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12-21-2017, 06:29 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 37
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Sheep registration
Just wondering how many guys are still waiting to get their sheep back from F&W, my son has been waiting for 7 weeks now .
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12-21-2017, 06:36 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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I would have been calling every day after the day I dropped it off. It only take about a half an hour to register a sheep.
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12-21-2017, 06:42 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 37
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we have called, we have gone in numerous times as well
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12-21-2017, 09:53 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Alberta
Posts: 317
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They are keeping it for a reason...
Or they lost it....
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12-21-2017, 09:54 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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I’d be looking for their supervisor to get an answer. Go higher up the chain, keep digging. That isn’t right!!
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12-21-2017, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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That I believe.. Only the Government would loose someone’s coveted sheep head!!
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12-21-2017, 09:56 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 37
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They keep saying they don't have time , no reason to keep it at all , not a squeaker , lost it is maybe
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12-21-2017, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 48
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My daughter just got hers back last week. 6 and a half week wait. You can have it transferd to another office to be plugged but thats a pain too. Phone lots and put in a complaint. Good luck.
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12-21-2017, 10:12 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Strathcona County
Posts: 356
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They insisted multiple times to keep my ram and plug it at their convenience. That was a firm NO. I phoned and when they had time went in to get it plugged. There is no way i'd chance them damaging, losing, spoiling the cape. Almost two month wait is too long, especially for something that takes an hour to do at most.
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12-21-2017, 10:26 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by Pierre Tessier
They insisted multiple times to keep my ram and plug it at their convenience. That was a firm NO. I phoned and when they had time went in to get it plugged. There is no way i'd chance them damaging, losing, spoiling the cape. Almost two month wait is too long, especially for something that takes an hour to do at most.
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This^^^^
Did this in Edmonton with mine. Will never go there again though. I would never leave a sheep anywhere unless it’s with the taxidermist.
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12-21-2017, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 838
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I believe you only have 14 days to get it registered from the date of kill. Just have to be a little more selective on where you go to get it registered.
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12-21-2017, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Peace River
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You/your son need to show up in person and not leave without your son's sheep horns. Plugged or not. If the office they are currently at can't do it bring them to an office that can.
No good reason for leaving the hunter hanging like that without an explanation.
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12-21-2017, 04:01 PM
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When I registered mine last year I called and made an appointment in calgary , and it still took them over 2 hours to get it plugged. Not only that, they didn't even have the proper maps of the WMU I killed the ram in and asked me to point out where the ram was harvested on the map they provide with the regulations book. When I pointed with my finger he's like you need to be more specific. Get me the proper maps then. It was a an absolute gong show.
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12-21-2017, 04:39 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
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Originally Posted by blackmamba
When I registered mine last year I called and made an appointment in calgary , and it still took them over 2 hours to get it plugged. Not only that, they didn't even have the proper maps of the WMU I killed the ram in and asked me to point out where the ram was harvested on the map they provide with the regulations book. When I pointed with my finger he's like you need to be more specific. Get me the proper maps then. It was a an absolute gong show.
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The goon in Edmonton said they didn't have a map in the office, not one! Used google earth on computer trying to entrap me.
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12-21-2017, 05:08 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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And why is it when an exceptional ram is take-in a remote area with no hunting pressure the following year has f+w or their friends hunting the area ?
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12-21-2017, 05:17 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 276
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ram
Had mine done in Cochrane. Staff there were great. Respectful and professional! They had a great interest in age of sheep and health of the herd in general. Pleasant experience and walked out about 1 and 1/2 hours later.
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12-21-2017, 05:18 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: edmonton
Posts: 259
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sheep horns
i dropped off sheep horns in september and called numerous time and still not returned to me yet.
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12-21-2017, 06:30 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Lethbridge
Posts: 1,309
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I had mine registered and plugged at the Lethbridge office.
100% positive experience.
Polite, professional and quick.
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12-21-2017, 07:12 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: By the river
Posts: 61
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Rocky Mountain House is a good place to go. They actually know what they are doing and there is a biologist and conservation officers that can and will do it at your convenience. Worth the drive to take it somewhere where they see rams and book them regularly.
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12-21-2017, 08:10 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: In a house
Posts: 7,778
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Had my found dead in Edmonton for over 3 months! Then when I took my ram in from this year I waited a week and then said I have had enough and will be calling a lawyer if it is not done in the next few days. I called numerous times. after I dropped my heads off. Excuse was nobody was on shift during the summer for the deadhead..... Then the officer was sick...... No wonder no poachers get caught! it seems they don't have staff on shift......
I won't take another head to Edmonton Office again!
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12-22-2017, 09:05 AM
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Took my to Edmonton last year. Left it over night, and just picked it up the next day as they had multiple to do at once. Absolutely no problems, and completely professional.
They also had multiple maps for me to be able to point out the location of the harvest.
I would recommend remembering the name of the officer dealt with when first dropped off for easier follow up if necessary. I learned a great deal about their side of the registration process just by asking questions of the officer while she was inspecting the sheep.
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12-22-2017, 11:10 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Registration
The only reason they are keeping your ram longer is they might have had a complaint about the ram and the possibility of it being shot close to a Boundary. If F and W find a kill evidence on the mine they take DNA samples that can be linked when a Ram is registered. In the case of a found ram .....there are lots of questions why they might take their time registering that one ....just read between the lines. Hope this helps f and w are busy and there are lots of hunters always trying to push the limits out there .
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12-22-2017, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Quick and easy in Valleyview. Every one I ever took there it is an hour tops if you make an appointment a day or two in advance. I took one in 3 weeks ago and Dan had it done in less then an hour. They are always super good to deal with there.
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12-22-2017, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: In a house
Posts: 7,778
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mightybuck
The only reason they are keeping your ram longer is they might have had a complaint about the ram and the possibility of it being shot close to a Boundary. If F and W find a kill evidence on the mine they take DNA samples that can be linked when a Ram is registered. In the case of a found ram .....there are lots of questions why they might take their time registering that one ....just read between the lines. Hope this helps f and w are busy and there are lots of hunters always trying to push the limits out there .
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Makes sense but if the ram was found in the summer when there is no hunting season and looks like it has sat there on the mountain for a long time then why the issue?
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12-22-2017, 02:32 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Registration
Maybe F and W wanted t o make sure that you were not trespassing like many guys do on the mines in Alberta and find dead winter killed rams.
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12-22-2017, 04:46 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: In a house
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mightybuck
Maybe F and W wanted t o make sure that you were not trespassing like many guys do on the mines in Alberta and find dead winter killed rams.
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If they knew you were trespassing months earlier something should have been done then but I can see they would want to make sure. I find it odd it takes months though to investigate it.
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12-24-2017, 08:34 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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Originally Posted by cowmanbob
And why is it when an exceptional ram is take-in a remote area with no hunting pressure the following year has f+w or their friends hunting the area ?
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Is this actually happening? Anyone seen this first hand? Interesting.
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12-24-2017, 08:42 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Mr. Dynamite
Is this actually happening? Anyone seen this first hand? Interesting.
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Yes
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12-25-2017, 06:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Edm.
Posts: 4,924
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I had a head that I found 30 years ago . It was found by me and my partner.
My partner took it to the old office in Edmonton and back then they just gave out a paper with no plug. I was given the head with out any paper work ,as it was lost so i took it in to get it plugged about 3 years ago.
They would not return it !
Said they have no records going back that far, and I was out of luck.
Knowing all this I would have told them I just found it two weeks ago.
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12-25-2017, 04:03 PM
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Banned
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 838
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Quote:
Originally Posted by -JR-
I had a head that I found 30 years ago . It was found by me and my partner.
My partner took it to the old office in Edmonton and back then they just gave out a paper with no plug. I was given the head with out any paper work ,as it was lost so i took it in to get it plugged about 3 years ago.
They would not return it !
Said they have no records going back that far, and I was out of luck.
Knowing all this I would have told them I just found it two weeks ago.
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Why would you take the head back into F&W again? That would be the day I'd do that.
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