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Old 02-10-2010, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 209x50 View Post
One statistic I found interesting was a study I read that showed that natural causes killed off 40 to 50% of the ram year class every year. So 60% go from 3.5 to 4.5 and 50% of those make it the next year and so on.
If you take Rich's statistics... if 100 sheep make 4.5 and 50% dies each year after you would have a grand total of 1.5625 rams that make 10 1/2. This is natural causes. Im thinking if you add hunting numbers there would be no sheep out there that reach 8.