Big sheep changes
Can't believe they're going through with this. In 2016 all WMU south of the brazeau will be full curl and 400/302 will have one week less at the end of the season. Good luck finding a full curl ram, congrats to those who said change was needed. At this rate my son will probably never even get the chance to sheep hunt.
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I my area sheep will hit 4/5 by 5.5 - 6.5yr old
I think it's good, but I'd like to see to option For a 4/5 double broomed(no lamb tips) |
Would an option for the Broomed no lamb tips be an age regulation? Don't they do this for thin horns?
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UH OH. Might be pulling 410 faster than I planned... Dammit what is wrong with this province? So whats word on the street, when does SRD start managing real issues with sheep in Ab? Let me guess, that kicks off right after this hey?
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I think this is great. !! Finally a chance for a K country ram to reach full curl. A friend of mine who hunts down south a lot said to me" probaly the worst animal to be in alberta is a 4/5 legal ram in K country becAuse you know your dead as soon as a hunter lays eyes on you"
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I'm in favour of it but would like to see an option that allowed harvesting broomed short old rams.
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Great idea.
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As a guy that's spent many days in 400 sheep hunting this change is garbage. I've seen 30+ rams in a season, many mature broomed rams and not close to full curl.
The government has not addressed any habitat or predator issues but taken opportunity from sheep hunters. |
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Ok maybe im playing the devil's advocate abit....they are impressive/interesting creatures for sure...was hunting elk high up in wmu 400 this fall and had a 4/5 ram only 250yards away.....for a few minuits the rams had a stunned look like they were going to lick the salt off my boots,however they did slowly make there way down the mountain into some thick bush. Will a 4/5 ram grow to full curl in only a year? Im guessing not |
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Nope so many rams will die off of old age preditors and Mother Nature before ever reaching full curl. This just takes opportunity away from hunters. There is no way you can have a full curl rule but then allow mature 4/5 to be shot. Who decides what's mature. How much do they have to be broomed? Age determining a big horn on the hoof has been determined difficult and inaccurate on the hoof.
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I don't see a problem having to look at,and walk away from,some nice ,heavy broomed off rams while sheep hunting. Anything to keep some sheep on the mountain is a bonus.After a couple years it might just be totally awesome seeing some good rams, rather than these squeakers you see now.
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But it's very hard to count rings on a big horn compared to thins That's why I say 4/5 double broomed no lamb tips That ram I shot this yr was broomed on only one side, so he would have been aloud to breed this winter |
[QUOTE=ksteed17;2643330]Exactly! Those that are for it I assume you think it'll mean more Rams. Sure eventually there will be a lot more full curl Rams then there are now. But it won't last. I've seen some dinky full curl Rams. Will be the same as 4/5 as soon as a ram reaches full curl it's dead. Full curl doesn't mean heavy 180" ram.[
I don't think there will be more full curl at all if any thing there will be much less. There will be more 4/5 curl rams around to stare at |
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I agree with medicmoose As soon as a Ram hits full curl it's going to have a clock over it's head ticking Not many will make it threw the season once hitting the line.... For me , this will just mean I hunt the last 2 weeks looking for park rams |
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So again, when does SRD start managing real sheep issues here. Why is nothing they do based upon healthy herd management. This is a hunter restrictive change that will not positively affect the sheep herd or sheep country issues one bit. Are we really being force fed more SRD crap,,, still?? When do these bozos begin addressing what it is that they are paid to do in this province? Why does no one take these goofs to task on this bs.
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Lol... word spreads fast...
And to think that as of noon today the gov. had no intention of releasing this Proposal..... For starters. . This is a Proposal. There will be time for coconsultation before any final decisions. There has yet to be a concern provided by f&w for making this proposal. Why do they want to do this? We need to know. This appears to be a continuation of the proposal and concerns from 2013. The government did not have any poignant data to back up the claims of either a problem nor a solution.... The full curl requirement is NOT producing larger rams.... All it is doing is severly reducing the number of rams harvested while allowing the majority of rams to die from anything but a bullet. |
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There is no doubt we could use some habitat improvement and more predator control in sheep country as well, not arguing that and I'm sure almost everyone can agree on this point. I can see a shortened season and or draw for most of the province in the near future if things don't change. The days of General sheep seasons in much of the province are numbered imo. |
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