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Originally Posted by mjs
Talking to a lot of the old boys (before all of the roads such as the shell road down south and other forestry roads) there was way better hunting because of less pressure. It is inevitable that sheep hunting is more accessible now (for example drive down highway 40 and spot a legal ram). Something has to be changed. Plain and simple more sheep are being shot in alberta than ever. .
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you can have any opinion you like.....but the statement quoted is false. the numbers are pretty clear and have been presented many times. there were more sheep hunters back in the 80s and thats also when ram harvest hit its peak. statistically, hunter success has remained quite constant.
there are actually less people hunting sheep today than there was 30 years ago. access has also proven to have no effect. areas that once were off limits to atvs that have been opened up showed no increase in success. the arithmetic is pretty simple.....there are only so many legal rams in this province. that will always be the limiting factor. the strip of mountains along western alberta is just too thin. there is not that much suitable habitat. changing what is available is the only way to improve things. the argument is what change is best.
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