The White Sheep of Kenai Peninsula 



that there would be slide rock at the other end of 

 this shutc, in which case the rest would be fairly 

 easy. 



Moving with the greatest caution, we finally 

 reached the shute, and after a bit of bad climbing 

 found the slide rock at the lower end as we had ex- 

 pected ; but it took us a good two hours to get low 

 enough to tell with the glasses how big were the 

 horns the sheep carried. 



There were eight rams in all. A bunch of three 

 small ones about half a mile away, and just be- 

 yond them four with better heads, but still not 

 good enough to shoot, .and apart from these, a 

 short distance up the mountain side, was a solitary 

 ram which carried a really good head. The bunch 

 of three was unfortunately between us and the big 

 sheep, and it required careful stalking to get 

 within distance of the one we sought. We knew 

 very well that if we suddenly alarmed the three, 

 and they rushed off, they, in turn, would alarm the 

 four and also the big ram. When we were still at 

 some distance we showed ourselves to the three, and 

 they took the hint and wandered slowly up the 

 mountain side. The others, although they had not 

 seen us, became suspicious, so we remained 

 crouched behind some rocks until they once more 

 began to feed. The big ram now came down from 



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