 Mark Hampton's Latest Hunting Adventure
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 Our friend Mark Hampton has just returned from another hunting adventure. I'll let him chime in with the details of his hunt. Congratulations Mark, beautiful ram!
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02/20/2015 8:43 PM
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Nicely done as always, Mark! Congratulations on the beautiful trophy! Looking forward to the details!
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02/20/2015 8:44 PM
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02/20/2015 9:00 PM
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Mark Hampton
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Thanks guys and thanks Darrell for posting. I just returned from west Texas hunting with Rowdy McBride on the Clayton Williams Ranch -- 78,000 acres. I took this Armenian mouflon on the 4th day with an H-S 260 Rem. at 220 yards. The sheep are very skittish and are free-range. It was a challenging sheep hunt and I was thankful for the experience.
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02/20/2015 9:56 PM
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That's a gorgeous ram, Mark. Congrats on a rewarding hunt!
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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02/20/2015 10:18 PM
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Re: Mark Hampton's Latest Hunting Adventure
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02/20/2015 11:07 PM
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Beautiful specimen. Well done!
Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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02/21/2015 12:16 AM
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Way to go Mark. It is one nice trophy!
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02/21/2015 5:04 AM
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Nice sheep Mark. Sounds like a great hunt and an awesome shot.
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02/21/2015 7:29 AM
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Congratulations Mark, nice ram!
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02/21/2015 1:39 PM
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Mark Hampton
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Thanks for the kind words.
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02/21/2015 2:36 PM
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02/21/2015 4:07 PM
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Looks great, Mark! Congratulations. Can't be many sheep species left for you now!
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02/21/2015 6:22 PM
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Vance in AK.
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That is indeed a beautiful ram Mark! The handgun is almost as pretty!
Have any plans for a new book?
Vance in AK.
Matthew 6:33
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02/21/2015 6:38 PM
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Mark Hampton
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Ken, I'm trying to get as many sheep as possible before old age creeps in -- and it's creeping pretty fast!
Vance, I think I've got one more in me but there are a few adventures I'd like to get under my belt first.
Many Thanks
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02/21/2015 9:54 PM
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What a great way to start the Year of the Sheep :-)
ps I'm starting to discover that old age doesn't creep in, it gallops.
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02/22/2015 1:22 PM
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Excellent shooting. I bet the terrain is tough on the body.
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02/22/2015 6:31 PM
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Very nice! Congrats Mark. Nice shooting as usual 
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02/22/2015 9:46 PM
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Congratulations, Mark, on the nice ram.
It's not the gun, but the man behind it.
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02/23/2015 1:29 PM
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Congratulations Mark on another handgunned trophy!
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02/23/2015 3:37 PM
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Good to see you out chasing more sheep!
Congrats!
Ernie the Un-Tactical 
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02/25/2015 3:05 PM
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