Well I'd never been to the ranch before so I wasn't sure what exactly to expect and I was kind of nervous about all the other people that would be there. I thought it was a group hunt kind of thing.
     My dad and I got there late on Friday night and everybody greeted us then we stood around the camp fire until midnight just talking. The next morning we got up around 6 and we were ready to go by 7.
     There was 2 guides that took us up to the sheep on quads, and a photographer who went along to take pictures. We saw a group of sheep and we stopped and looked, but I decided to keep on looking, so they took us to another group. There was a big marino in that group that I wanted to get, so we got off the quads and got closer. We stood there for about 10 mins and the group started to leave, and the marino was in the back of the group. But everytime I had a shot, it would move too close to the other sheep and we'd have to wait all over again.
     One of the guides took the quad and tried to get the sheep to move in a different direction. Finally the marino moved and I took the shot. It kind of bucked up real quick and took off over the hill. The other guide and my dad and I went to go look for it while the photographer went to go get his quad. As soon as we crossed the hill we saw it laying there under a tree, the guide checked it to see if it was dead, and it was. As soon as the other guide and the photographer got there, we took some pictures, then the guides gutted and skinned it for us. It was an awesome hunt and I hope I get to do it again someday!

by Ellie