It would be nice to have a system that incentivized the harvesting of older rams and penalized (not for ever) the taking of younger rams, for both outfitter and resident hunters. A system that rewarded the harvesting of predators in core sheep areas.
A couple questions I have:
Are wild sheep populations down? If so, prove it using a valid unbiased scientific method.
What characteristics differentiate sheep populations and rams North and South of Brazeau? Is that an arbitrary line? Seems so.
What is the rational behind the reduced season in 400 and 302? Are to many immature sheep being shot in the last week of the season in those zones? Doubtful.
Seems likes its easier to manage a user group then look after wild sheep populations
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