If the numbers really are as bad as F&W is indicating......then you are right, that is the only answer I see as well. Increasing the wait time to five years certainly won't do it. I have a hard time believing this is a problem universal to Alberta. Manage sheep on a WMU by WMU basis as they do all other species. It doesn't seem like rocket science to me. Putting it on draw seems an equal hardship to all to me. A five year wait seems like outright discrimination.

And, if one were to follow the letter of the law, assisting someone else spot and kill a sheep would be illegal. I'm just saying........................