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Originally Posted by pottymouth
Outfitters, harvest rates, as a % are way higher than resident hunters, I believe what t79 is trying to say.
There is no guarantee that rams are missing in March, because of mortality. There is much more probability that those rams, may have already moved on, and are sitting outside the research area !
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Your absolutely right. about outfitter success %, but what outfitter success rate don't indicate is how many resident hunters they take that are successful as well. The ave guy just isn't set up to hunt sheep like an outfitter is.
The full curl rule makes about as much sense as having a member of PETA be the biologist on hunting related issue.
There were a lot of older rams this year that were nowhere near full curl. Not sure what problem they are trying to solve but if they are concerned about age thy just need to implement government harvest fees on rams under 8 years old and have a 1/2 curl restriction. every year the ram is closer to 5 the harvest fee goes up exponentially. Age by rings and if there is a dispute pull a tooth and have it aged. That would deter people from shooting a 5 year old full curl with lamb tips but would allow a 10+ year old ram to be harvested that is heavily broomed. If the government Is really concerned with growing big horns on sheep all they need to do is look at Cadomine or the Missouri breaks, great feed = great horns. Imagine the rams they would have if they did some burns in K Country!