Limited Draw Area Dall Sheep Hunts

This HFA Endorsed Outfitter offers Dall Sheep hunts in two draw-tag areas. It is becoming more and more evident that the best opportunities in Alaska to harvest a trophy ram are in the limited draw areas. The outfitters has recognized the decline in most of the general areas and have put our energy almost exclusively into hunting the TOK Management Areaand 14C limited area sheep hunts. The way the Alaska random draw works you are allowed six different hunt choices, and each choice is independently put into the draw. To give yourself the best opportunity at drawing a primer tag we recommend hunters apply all six choices.

These guides are very knowledgeable in sheep habits and behavior. They are young, experienced, and ready to do whatever it takes to get you your ram. Sometimes the difference between getting a great ram and just an average ram is having a guide that is willing to go over the next mountain. These guides will do what it takes to get you there. For them , sheep hunting is not a job, but an obsession.

The TOK Management Area (TMA) was created in 1974 with the goal of providing Dall sheep hunters the opportunity to harvest large-horned, trophy rams in an uncrowned setting. TMA rams exhibit the second greatest horn length and the fourth greatest horn mass qualities of rams inhabiting seven mountain ranges in Alaska. Rams harvested in the TMA average 36 to 37.5 inches. Between 3 and 9 rams per year are harvested with horns greater than 40 inches, representing 8-17 percent of the harvest. The TMA is the only sheep hunting area specifically established for trophy ram management in Alaska.

There are 8 different rifle hunts within 14C & an early hunt and late hunt within the TOK. These hunt periods take place within the time frame of Aug. 10 – Sept 20. The outfitter has spent large amounts of time in 14C each year and has a good idea of how the ram bands have disbursed, and which hunt areas tend to have the largest number of good mature rams from year to year. The earlier hunts tend to have better weather, and fewer hunters have been in the field, but the odds are tougher. The later hunts have better drawing odds but you can run into some adverse weather making your hunt more difficult.

They also offer archery hunts in 14C, typically opting for the late hunt, as the earlier hunts tend to have a lot of resident hunting pressure. The weather can be nasty on the late archery hunt, but if you are patient, and in good physical condition, there is a good chance you’ll have a shot opportunity at a quality ram.Having operated in the area since 2005, they have maintained more a more than 50% kill success and more than 90% shot opportunity on these archery hunts.