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Originally Posted by sheephunter
Through the grapevine I've heard that F&W thinks too many rams are being harvested and that populations are getting too low. They are considering a five-year wait period because......"It would have the least impact on recreational opportunity and still provide a reasonable opportunity to harvest a ram."
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The one thing that SRD does have is very comprehensive harvest data when it comes to Bighorn rams. What WMU, date, hunter, etc; it must all be in a database somewhere?
I would be curious what the ratio of the yearly harvest is comparing first time ram harvest, to multiple harvests by the same hunter?
There must be some data showing guys are killing their second, third, and fourth rams comparing to first time ram killers?
Who knows, but with a 5 yr wait on the table this would be the assumption?