Thread: Sheep Part 3
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Old 02-13-2010, 05:43 PM
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From my experience and I'm by no means an expert non-mine Willmore rams don't reach 4/5ths until 7.5 yrs. Just talked to a guide for one of the outfitters there and he said 7.5 to 8.5 is the average for just legal rams. Those Kakwa rams are a little different than the ones in the Willmore and I wouldn't doubt the 8.5 number is right.
Maybe if this statement is true this is an issue that should be addressed. All the rest of alberta reach legal status around an average of 5 1/2 or 6 1/2 with the odd exception. So if the small northern area north of hwy 16 is 2 to 3 years longer then I think there is more to this than just being more northern and nutrition.
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