THANKS from WWSF

[scree]

A huge thanks to all the Hunt WA members and everyone else that attended the WA Wild Sheep Foundation banquet last night.  As predicted it was hugely successful and we even had a little unpredicted twist at the end.  If you were there you know what I'm talking about.  It is going to be exciting to see what Mr. Sayer has in store for us but if you have never hunted sheep before, I would be making plans to be at the banquet in 2016. 

Once again thanks everyone; I really believe WWSF have the best members out there.     

[trophyhunt]

Had a blast last night!  It will be interesting to see what happens next year, what a great guy to want to give the hunt to someone else, heck of a guy.  I won an elk collaring experience in the near future, almost won the puppy.  I went to get a drink and when I get back to the table my wife is up to 1,600.00 for the puppy!  Good thing the other bidders kept on bidding, looking forward to next year.  Some of the bidding items went for really good prices this year.  Thanks to all the guys and gal at our table for a great night.  See ya next year!

[WAcoueshunter]

A huge thanks to all the Hunt WA members and everyone else that attended the WA Wild Sheep Foundation banquet last night.  As predicted it was hugely successful and we even had a little unpredicted twist at the end.  If you were there you know what I'm talking about.  It is going to be exciting to see what Mr. Sayer has in store for us but if you have never hunted sheep before, I would be making plans to be at the banquet in 2016. 

Once again thanks everyone; I really believe WWSF have the best members out there.     

Yes, that will be interesting!  And I'm in the 'no sheep' camp!

Great time again, thanks to all of you that put on such a great event.   

[WAcoueshunter]

Had a blast last night!  It will be interesting to see what happens next year, what a great guy to want to give the hunt to someone else, heck of a guy.  I won an elk collaring experience in the near future, almost won the puppy.  I went to get a drink and when I get back to the table my wife is up to 1,600.00 for the puppy!  Good thing the other bidders kept on bidding, looking forward to next year.  Some of the bidding items went for really good prices this year.  Thanks to all the guys and gal at our table for a great night.  See ya next year!

Ha, next year we'll make sure you get delayed a little longer at the bar so we can have a table puppy!

[cem3434]

I had a blast and met a couple of the guys from the Idaho chapter at our table. One of the guys has harvested 15 sheep and he was very knowledgeable on what a newbie like myself should be doing to up my odds at drawing a tag in the future. Anyways he gave me his number and told me to touch bases with him if/when I finally get get a crack at sheep hunting.  Overall, this is by far the best conservation group out there and I feel privileged to be apart of such a successful organization.

[Ridgerunner]

It was a great night, fun times had by all.

[Jaques Bonet]

I was at Banquet, thought it was well done. The drawing for the Texas Sheep was confusing as MR SAYER Made a statement that Perplexes me as to it's meaning, I think he meant well, but it makes me uneasy when someone wants to change the rules. In my opinion if he felt he didn't deserve the Hunt he should have let it be drawn again. Just my 2 cents, not to stir things up. 

[trophyhunt]

I was at Banquet, thought it was well done. The drawing for the Texas Sheep was confusing as MR SAYER Made a statement that Perplexes me as to it's meaning, I think he meant well, but it makes me uneasy when someone wants to change the rules. In my opinion if he felt he didn't deserve the Hunt he should have let it be drawn again. Just my 2 cents, not to stir things up.

He did want it to be redrawn, the rules wouldn't allow it.  That's what the discussion was about by the podium.  He was willing to give up a sheep hunt to someone who has never hunted a sheep before, unreal. Can you imagine giving up a hunt you won for stone sheep and giving it to someone else?

[scree]

Sorry for the confusion. Mr Sayer won the hunt and wanted to donate it back to WWSF to be auctioned off to raise money for the conservation of wild sheep.  The problem is our rules say that the hunt can't be sold. To be honest we never thought of this particular set of circumstances.  We have that rule because we don't want Joe Blow to win the hunt and then sell it to another person to profit from it.  Mr. Sayer really just wanted to provide more $ to put and keep sheep on the mountain.  If I were in his shoes I don't think I would have said draw again; who knows who the next name will be, it might be the most deserving person in the world or it may be a guy that has multiple grand slams. Either way it does not provide more conservation funding which was his goal.  I applaud his dedication to conservation and humbleness.         

[trophyhunt]

Sorry for the confusion. Mr Sayer won the hunt and wanted to donate it back to WWSF to be auctioned off to raise money for the conservation of wild sheep.  The problem is our rules say that the hunt can't be sold. To be honest we never thought of this particular set of circumstances.  We have that rule because we don't want Joe Blow to win the hunt and then sell it to another person to profit from it.  Mr. Sayer really just wanted to provide more $ to put and keep sheep on the mountain.  If I were in his shoes I don't think I would have said draw again; who knows who the next name will be, it might be the most deserving person in the world or it may be a guy that has multiple grand slams. Either way it does not provide more conservation funding which was his goal.  I applaud his dedication to conservation and humbleness.       

Absolutely, agree. Very humble, an auction of that tag would have been interesting.  You guys, who set the rules should consider a rule change to allow the recipient to allow the tag to be auctioned off by their discretion.  He had the sheep foundations best interest at hand, and those who have never had the chance to hunt sheep before.  Never before have I seen in person such a show of passion and unselfishness.   

[WonkyWapiti]

You could have heard a pin drop at that point.  Also the guy whose name was drawn first is gonna be kicking himself in the ass over not attending the show.

[Jaques Bonet]

All I was saying was that you can't change the rule. Never said he was not doing a good thing.

[trophyhunt]

You could have heard a pin drop at that point.  Also the guy whose name was drawn first is gonna be kicking himself in the ass over not attending the show.

Didn't you have to be in the building to put your name in the drawing? I know when I checked in they then put my name in the barrel, so, was the guy out getting a drink or something?  I can't imagine not being in the room when the drawing was taking place, that did not work out well for him.

[Ridgerunner]

I don't think the tag should be allowed to be turned back in and auctioned off,  although it does raise more money, it goes against what that drawing is for and probably against what a lot of the contributors would have wanted who donated towards the hunt.  Throw it up to auction and the number of guys who would have paid the big bucks is pretty limited.  Just my opinion.  It'll be interesting to see what happens next year for sure.

[scree]

You could have heard a pin drop at that point.  Also the guy whose name was drawn first is gonna be kicking himself in the ass over not attending the show.

Didn't you have to be in the building to put your name in the drawing? I know when I checked in they then put my name in the barrel, so, was the guy out getting a drink or something?  I can't imagine not being in the room when the drawing was taking place, that did not work out well for him.

Every life members name was in the tumbler.  At the WWSF booth you can request to see your name dropped the in tumbler, because a lot of people like that. Prior to the drawing the remainder of the cards go in the tumbler.  That way there are no mistakes.  Certainly a bummer for the gentleman who was drawn first and was not there.