[spurly]

they are shooting them in 400, south of highway 3, behind the shell plant, there have also been a couple killed west of the pass, by the lakes.A couple years ago 5 sheep were killed, and it was widely published knowledge, although, none were big rams, it was still very detrimental to the heard.The locals from the pass and Pincher creek, no this is going on, but nothing can be done.Last year a ram was shot out of Yarrow, by a native,it was taken into BC, aparently, the only charges that could be layed were exporting without a permit.Ihave lived in the Pass for fifty years, and have had some great sheep hunting, there were a bunch of nice rams taken this year but also a bunch of sqeakers.The general population is doing ok, but they could use all the help they can get. Another issue we are running into is if a person shoots a ram on the south side of highway 3, (which is full curl rule)and they anticipate any problems with it being short, they report it as being shot on the north side (4/5 rule)