Arizona for elk before I had to come back to work.
Troy, I am only drinking diet coke :)
Redman1, Congratulations!
From: Straight Shooter
04-Jun-17
Wow Don congrats buddy!!
