8 years 9 hunts 4 Sheep
Contributors to this thread:Wild Sheep
From: Bigpizzaman
04-Dec-17
From: Zackman
04-Dec-17
Awesome! Congrats Tim
From: Bigpizzaman
04-Dec-17
All started in Alaska 2009 with my Dall! So naive about Sheep Hunting, but got it done on day two. Planned on it being my only sheep hunt but......
From: PAstringking
04-Dec-17
Congrats again buddy. You deserve it.
From: kota-man
04-Dec-17
Take us through it Tim! Congrats again my friend. #7 for me next year. Hoping to "get it done".
From: HUNT MAN
04-Dec-17
Hell yes.
From: OFFHNTN
04-Dec-17
This will be good...........very good...........
From: Nick Muche
04-Dec-17
Excellent work Tim! Congrats!
From: Brotsky
04-Dec-17
Awesome! Congrats Tim, looking forward to your story!
From: sticksender
04-Dec-17
Happy for ya man......spill the details.
From: Habitat for Wildlife
04-Dec-17
Looking forward to reading about your hunts. Congratulations.
From: loesshillsarcher
04-Dec-17
Awesome!! Congrats!!!
From: loesshillsarcher
04-Dec-17
Awesome!! Congrats!!!
From: kellyharris
04-Dec-17
Congrats brother!
From: Southern draw
04-Dec-17
Congrats !
From: JTreeman
04-Dec-17
Man, why did you have to start this today. Now I'm gonna spend the rest of my day clicking back and forth between yours and Huntman's threads waiting for updates!
Congrats on the hard earned sheep. Happy for you!
--jim
From: expeditiontraders
04-Dec-17
Well done!
From: Bigpizzaman
04-Dec-17
September of 2013 I got my next try at a Ram in the Fraiser River Valley in BC. I missed a great Ram and passed 23 legal sheep as I fell in love with the one I couldn’t get!
From: t-roy
04-Dec-17
Keep it coming, Tim!
From: bigeasygator
04-Dec-17
Congrats again man!!! Looking forward to celebrating in person sometime soon! Also, I tried to put in a claim for Lee as my personal Golden Horseshoe but sounds like you beat me to the punch lol
From: Ron Niziolek
04-Dec-17
Congrats Tim. Looking forward to the story!
From: otcWill
04-Dec-17
Badass. Looking forward to this
From: TD
04-Dec-17
Wow Tim..... Awesome is a word that works..... need.... more.....
From: Bigpizzaman
04-Dec-17
I went back in October, passed this guy and a few others, set 150 yards from my target buck for five days, never got a shot.
From: No Mercy
04-Dec-17
Congrats again Tim! Awesome accomplishment
From: Kurt
04-Dec-17
Congrats Tim!!!!!! You got it done "quick" compared to some of us! I'd like to have a celebratory beer with you at the Sheep Show! Kurt
From: buzz mc
04-Dec-17
Awesome. That's a huge accomplishment. Lee done sent me the pic, but I'm looking forward to the story.
From: Treeline
04-Dec-17
Congratulations! Looking forward to the "rest of the story"
So far I am 1 ram for 4 tags. Sheep are tough critters to get with a bow for sure...
From: T Mac
04-Dec-17
Awesome can’t wait to hear....bring it kid!
From: Cajunarcher
04-Dec-17
Man this was a dream come true and I wasn't even hunting ! Just along for the ride abd what a ride it was!! Stay tuned!!! We on way home now , story will come ...
From: Bliz6
04-Dec-17
Congrats Tim!
From: Shug
04-Dec-17
Congratulations again Tim
From: Bowboy
04-Dec-17
Congrats looking forward to more pictures.
From: Mark Watkins
04-Dec-17
A huge congrats Tim!
You knew you couldn't (or wouldn't) stop with "just one!!"
Keep it rolling!
Mark
From: Bigpizzaman
04-Dec-17
Double post
From: Jaquomo
04-Dec-17
Awesome job! More!
From: Medicinemann
04-Dec-17
This is going to be good!!
From: The last savage
05-Dec-17
Great job Tim,,,ill bet you could write a book as to all of your ups and downs on those hunts,,no pun intended,,,good for you brother!! Huge congratulations!!!
From: TTodd72
05-Dec-17
Congratulations Tim
From: njbuck
05-Dec-17
Congrats again Tim, well deserved.
From: Zebrakiller
05-Dec-17
Sweet
From: XbowfromNY
05-Dec-17
Looking like a good thread right here. awesome animals.
From: Beav
05-Dec-17
Congrats!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
So sorry guys! That front rolled in and my service died, just pulled an all-nighter, driving straight thru from Colorado to Louisiana! I’ll get some stuff up ASAP!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
2014 has me with high hopes as a long waited Carmen Island Hunt was coming true. I made a deal with Sergio and brought my family! I also severely under-estimated this hunt, more physical than expected.
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Half way through the hunt I shoot a great Ram, he tumbles down the hillside and I knock another Arrow but Gaspar (legendary Carmen guide) tells me it’s not necessary as my Ram is done! Only, seconds later the Ram gets up and runs off! The amount of blood he’s leaving has us not concerned that he’s not going far, 3 mikes later, we lose his track and never recover him! I’m sick!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
I leave the Island with great memories but also a bit heartbroken!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
November 15th, (my wife’s birthday) I’m sitting in my kitchen reading Bowsite and I get a message from Sergio, he has a cancellation!! I believe it’s his only cancellation EVER! I leave that night, best wife ever! I’ve got 5 days to get it done! Carmen here I come, solo!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
It’s much cooler this time, I’ve been running everyday and know the drill so it’s on! First 3- days are windy, very windy. So much in fact the sheep have gone underground! We push the pace and hunt long and hard, unfortunately coming down after dark on the third night I slip and fall, take a tumble and crack a couple ribs. Day 4 I can’t gey out of bed for an hour much less pull an 80# bow.
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Day 5 with the help of ibuprophine we hunt! Late in the afternoon I get my chance and make the best of it. 1/2 slammer!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
That winter at the “Sheep Show” I booked a Tuchodi Stone Sheep Hunt for August of 2017. I still had an opportunity to hunt the Cali because it was an allocation not a tag.
From: Mad Trapper
05-Dec-17
CONGRATS TIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: Bou'bound
05-Dec-17
Well done and perfect shot
From: Bake
05-Dec-17
Congrats on the slam Tim! Can't wait for the rest of the story!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Back to Fraiser River Valley in Sept of 2015. This was the last year of allocations so I was going to shoot the first mature/legal Ram that gave me an opportunity. Upon arrival I met the other hunter in camp and helped him spot/take/pack out a nice Ram. I was up next!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Next day I move in on 7 Rams, they walk by single file I shoot the biggest! He runs out on a rock out-cropping, I give him time to expire. He does but falls into the Fraiser! Never to be seen again!
From: GotBowAz
05-Dec-17
Keep it comin Tim! Awesome Dall, man he is pretty, Congrats! Sorry to hear about the bad fall and ribs but happy to see you still got it done. Nice ram to boot!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Time to switch gears, I got a Colorado Bighorn Tag for October 2016. I find Rams early in the hunt.
From: M.Pauls
05-Dec-17
What an awesome story thanks for taking us along!! Keep it coming and congrats!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
I’m hunting Puratoire area S61 I believe. Rough Canyons with lots of Rimrock and Cedar, not you typical Sheep country.
From: Charlie Rehor
05-Dec-17
Only on Bowsite. Thanks for showing us the highlights and enjoy your success !
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Day 5 we catch 5 Rams below us, one is a beauty, with angle comp the distance is 60 yards, as the big Ram clears I release, arrow finds it’s mark, just left of spine in the chest. Takes us an hour or so to get off the rim and down to my Ram. We find a generous blood trail but never the Ram.
From: XbowfromNY
05-Dec-17
Damn. You got a lot of bad luck
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
After 5 days of searching I head home! Man I’ve got to figure this out!
I get a call in December, they’ve spotted my Ram, Tag is good, come on down!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
We hunt 5 days and see over 40 Rams but not mine, I head home but not before I get a plan to return next year!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
2017 I change my training to include more shooting time but less arrows shot and after sight in, strictly shoot only 3-D targets. Headed up for Tuchodi in late July to get acclamented and scouting done.
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Second day of the season I score a beautiful Stone Ram!! Maybe I’m starting to put it together?
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
One species left and I’m pulling out all stops! Lee Duet (cajunarcher) is lucky and has agreed to come along and share that Luck. We drive to Clayton NM, overnight and meet Outfitter in Trinidad the next morning for tags and licenses.
From: Habitat for Wildlife
05-Dec-17
Wow, good stuff. Thanks.
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
We get to the ranch unload our gear and sign releases. Before I have time to put boots on we head out “scouting”!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Up on the canyon rim it doesn’t take long to spot a band of sheep bedded near water, about 30 in all with 5 mature Rams. Out comes the scope and we see One is a Cranker, bigger than anything I saw last year. We decide to make a move!
From: kota-man
05-Dec-17
You deserve a "quick" one! :)
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Takes us about an hour to get into position, leaving only an hour of light left. We can’t spot the Cranker at first, but as the Sheep begin to rise off their beds we see him. Laying in the middle of the herd in all his glory! I’m only 36 yards from him, waiting for him to stand!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
When he stands of coarseca “banana-horn” gets in front of him and when he clears there’s another mature Ram behind him. I wait! Finally he’s clear and as I draw he begins to walk and quarter slightly away, I pick the spot and release. Arrow hits right where it should but I’m surprised at the lack of penetration. Still I’m confident of the shot!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
The Sheep run uphill but two Rams come down out of the bunch, One is mine, I really thought he’d be down by now. Were are all in a little shock, no One wants to think that it may not be a fatal wound but man that Ram was moving out. After not finding much blood, losing light fast and knowing the arrow was in the chest cavity, we decide to get on him right away!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Slowly moving forward, easing around cedars we creep. We bump him about 200 yards in the cedars, he’s gone 1/2 mile in all. He’s sick and dying but I put another or two arrows in him prior to him falling into a creek bottom!!! Yes I have my Ram(s)!
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05-Dec-17
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05-Dec-17
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05-Dec-17
From: gunslinger
05-Dec-17
What a write up that is so Awsome buddy
From: sureshot
05-Dec-17
Congratulations Tim! 4 with a bow is a heck of an accomplishment.
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Thanks everyone! It’s srill sinking in!!!
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
From: Heat
05-Dec-17
Congratulations Tim on a tremendous accomplishment! You deserve it man.
From: Buffalo1
05-Dec-17
William Faulkner stated December 10, 1950 when he was accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm, Sweden, "I believe that man will not merely endure, he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he is alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance."
I believe that 67 years ago, William Faulkner had the future Tim Metcalf on his mind. William Faulkner's words perfectly describe you and your sheep hunting adventures.
You not only endured, but you prevailed. Congrats on a great ram, but also a Great Sheep Slam. Bravo !!!!
From: Medicinemann
05-Dec-17
Tim, You look a little tired in some of those photos!! If one of your new pizza toppings includes Sheep backstraps, I'll be heading south....
From: Bigpizzaman
05-Dec-17
Lol Jake!! If you come down we’ll create one! Greg you’re too kind in your praise! Thanks again everyone!
From: Cajunarcher
05-Dec-17
Congrats again Tim! Huge accomplishment and just blessed to be apart of it! I vouch for the shot on ram I never would have thought he would have made it 100 yds but things happen that's hard to describe at times. We stuck with it and you got the job done!!
From: EmbryOklahoma
05-Dec-17
Congrats, Tim! Big congratulations!
From: Genesis
05-Dec-17
Awesome Tim!!!!! Love the fleur-de-lis sponsorship too!!!!! Hats off!
From: TREESTANDWOLF
05-Dec-17
Congrats Tim, well deserved all the way around buddy. Major accomplishment !
From: huntinelk
05-Dec-17
Congrats. Awesome accomplishment
From: DEMO-Bowhunter
05-Dec-17
Congrats Tim! You definately deserved an easy one!
From: T Mac
05-Dec-17
Congrats BPM way to persevere!
From: HUNT MAN
05-Dec-17
You are a badass my friend!! Just one please just one. What’s next? Hunt
From: Trial153
05-Dec-17
Fantastic tread, congrats on a lot of hard work.
From: Drahthaar
05-Dec-17
Awesome , persistence pays off. Forrest
From: Scoot
05-Dec-17
Wow- truly impressive! Congrats on a job very well done!
From: Stekewood
05-Dec-17
Congratulations. Some great rams.
From: t-roy
05-Dec-17
Awesome. Congrats Tim!
From: trkyslr
05-Dec-17
Pretty awesome!
From: Elkstuffer
06-Dec-17
Great write up! Congrats!
From: Nick Muche
06-Dec-17
Good stuff right there Tim, congrats again and way to stay after it!
From: TheSaint
06-Dec-17
Congrats Tim. Enjoyed following along with your hunts the last few years!
From: pav
06-Dec-17
You've certainly put down alot of boot leather pursuing sheep. Kudos for your persistence and big congrats on a well earned archery Slam!
From: GotBowAz
06-Dec-17
Congrats to you Tim, Great feat, beautiful Rams. You put in the time and perseverance, your hard work paid off in a big way. Thanks for the write up. Great read!
From: deerhaven
06-Dec-17
Very nice Tim! Quite an accomplishment! Congratulations!
From: Bou'bound
06-Dec-17
just....................amazing.........................what else to say...................unreal.
From: Mad Trapper
06-Dec-17
NEVER NEVER NEVER QUIT.....
From: njbuck
06-Dec-17
Congrats again Tim, well deserved.
From: OFFHNTN
06-Dec-17
A BIG congrats BIGpizzaman! Thanks for sharing Tim! Awesome job!
From: GhostBird
06-Dec-17
Congratulations Tim... way to hang in there and make it happen.
From: Treeline
06-Dec-17
Congratulations, Tim! Heck of an accomplishment!
From: greg simon
06-Dec-17
Congratulations on a great accomplishment!!! Thanks for sharing with us.
From: hunt'n addict
06-Dec-17
Congratulations Tim on your accomplishment. Thanks for sharing it with Bowsite.
From: Quinn @work
06-Dec-17
That’s a great run in getting the 4 sheep. Congratulations on doing it with a bow!
From: APauls
06-Dec-17
So cool. So cool. Just awesome how you kept right after it after some terrible terrible luck. Congratulations!
From: patience2spare
06-Dec-17
I am inspired by your ability to persevere through some very tough circumstances and see it through to the finish! All 4 with the bow: simply awesome!!! Congrats. Pete
From: INbowdude
06-Dec-17
Brother, that is just amazing. Very happy for you and your goal. Man I feel a road trip to Lafayette this summer. Congrats!
From: XbowfromNY
07-Dec-17
Really cool. Sheep are amazing animals. I've never hunted them, but seen some giants in Alberta near a mine. Incredible to watch them.
From: JEG
07-Dec-17
Congratulations, and thanks for sharing!!
From: Bigpizzaman
07-Dec-17
Thanks again guys!!! Back at work, making pizzas, dreaming of new adventures!!!! #BowsiteRocks
From: AZ~Rich
07-Dec-17
That was quite the accomplishment and Congrats to you for taking it all the way. Tough enough without all those heartache moments added on. What's next?
From: Zackman
07-Dec-17
Congrats again Tim. See you in Reno!
From: Drop tine
07-Dec-17
Congratulations. Your perseverance is incredible.
From: Medicinemann
07-Dec-17
OK....the sheep are history....it's time for Mr. Spots (leopard).......again.....
From: BULELK1
08-Dec-17
Very--Very Cool
What an accomplishment
Congrats
Good luck, Robb
From: Bigpizzaman
08-Dec-17
Jake you’re reading my mind!
From: IdyllwildArcher
09-Dec-17
Awesome stuff Tim! Grats!
From: loopmtz
09-Dec-17
Great stuff, thanks for sharing!
From: Aubs8
09-Dec-17
Awesome! Congratulations Tim! Thanks for sharing! Mike
From: LWood
09-Dec-17
Congratulations, Tim! Well done.
From: Paul@thefort
10-Dec-17
Tim, Tim, Tim, what a great story and great success after all of the ups and downs. "if it was easy, everyone would do it".
We could have used your pizza making skills the other night at our 6 man get together. Had to buy pre-made ones from King Sooper, but the bottle of Crown Royal helped in the digestion. Ram meat Pizza? Add some pineapple topping, extra cheese, Might be interesting. my best, Paul
From: Ambush
10-Dec-17
One heck of a roller coaster ride!! Good things come to those that just suck it up, buck up, and get back to the job at hand. All successful hunters know that the mental challenge is just as great as the physical challenge and they often hit at different times. Sheep will trigger both at once! Congratulations on a great accomplishment!! Living (hunting) large, one slice at a time.
From: CurveBow
11-Dec-17
Congratulations Tim!
From: Owl
11-Dec-17
Good for you Tim but you ruined quite a few worthy hero shots with that rag on your head. ;)
From: Bigpizzaman
11-Dec-17
Owl, LOL! You gotta learn to love them Saints! Who Dat!
From: Owl
11-Dec-17
Sorry, couldn't resist. lol
Outstanding accomplishments on genus Ovis, sir.
From: DL
11-Dec-17
What an accomplishment. The next thing comes to my mind Tim is some of the best meals were had after the hunt. Argali, Marco Polos???
From: Bear Track
11-Dec-17
I was in a ground blind hunting deer and Tim messaged me he scored. I really wanted to get on a plane and go give him a man hung. What an accomplishment!
From: Bigpizzaman
13-Dec-17
Thanks Ron!!!
