MONGOLIA: Ibex Combo With Mongolian Outfitters Consortium

[LivingTheDream]

First and Foremost, Thank you to this forum and its members. There is no way I would have done this hunt if not for previous reports, talking to members here, and actually getting me to attend SCI.

Executive Summary/Introduction

Before going into all of the details, there is a lot to goes into a hunt halfway across the world. I wanted to give everyone an executive summary since it seems this trip is as much about the logistics, the people, and the experience as it is the hunt itself. I will do a separate gear list as well since I felt like there was a few nuances with this trip.

I do want to put this out there, hunting Mongolia from my one time experience is a mix between hunting Africa Tent camp and drop off camp in Alaska. They really do a nice job of making camp nice and you have vehicles, but you are essentially in the middle of no where and if there is something you need, you better have brought it. Also, given time differences, communication can be tough with people back home. I had an inreach and if it wasn’t for that, it would have been days between having any type of signal. But have an open mind, know you are in for an adventure and just roll with it and you will have a good time. This is all part of the experience.

Outfitter: Mongolia Outfitters Consortium – Did a fantastic job! I could not be happier with the experience, the people involved, and the support provided. I met these guys at SCI and in talking with them they explained that usually they had used booking agents to book their hunts in the past but were looking to start booking directly. I felt like I hit it off with them. They did not have a website or a list of references at that time, so a bit of a leap of faith. As I did talk to more people who hunted Mongolia after I booked, I did connect with people who had hunted with them and had a great time. So I did have some confidence after booking. I had been back 2 days and they are already working on the paperwork to get my Ibex shipped back. I hope to hunt with these guys in the future!

The Cook - I was really worried about the food, I was actually given the piece of advice to bring hot sauce from a previous hunter. So I had condiments, mountain houses, trail mix, protein and cereal bars. This was for nothing, the cook they had was phenomenal. I don’t mean as a camp cook, I mean as a cook. The fact this kid is doesn’t have a featured brunch restaurant in Washington DC is a travesty to the culinary world. Dinners were great, packed lunches were too. I had perfectly cooked pesto grilled Salmon one night. When I got to the hotel in UB, I weighed exactly the same as a I left. Far Exceeded expectations!

The Driver and Interpreter – Both were really good guys. The Interpreter is a hunter himself, did every climb with me and was an overall pleasure to be around. Seriously, the guy game me his last cigarette on the side of the mountain so we could all agree on the wind direction. I think we spent over 1500 miles in the car, from paved road to off road, it was a lot of time together. Also, the driver helped me carry an Ibex off the mountain, but more on that story later.

Travel - Darren at @TRAVEL EXPRESS is the man! He booked my flights, and with 3 WhatsApp message and in 3 hours, he changed my flights so I could come home earlier. This is 100% why I used them. They also handled my firearm information with the airlines and everything went super smooth and was one of the easiest rifle trips I have taken.

Turkish Airlines was nice, on time, and the airport in Istanbul is ridiculous nice. On the way out a few flight attendants wanted to talk hunting with me, so they seemed pretty cool. The service was great, and I did business class and was able to get some sleep. I also got to use the business lounges which are nice when you have a long lay over. They did get me with some firearm and ammo fees, but it is what it is, just smile, pay and move on. My rifle and ammo made it, what more could I ask. I spent 20 hours on planes, it was a lot.

Gun/Ammo – I used a Gunwerks Werkman in 300 PRC, I had the whole package and the gun and gun case weighed under 25lbs, and was still sighted in perfectly when I arrived. I shot well and more on that to come. But given their shooting system, which I have loaded unto a kestrel, I felt more than adequately prepared for elevation changes, wind or extreme angles.

Overall – My first trip to Asia, but given the safety rating, the variety of game, the easy going nature of the people, I think it was the perfect destination to test the waters. I feel more comfortable in Mongolia than I do in Mexico, or a lot of major US cities for that matter. It was all a bit surreal and if you are thinking about a hunt in Asia, Mongolia I think would be a good country to start.

 

[LivingTheDream]

Off to the Gobi

So I landed in UB without really knowing the plan. I wasn’t sure if I was going to grab a hotel for the night and then grab a domestic plane to the Altai or if we were going to start driving. As soon as I got to luggage, I could see a guy in a camo hat by the custom office, I walked over and sure enough it was my interpreter Turo. Turo had all of my paperwork ready to go and said as soon as I get my stuff, we are going to drive off to the Gobi. The domestic flights were a little weird due to a combination of weather, tourists season and students returning. So off to the Gobi.

It took about an hour to get my luggage and gun, but the actual customs review was less than 5 minutes. Just a note you can only bring 30 pieces of ammo, I knew this so there was no issues and before I knew it, I was walking out to a new Land Cruiser for a 10 to 12 hour drive to the Gobi Camp, I meet my driver, cook, and the Gobi camp manager.

I thought traffic in NYC was bad, the drivers around UB are crazy, it took about 30 minutes before we clear of the city traffic, and stopped to grab some water and were on a paved 2 lane. This paved road will pretty much take you across Mongolia all the way to China. So not a lot stop lights and not a lot of turns. But it was breath taking scenery, to see it change from lush green, the start of the Hangai mountains, to the eventual start of the Gobi, it was a cool trip.

We stopped and got a chicken BBQ pizza around 2 pm. It wasn’t too much longer till we are offroad and following the dirt roads into camp. I was drifting in and out of sleep as the 48 hours of travel were catching up to me. We stopped to check the zero on my rifle and a make shift target was made and set out at 100 yards. I got prone, got comfortable and took a shot. It was about 4 inches high but windage was perfect. I took a second shot, it was almost touching. So I get ready to adjust my scope, and my turret was still set for 325, which is about 4 inches high…rookie mistake, but my gun was sighted in and I felt confident with it. So back in the truck we go.

At this point I should note, once off road, there are roads everywhere and no roads. Meaning you are driving to a point on a map, there are no signs and if the 2 track starts to take you away from direction you want to go, you just start driving any which direction until you hit another 2 track. Needless to say, to do this in the dark with no landmarks, and being the first hunter of the year, we got a little lost, but it wasn’t too big of deal since I didn’t know where we were anyway and was pretty much going in and out of sleep.

We got to the camp right around midnight, I had my own Yurt. It was perfect, there was table, a bed, and a sink. The sink was basically gravity feed, but it was a nice touch. I sort of unpacked but went to bed pretty quickly. There was a generator, and you turned off the light by unscrewing the light bulb. No Sooner was I told this, I unscrewed the light bulb and crashed.

Gobi – Day 1

I woke up the sound of Motor bikes taking off. It was a but 7:30 am, I got all geared up and ready to go. I walked out and I guess my emergence so early was a bit of surprise. They immediately said the guys were out looking and I should have a cup of coffee and relax. I didn’t need to be told twice. I sat around for the next hour talking about hunting and learning the history of the Gobi and the hunting camp. It was a bluebird day, so I wasn’t really sure how this was all going to play out. About 9:30, a motorcycle pulled up and the report was this. There is 2 billes that looked too young, there is also a group of 3 billies and one looks promising. They asked for my spotting scope and took off again. I thought well there is a chance. Two of the horses guys came back and took off again, as they wanted to go to a different drainage.

About 11am, a motorcycle showed up, there was 4 Billies, with 2 shooters, they were bedded, they were figuring out an approach as they were lower than expected. The bad news was they were a pretty good ways away. There was a lot of talking going on, a lot of walkie talkie buzz going on. This went on for 10 minutes. Finally, I was told, get your stuff, and your gun, we are going to drive a little closer and figure out a plan. In the car we go, and start to follow the motorcycle.

As we are following this motorcycle through the drainage, other motorcycles start to join, and we begin to look like some slow moving version of mad max. To add to the scene, the horsemen were riding the ridges full speed, and were dropping down to meet up with us. So in total, we have 2 horsemen, 3 motorcycles and myself in the car. Once we went as far as we could go in the car, I then jumped on the back of the motorcycle. We take off for about 2 miles go up and down little ridges and ravines. The whole way we are flushing flocks of chukar. I mean there must have been over 200. Once we got as far as we could in the motorcycles, now it was time to start climbing with the horses. The horse I got was much smaller than what I road on the Yukon and I felt bad it was having to carry my ass up the mountain, but we worked switchback to gain probably close to 1000 feet. Then we tied up the horses and started to climb.

Once to the top, I was greeted with expansive views of the desert, it was truly breath taking and I took a minute to get organized and catch my breath. The ibex were bedded and we had eyes on them, so I had time. We then started working the ridge tops to get over and in position. This was a bout a ¾ mile loop but not much elevation gain or loss, so pretty easy walking all things considered.

Once we got the final ridge cropping, we peered over the edge. The Ibex were bedded, there were two shooters, one older and shorter, and one younger but longer. There were also 2 juveniles. I can only describe there sleeping arrangement as the 3 little pigs, the 2 younger one were hiding/getting shade from some tall grass. The next one was using a bush. And the old one was using a rock outcropping. The decision was made to go for the older shorter one, and we started to lose some elevation to follow the ridge out to gain some distance. We were currently at 380 yards, with it being a steep downhill shot. We were able to drop down and close the gap to about 340 yards. More importantly, they were still bedded, and I had time to get in a sold comfortable almost prone position. The range was verified multiple times and the turret was set. Now the wait began.

 

[LivingTheDream]

After an hour of watching the sleep ibex, he finally decided to stand up. He immediately turned broadside and stretch. I aimed a little further back, then my normal high shoulder shot since there was some wind and it was swirling. I told everyone, he is up, and safety off, 1, 2, 3…Bang. I immediately try to recover in the recoil but see Ibex running everywhere, they immediately go around the ridge and out of sight. I ask what happen, and they say miss as everyone is looking through their binoculars. Miss?!?!

I will be the first to admit, I do miss, it happens, but not like this. I was solid, heart rate under control, and squeezed the trigger. I am pretty perplexed on what happened. I am also trying to keep an eye out for where the Ibex might be going and what is happening. I apologize to the team, my interpreter says, look it happens and the good news is they know of 2 other Ibex, and someone is keeping an eye on them. I am in a bit of disbelief.

On the next ridge over, there is movement. The 2 Juvenile Billies, are climbing and after not much elevation gain, stop and look back. I am waiting for the other 2 to join them, the others have taken off on the ridges, thinking the other 2 have hooked around on us and are climbing on our side separate from the 2 we can see. I load up and start to follow, figure I need to keep my head in the game because things can happen fast. We cover about 400 to 500 yards, we now can see into the other valley that the Ibex hooked around. However, where the 2 Juveniles were, there is now a 3rd, and it the other one. Not my Ibex, and they are all looking back. They finally have enough and take up over the top, climbing over a 1000 ft in seconds. But the big thing is my Ibex was not with them. At this point, I am thinking I didn’t miss, maybe a bad shot, but he is somewhere in this valley and we just need to find him.

The guys all fan out, and a motorcycle appears in the bottom, we are searching, after 5 minutes, one of the motorcycle guys yells. 2 of the horsemen run down, and I see them looking at the ground. They start to walk off and then I see a wave. Everyone starts to walk down the mountain. I look at my interpreter and he goes they found your Ibex, I ask ok where do we need to go to get a shot. He goes, “oh no, that is not necessary, he is very much dead.”

Obviously, this changed my mood immensely, now I just had to get down off this mountain without falling. It probably took me 20 minutes as we were pretty high up, and the Ibex had dropped not 15 yards from a bike path in the bottom of the valley. Everyone met up at the bottom, and the ranger showed up. I could only think, you might be cool, but you will never be as cool as a Mongolian Ranger on a Motorcycle in the Gobi. It was time for pictures and to break down the Ibex. The Ibex was aged at 10 years old and 38 inches. An Old and great Gobi Ibex to take. I think taking this old guy, just adds to my excitement to hunt them more!

I asked my interpreter why they thought I missed, he said well we heard you counting and thought you were counting Ibex, so we weren’t really looking since we didn’t expect you to shoot. Given my shot didn’t really immobilize the Ibex at all, I guess I can’t blame them. The bullets did work perfectly, and I won’t describe what the internal damage was but I am not 100% sure how he ran the 400 yards or so that he did. Really just amazing.

Once cleaned up, and now with the Ibex loaded up on a motorcycle, we needed to get back to camp. I got my horse, and my interpreter got a motorcycle. So it was me and 3 horsemen riding out of the valley. It was pretty cool moment, but given they didn’t speak English, the conversation was minimal. Maybe ½ way back, they stop and get off the horses, they tell me to get off and we walk over to bushes. They immediately start picking berries, and tell me to try one. I did and they were pretty good, for the next 20 minutes or so, I was picking berries. Which I did not have on my bingo card, but I can’t think of anything else I would have rather been doing.

We finally made it back to camp before 6 pm, and start to celebrate, everyone had a beer, and it was steak for dinner. Everyone was in great mode and it was cool just to sit around and tell stories, and learn more about the Gobi. It is amazing how 24 hours earlier I didn’t know a single one, we can’t speak the same language but are able to joke and tell stories like old friends.

As night approached, a bad Thunderstorm rolled in and I got to listen to the rain and thunder roll through the mountains. I also woke up around 3 am to do some star gazing. I have never seen stars like that. I got to sleep in, had breakfast, with the Gobi mission accomplished we were off to Altai!

 

[enysse]

Congratulations! Excellent picture and I’m sure some great memories!

 

[cpr0312]

Congrats on the first portion or the hunt! Thanks for sharing!

 

[TRAVEL EXPRESS]

First off CONGRATS! An amazing trip in the books, and thank you for trusting in us to be a part of the process. We appreciate it greatly and look forward to working with you again on the next one.

 

[LivingTheDream]

Off to the Altai

We left camp around 9 am, it was a little later start so that had time to get the Altai camp set up. But I got to see a lot of desert that I originally missed due to darkness and sleep. The rainstorm the night before had caused a little havoc with the dirt roads, and some still had that red grease to them. On the drive out, I did get to see some Blacktail gazelles which was really awesome to see. But mostly, a lot of goats, camels, and sheep.

We did hit one really wet muddy spot, that I thought for sure we were going to get stuck. The driver did a great job, but he stopped in the middle of the mud, and tried to go in reverse, we made it like 10 feet in reverse and then he floored it forwarded. I was really skeptical it would work, but we got out there, and all of us were collectively holding our breath because when we broke free there was a lot of cheering.

It was about 2 hours to paved road, and then 8 hours on mostly paved road to camp. We had a few stops for supplies, but essentially, we were headed towards China. Camp was probably about 100 to 150 miles from the Chinese border and even though camp was remote we were about 45 minutes from a little town. The little town was where all of the camp personnel lived.

When travelling across Mongolia, there are lots of statues, some to honor the horses and horsemen, some are these giant rocks formations that are to honor nature. We stopped about an hour from camp to pay our respects and to add our rocks in hopes that we would have good luck from the hunting gods.

We got to camp right as the sun was setting, around 9 pm. The cook asked if I wanted dinner and cooked up Pesto Grilled Salmon with noodles. Not at all what I was expecting and it was wonderful. We were going to have an early day so I was quickly unpacking and getting settled into my Yurt. I was told wake up was 3:30 am.

Altai Day 1

Well I got up at 3:30, the issue was that we were right where the time zone changes. So even though I was up at what my clock said was 3:30, it was not actually 3:30, it was 2:30. I spent the next hour in a quasi sleep, I did go outside and look at the stars. Amazing!

Once everyone else was awake, and I was now awake, we loaded up the truck and took off to the hunting area. We also had two guys go out in horses to check the backside of the mountains. Apparently, there is usually a short cut through the mountains but due to the rain, the roads weren’t navigable and we were stuck making the big loop around on the paved roads. After about an hour, we were off road again, the sun was just starting to come up and the goal was to find ibex before the bedded down.

The first, second, third and fourth glassing stops were essentially working this one big mountain range. Really cool scenery, and basically, we would all glass spot, switch spots, switch binos or spotting scope, do one more switch and move to another glassing spot. The biggest issue I found out was that herders had moved into this range in the last 5 days, they were seeing Ibex, and the herders said they saw some, but the additional activity I guess moved them out. Also, for what it is worth, we did spot 2 wolves as well. I am not sure if they had any real impact but they were there.

We then took off to check out other mountains. We were keeping in close contact with one of the horsemen, he had spotted a group of 17 billies 2 days ago, so we were hopefully he might be able to find them again. The only thing I can say is we glassed over a ton of really good looking areas, I think we must of covered 50 miles of ground, checking the nastiest looking stuff you could find, and we were not even turning up nannies/kids. By noon, my eyes I think were ready to bleed and we didn’t find a single Ibex. We were already discussing tomorrow, we would take horses and go on the backside of these mountains. It is a game of hide and seek and they were way better at hiding at this point.

We stop and had lunch, some type of meat with noodles, that was surprising good. Where we stopped was this giant rock field in a bowl, and walking across it was scattered with goat bones, horns and skulls. Apparently, it is a wintering place for the herders, either way, it gave the landscape a slightly eerie sense to it. While eating, we made a plan to call the horsemen, since we had reception and do some glassing while we ate.

As luck would have it, about 2 miles off, in the spotting scope we found a juvenile Ibex Billy. All alone, at the top of a ridge in the shade. Well there is never just one Billy, I thought we were going to sit on him and see what else turned up, but I was told lets go to the truck. We then made a big loop, and came on the backside, and started to glass, and there skyline in all of its glory was 5 ibex and 2 shooters at that. And just like that we were in the game.

 

[LivingTheDream]

We needed to wait for them to bed down to make a plan, they were actually in a pretty good spot…for them. This was a pretty big bowl, the way up to the cliffs they were in was a ridge that was directly towards them, so no way to approach undetected, there was a opposite side ridge but it would not really put us in a close position, or we could loop all the way around and get on the same side as them, and see if we could figure out an ambush position but that would have been pretty aggressive, and the end of the bowl presented some interesting terrain that would have made the loop a little difficult to go undetected. So my interpreted said how far can you shoot, I said 500, they then talked and me and one the guides would go to the far opposite side of the bowl and get some ranges and we would figure out a plan from there.

I was packed up pretty quickly and off we went, I do appreciate the guide going pretty slow, and through the initial climb and walk, I didn’t really get out of breath. I was at 10000 feet and being a sea level guy, when I moved fast I could tell there was a difference. Once we got to the initial spot, which included a huge rock to conceal us, the other guide and interpreter came. The Ibex were bedded and sleeping pretty good, we then were in a waiting game to see which they would feed in the afternoon, if they feed down, we were about as close as we could get, and there was a grassy patch at 500 yards, but they were currently at 850, so a 350 yard drop might be asking a lot. If they feed the way they came, we were kind of screwed till tomorrow. So nannies were now on the opposite side of the skinny ridge up, so no way to even pull off an ambush if we saw them moving. If they feed to my right, we could move parallel to them on our current ridge and were confident we would cut some distance. But with them sleeping, it was pretty much a wait and see approach.

It was a hot day, and the Ibex had no desire to get up, however, we got time to take an inventory, there were 5 shooters in the group, but one was old, he was much darker and it was obvious he was the boss. He pretty much backed into a cave to get shade and all the other billies were piled up around the cave. So that was our target, he had a distinct white patch on the back of his neck and I was to keep an eye on that one.

So now we waited, some of the younger Ibex were up to rearrange and get new shade in the mid day heat. They were moving left to right, and working their way further into the bowl. From where we were at, this was not an ideal move, but we could work our side of the ridge and move further into the bowl, almost in parallel movement, which would close the gap assuming they continued to work left to right further into the bowl. Still it would be a bit of a long shot, but this was the cards we were dealt.

We started over move, we would move 2 at time, to make sure no one ever lost sight of the Ibex. We made it about ½ down the ridge, peer up and got some more yardage, not a great place to shoot, but we were closing the distance. The Ibex were now 750 yards compared to 850. I really needed them to get 500, the leader of the juveniles was about 650 yards, so it looked like they were going to move that way and we would be in a really good position.

We then decided to get into the final position and run the ridge the rest of the way out into the bowl, here we would get set up and wait for them to feed towards us. When we decided to make the moved, 7 of the Billies were up and feeding that direction, it was just a matter of time till the boss decided to move as well. The boss was now 700, and the leader of Juveniles was at 575. I started to take ranges, we discussed possibly trying to snake a little closer and maybe cut another 40 to 50 yards. However, I had a great flat rock, it was the type of rock you dream of. I decided it was more important to have a perfect shooting platform than to cut distance. I was able to get set up, did a final calibration on the kestrel and got the range card out. There was a chance they could get to 450, but 500 looked to be reasonable.

However in taking my ranges there was a unique rock at 550, exactly 550, it was on a knob and looking at my kestrel it would be exactly 10.75 MOAs or 43 clicks. I thought wow how crazy that everything is exact like that. There is no guess work, and that never happens! Especially with a unique rock for a reference. As we waited, the leader of juveniles went exactly to that rock and stood on the knob completely perfectly broadside. I was locked in at that spot and told myself if the wind cooperates, that is my spot.

The next 45 minutes were agonizing. The sun was started to set, we were getting shadows on the mountains, and the ibex were feeding just like we drew it up. The boss was moving slow, but he was coming and he was following the route. At 595, I was following him, at 575, I could see he was following the path of the others, this was going to work. I ranged the spot again, 550, and gave my rangefinder to my interpreter. I said get ready, and I will ask him to call out the distance. At 556, he was staring there looking at his closest buddy standing on the knob, I knew it was just a matter of minutes now. I was completely in the zone, as he started to walk to the 550 spot, the wind stopped. I don’t mean it slowed down, it went dead calm, at this point I knew I was shooting.

I want to say, I never in my wildest dreams would have said lets go take a 550 yard shot, however, I had absolutely perfect measurements and conditions, if there was ever going to be time to do it, in combination with the sun setting, this was it.

With the safety off, he climbed on the knob, I asked for range, 550. I was solid, and squeezed the trigger. At the shot, the recoil, I lost him, also, there was a giant rock next to my gun causing the full muzzle blast of the 300 PRC to come back to me. But all I could hear was my local Mongolia guide saying, “Hit, Hit, Hit, DOWN!!!” DOWN!!!. At this point I was beyond ecstatic! And if you were on the random mountain range on the Altai at around 6pm, you would have seen 4 grown men hugging! Everyone was going nuts! We were taking selfies and couldn’t believe what just happen. I took an old monster of an Ibex with the longest shot of my life!

We walk over to the Ibex, and I was still on cloud 9. We took in the moment as the driver and ranger each walked up the mountain to us. The actually packed a watermelon up to us on the mountain, so as we took pictures, they cut up the watermelon and before cleaning the Ibex, we all sat around and talked and ate watermelon. It was just a cool detail because in no way shape or form would I pack a watermelon up the mountain.

The bases on the Ibex were huge, and he was much darker and older than the others in the group. They estimated that the Ibex was 42 inches long. I was really hoping I get one above 40, and given his age and the size of his bases, I was really in awe of the animal.

We all got packed up with the Ibex and made our way the mountain. These guys take everything, even bottled the blood. We got to the car just as the sun was setting, we still all sat around had a cigar and a coke. I can’t think of a moment where I just felt so at peace. We left as it was getting dark and didn’t get back to camp till about 10 pm.

The guys worked till about 2 am fleshing the hide and cleaning the skull, so we could start our journey back. There was no flights, so we were driving 2 days back to UB. But given the limited hotels, there wasn’t a huge need to get an early start. The guys did tell me that usually hunting doesn’t go like that, with day 1 kills. I felt extremely fortunate that the hunting gods had smiled on me. Being that I had been up 20 hours, I slept well but still got up early to get one last look at the stars. Even though my trip was essentially over, it was everything I could have asked for.

Below are some pictures of the terrain as a reference. The 3rd picture being the type of terrain we found the Ibex in.

 

[LivingTheDream]

Travel and Final Thoughts

We made the long trip back, mostly all on paved roads. There isn’t much to report, the travel was uneventful and we had great weather. UB is a cool city and I got to do some tourists stuff like go to museums and do some shopping. The flight backs were uneventful with everything being on time, and the only anxiety I had was getting my rifle in Dulles which took an hour and half, and I was pretty much convenience it didn’t make it. However, the customs guys were super friendly and were asking me questions about my hunt. Overall, all of the customs guys I have ever talked with at Dulles have been really cool guys and super helpful. It was good to be home, and with everyone at work thinking I was in Mongolia, I got to enjoy a few days of quiet, which was also nice.

As far as the trip itself, yes it was quick and that was mostly because I had a great hunt. To get 2 Ibex in 2 days, is kind of crazy, and I just got lucky. But to answer this question: Would I do this hunt again, absolutely! I might actually go back and do it again someday. I am considering doing a Gobi Argali rather than sheep here in the US, since pricing and tags are getting crazy, but that will require some savings. I would 100% recommend Mongolian Outfitters Consortium, to me, it was a first class operation, the vehicle was great, the people were beyond professional, the accommodations were beyond my expectations and the food was exceptional. They also know their animals and will work hard to make sure you are successful.

Thanks for reading! And Thank you to all those that have written reports previously, you might not realize it at the time you write it but you are planting a seed and given some of the confidence to pursue their dreams.

I will be posting a great list here shortly, in case that helps someone in the future.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Quite a hunt, congratulations!

 

[enysse]

To get both ibex in one trip is incredible! I wanted to do this same hunt when I was younger. Still I’m sure physically I could still do it.

Congratulations on an amazing hunting experience!

 

[Tintin]

Great report on an amazing hunt - thanks for taking us along on something very different.

 

[Tucketed]

What a truly wonderful hunt. Congratulations

 

[Nyati]

Great hunt, congrats !

 

[gillettehunter]

Excellent hunt!! One you’ll remember a long time. I’ll look forward to seeing your mounts when they are done!
Bruce

 

[sniper7]

Awesome write up and congrats on a great hunt!

 

[Lee M]

Excellent report and what a great adventure. Thx for sharing.

 

[MontanaPat]

Great report and sounds like a fun hunt to pursue. Congrats on a couple of very nice billies

 

[BourbonTrail]

Congratulations on finally bagging those ibex. I know mountain game has been at the top of your to do list for a while now. Looks like a fantastic trip. I’ll have to earmark this for future reference.

 

[BnC 04]

Great report and congratulations on a wonderful trip. Mongolia got my attention a couple years back and really need to put something together as it seems there is a wonderful adventure to be had doing some hunts/fishing there.