Sheep hunt with Flint

In the summer of 1988 Yellowstone National Park was hit with the worst wildfire season in recorded history. A total of 793,880 acres were burned, not counting the 10’s of thousands of acres burned in the surrounding forests. It was into this smoke-filled landscape that Randy guided our oldest son, Flint, on his first sheep hunt.
At that time, youth could not apply for big game licenses until they would be 14 during the hunting season. Flint didn’t turn 14 until a few days into October, so he missed out on the first month of the big horn sheep hunt. Much of the hunt was undertaken in very poor conditions with thick smoke and low visibility.
Randy shares their adventures. He also praises Flint’s passion for hunting big horn sheep to lead him to become a great big horn sheep guide for several of the local outfitters for a number of years, before one died in a tragic accident. Later he moved to Alaska and it is hoped he’ll eventually have a chance to add an Alaska sheep hunt to his credit. Flint shares some of his photos. One is of the sheep he got on this hunt, two are of from scouting trips he and Randy took years later, and others from a few of his other adventures scouting and guiding for sheep hunts.
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