Nile Early Archery Busted by Sheep

[lee]

Be careful around those sheep. This happened alittle south of the 1709 in the Hindoo basin:

History of Klickitat, Yakima, and Kittitas Counties, Washington
published in 1904    
A Fatal Sheep Stampede
 
George W. McCredy, one of central Washington's well-known pioneer stockmen, is the authority for the following story of a remarkable accident whereby a faithful sheep herder met his death in the foothills of Kittitas county:

In the summer of 1889, Cameron Brothers lost 1,200 head of sheep in Kittitas county by what is known among sheepmen as "piling up and smothering to death." One of the features of the accident, which made it the more distressing and served to bring out the heroism of one man, is the fact that the herder, familiarly known as "Hindoo John," with his dogs, was caught under the sheep and also smothered.

At the time it was thought that the herder had deserted his place and left the country. The falsity of this story was proven the following spring, when his body, with those of his dogs, was brought to light by someone examining the great pile of sheep bones on the steep hillside. Then he was exonerated from the charge of unfaithfulness. From all the circumstances and surrounding conditions the accident was accounted for in this way: The sheep had become frightened while grazing upon the steep mountain side and had run for safety toward a clump of bushes and small trees. Reaching there, the leaders could get no farther and were eventually crushed down by the mad rush from their rear. The frightened sheep continued to clamber on top of one another and to be trodden down until they could climb no higher, but were turned aside.

The shepherd, it is thought, was trying, with the assistance of his faithful dogs, to loosen the blockade from the lower side and thus save the lives of his charges, when herder and dogs were caught under the moving, writhing mass and crushed to death. The weather was very warm and soon decomposition had set in. Within a comparatively few hours from the time of the accident the stench arising there from was so great that no one could approach within several hundred feet. Nor could examination be made for several months afterward. It is said that the grease from this pile of bodies ran in a stream for a distance of half a mile into the valley.

Lee

[lee]

Fyi, sheep were Still up there on thursday. So were the 50 dummy tents stashed at every hunting camp, only one of those camps were staffed.

Hum, .... sounds like allot of "abandoned litter" that needs to be disposed of. 

[washelkhunter]

Fyi, sheep were Still up there on thursday. So were the 50 dummy tents stashed at every hunting camp, only one of those camps were staffed.

What a surprise. You should take some pics, maybe you should
pull all the tents up and take them to the rangers as well, make it a "clean up the Nile day". 

[jackelope]

You can probably thank some of those sheep for the decimation of the Tieton bighorn sheep herd.

 

[RadSav]

You can probably thank some of those sheep for the decimation of the Tieton bighorn sheep herd.

Exactly what I was thinking!  I do not know how far apart they are or have been.  But that seems too close to me

[hughjorgan]

You can probably thank some of those sheep for the decimation of the Tieton bighorn sheep herd.

 

Do they run herds of sheep in the cowiche/rimrock area? I know there are cattle in the cowiche... I wouldn't think that the sheep in the Nile would have any impact of the Big Horn sheep around high way 12 would they?

[ctwiggs1]

Fyi, sheep were Still up there on thursday. So were the 50 dummy tents stashed at every hunting camp, only one of those camps were staffed.

I wa there yesterday and saw the same thing.  Doh!

[rover758]

I was up there (1709/1791 line) late yesterday around 6:30ish and the sheep are gone.  Not sure where they went.  When I spoke to the shepard a couple weeks ago he said was moving them "way over there" and pointed south'ish.  The tents are multiplying.  Some of them I've seen for 6 weeks with no occupants.   

Good luck to all out there next week.

[ctwiggs1]

Yeah I kinda wish they would start cracking down on that stuff.  It's pretty annoying to come up and see tents everywhere but only 2 trucks.

[northcoast]

Who knows... maybe they were all out road scouting.   Getting prepped for all their road hunting.

In all seriousness, if those tents have really been up that long then call and report them.  Give the ranger the coordinates and the dates when they moved in.  Setting up a tent that early is ridiculous. Nothing should be up before Labor Day weekend at the earliest.

[troyspinetar]

Is everybody hunting the Nile? Seems like it will be nuts with people. 

[D-Rock425]

I hope everyone goes to the nile since everything else is on fire.

[pianoman9701]

I know there are about 25 of us going to the Nile. It's for the mutton, baby. 

[ctwiggs1]

Are you guys all going archery?  It's like a giant H-W family reunion

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

The Nile is a very good place to archery hunt. Lots of animals for all.