Guy Miner
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- Apr 6, 2006
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More info re my friend Keith's hunt, with some quotes from his letter to me. he was hunting Argali Marco Polo, and Mid-Asian Ibex:
Total travel time was 38 hours to get there. There was a translator in camp, but none in the field, they spoke Kryg, and a little Russian. Keith does not. Base camp was very isolated, and at over 10,000' above sea level. While hunting, they climbed several thousand more feet.
Mostly during his stay, he ate meat. Yak, horse, and Marco Polo sheep. He said the people there eat a lot of meat.
"I was surrounded by incredible beauty, warm friendly people, and a chance to hunt two iconic species"
There were a few small buildings at the camp, heated by burning yak dung. Apparently it smells as bad as one might imagine. The hunting party of four left camp daily on horseback, then they'd hunt on foot. "My Swarovski spotting scope may have been our best tool on this trip."
He got the Marco Polo ram with a shot from the .308 Win at 387 yards, after considerable stalking.
Weather prevented them from hunting several days. Finally on day six, he was able to locate and take an ibex. He said the shot was at an incredibly steep angle, roughly 150 actual yards range and placed the shot through the animal's heart.
I am so very glad my old friend was able to do this trip. He cautioned that it was expensive, and that the travel was demanding. At times he slept in the back of a truck with a dozen other guys, unable to communicate with most of them, and he spent hours shoveling snow, clearing a path for the truck. I believe he may write up the story someday for a magazine, so I won't tell it all here, I'm just really glad that he did this hunt, and allowed me to share a bit about it here.
Guy
Total travel time was 38 hours to get there. There was a translator in camp, but none in the field, they spoke Kryg, and a little Russian. Keith does not. Base camp was very isolated, and at over 10,000' above sea level. While hunting, they climbed several thousand more feet.
Mostly during his stay, he ate meat. Yak, horse, and Marco Polo sheep. He said the people there eat a lot of meat.
"I was surrounded by incredible beauty, warm friendly people, and a chance to hunt two iconic species"
There were a few small buildings at the camp, heated by burning yak dung. Apparently it smells as bad as one might imagine. The hunting party of four left camp daily on horseback, then they'd hunt on foot. "My Swarovski spotting scope may have been our best tool on this trip."
He got the Marco Polo ram with a shot from the .308 Win at 387 yards, after considerable stalking.
Weather prevented them from hunting several days. Finally on day six, he was able to locate and take an ibex. He said the shot was at an incredibly steep angle, roughly 150 actual yards range and placed the shot through the animal's heart.
I am so very glad my old friend was able to do this trip. He cautioned that it was expensive, and that the travel was demanding. At times he slept in the back of a truck with a dozen other guys, unable to communicate with most of them, and he spent hours shoveling snow, clearing a path for the truck. I believe he may write up the story someday for a magazine, so I won't tell it all here, I'm just really glad that he did this hunt, and allowed me to share a bit about it here.
Guy
