Free: Contests & Raffles.
On another note, perhaps one of the very few successful programs WDFW have put together, besides the whole turkey program and maybe one or two more, the sheep transplant from Clemens to the Butte has turned out great. The sheep really took off and grew rapidly, creating a fantastic trophy hunt for hunters and sheep watching for the general public. For a few years a few of us had been asking for a "ear tag" hunt, to give another hunter a OIL opportunity and not simply watch as these older class, non breeding rams, die of old age on the Butte, and at the same time create revenue for the program. We had hoped that WDFW could come up with a hunt, but limit it to a special group, youth, disabled etc. and NOT at the same time open it up to additional hunting, ie raffle and auction. Certainly they write the rules and could have done it while at the same time restricting it to maintain the quality of the herd...............but it seems that is not the case. I guess my disappointment with WDFW caving to revenue generation as priority one once again shouldnt come as a shock, my faith in them doing anything without seeing dollar signs is finished!
181", 11 1/2 year old, 4rth largest in state. Beautiful broomed ram! Yesterday..
They found a larger ram than anything on the butte on Hall Mtn. Do you want opportunity or do you want old rams to die?
