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Originally Posted by Bigcaribou
I agree with draw for sheep and have it on any ram, also if one harvests successfully have a 5-10 year wait. This would be ideal for limiting hunter harvest compared to now, and with it being any ram, one can finally start harvesting some of these old broomed rams that are short of 4/5. I believe it would be ideal for sheep populations and trophy quality in the province. If it went to full curl nobody will harvest. there might be a couple rams per wmu killed every 5 years. bighorns broom, full curl I don't believe is a good approach IMO.
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When this goes on draw you do realize that the Outfitters will then be allowed to hunt with clients south of highway 1 which right now there are no outfitter tag allocations south of highway 1 as this is for residents only. It also won't be good for sheep health as there could be a risk of disease and trophy quality wouldn't likely increase as most people would more then likely shoot the first ram they seen as there wouldn't be no curl requirement. More sheep means more chance of disease. Right now as it stands I'm going to say that 90% of the Rams that are harvested each year are guys that have harvested they're first ram as most guys that have harvested a ram are only going to harvest a ram that is larger than they're last ram. All that is being done is taking away resident opportunity to hunt sheep and make more opportunities for nonresident as Outfitters will gain more tags with the south country open to more allocations if it were to go on a draw. So if your all about taking away resident opportunity and punishing the guys who take the time to really get to know how to hunt sheep then yea put it in draw. The WSF is all for a draw as a couple of the board members are guides and Outfitters. Go on there website and look up the board members. It tells a bit about themselves under their names.