If they are not getting convictions and not getting any return for dealing with short sheep, and if harvesting of short sheep is now considered the cause of reduced trophy quality, I don't see how having centralized measuring departments is going to change anything. (I bring in a short ram, they charge me, they lose in court, and trophy quality is decreased not only this year but over the next two or three years when that short ram should have been harvested)
Again if what chuck says is accurate we need to answer those questions as to why there is an increase in short sheep being killed and why SRD is becoming unable to deal with short sheep in the courts.
The rant for hunters taking short sheep will only get me vilified around here but that is also something that should be of great concern to anyone that hunts sheep.
The inability of SRD to deal with rule breakers is the other concern of the same issue.
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