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Originally Posted by Gear guy
Dave it is a huge problem with aging. With mine one thing they didn't count is the broomed off portion which was at least a year and a half. I have aged a lot of sheep and they gave mine 8 years old. I had him at 10 with the missing portions. I have other rams that have been registered with less years than I thought they should be given as well. This just proves our age class getting shot are higher than what is on paper and it is not right.
And Dave I have no idea why you would think yours did not fit the jig? They all do as long as that bottom jaw is off. I suspect you had a rookie dealing with you and was the reason a bio was not present as they are all suppose to now from what I was told.
Bdub- the dark portion may have been the past......like I said officers had all kinds of thoughts of where to measure from and I think that is why this new jig. There is no question on where the line is drawn from now except some may still use the eyeball but like mine some are using the eye socket just like days in the past with some officers when presented with a caped sheep. Now that they all need to be caped I suspect more of this eye socket business will happen.
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I would like to see a good pic of your ram, I don’t understand how aging them can be that difficult. Especially if you have the ram in hand. I can see being off a year if you are going by a photo but not if you can examine it in person. I just don’t get it. As for the eye socket thing being the point of reference, I have to ask then why do they require the eyeball to remain in skull for registration. That makes no sense either. From my experience with a few rams in both Alberta and BC they have been pretty accurate so far for aging. I don’t really believe it is a huge problem. Maybe the odd ram thats miss aged but I don’t believe the numbers could be significant. And the ones that are miss aged are probably older sheep, not the younger stuff.