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Outdoor Expeditions and Books.Copyright 1997. ISBN: 1-885924-03-8 (Trade Edition-Softcover). 6" x 8.75" x .50". 224 pages. 98 B&W pictures. (From the back cover): Duncan Gilchrist is a naturalist and big game hunter eminently qualified to write books and produce videos. Now 61, he began hunting as a young boy. His quest iin the pursuit of big game has taken him from Alaska, to Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, along with the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Wyoming, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Missouri, Louisiana and Illinois. He now resides in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. Here Duncan works at his many ventures. Formerly he lived in Alaska for 14 years where he worked as a forester and as a guide. As a bush pilot he has logged 6,000 hours flying a Cub. Gilchrist spends well in excess of 100 days a year hunting and photographing big game. Among his books are Quest for Giant Bighorns, Montana-Land of Giant Rams, Volume II Montana - Land of Giant Rams, Hunt High, Journal of a High Country Hunter, All About Bears, Successful Big Game Hunting, Trophy Rams of the Brooks Range, Hunting the Rocky Mountain Goat, On Bears and Bear Hunting and Big Game Hunters and Fishermans Complete Guide to the Field Care of Trophies. His videos include hunting and non hunting subjects. His specialties include bighorn sheep, bears and mountain goats. Inside Quest for Dall Rams you'll find a bountiful package of Dall sheep hunting lore. Chapters cover information on Alaska and provinces with Dall sheep. Learn how to hunt rams from the experts. Within the book's pages you will read the most comprehensive information ever written on field judging of rams. Other chapters explain hunting techniques, equipment and Dall sheep management. Read stories of Duncan's experiences in the field spanning over three decades. This book contains an entire photo section of giant rams. Within the book's pages can be found charts and tables that will be helpful to the hunter of Dall rams. Table of Contents
Dedication
Introduction Part I - Ram Tales
Forty Inch Ram
Hunting the Unhunted
Trophy Rams of the Brooks Range
And So the Years Pass
Return to Paradise
Chasing the Dawn Part II So You Want A Ram
Thoughts on Hunting Dall Rams
Thoughts on Equipment
Building A Mountain Rifle
Tips on Field Care Part III - The Ranges
Alaska
Drawing Areas
*Tok Management Area
* Delta Controlled Use Area
* Chugach Management Area
Brooks Range
Tanana Hills - White Mountains
Alaska Range West
Alaska Range East
Talkeetna Mountains and the Chulitna-Watana Hills
Chugach Mountains
Kenai Mountains
Wrangell Mountains, including the Nuzotin and Mentasta Range
British Columbia
Northwest Territories
Yukon Territory Part IV - On Horns and Sheep Management
On Growing Giant Rams
Managing For Dall Sheep in the 1990's
A Course on Judging Dall Rams
The Bad, The Good and the Ugly Part V - Appendix
Check List Part VI - Bibliography
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