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Old 01-27-2010, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigfeet View Post
Looks like my post may have killed this thread! Thought I would post again to put this back at the top of the board (hope that is OK). Just wanted to hear what others thought of my ideas above.
I'm guessing you'd find some resistance from the outfitters. They are already at a considerable disadvantage by sitting out what are quite likely the three best weeks of the season. I doubt that they actually kill many true full-curl sheep. It would likely cut their harvest 50-75% and with residents still killing 4/5 sheep, I can't really see it allowing many sheep to get older. Possibly but I still think that there are a lot of people out there willing to kill the first legal sheep they see and even if someone is required to pass on them, there will be someone in line to kill them. We have a lot of sheep hunters in the hills.

If we really do have a problem, which no one has yet proven, I think the only solution is to limit the number of hunters in the field = draw.