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Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on October 13, 2015, 02:36:05 PMCongratulations to the hunter and you.I can clarify a couple of details. The transplant was in March 2004, and a total of 35 sheep from Clemans were released on Chelan Butte; all were ear-tagged with the white tags, and some ewes were radio-collared. #19 was the "big" ram released (upcoming 4 yo in 2005, just shy of 3/4), I'm not positive but I think #18 was the 1/2 curl upcoming 3 yo, and there was also an upcoming 2 year old. The other two ear-tagged rams would have been ram lambs at the release (upcoming yearlings). The only documented mortality during the early release period was a radio-collared ewe hit by the train near Knapps Hill Tunnel during year one or two. Most if not all of the transplanted ewes were pregnant, and there was pretty good lamb survival.Pope is entirely correct that by age 4 or 5 the transplanted ram lambs and those born on the Butte had much larger horns than the three transplanted rams. I was curious whether the lambs born on the Butte would show better growth than the transplant ram lambs, but wasn't able to keep track past 2006 so never got an answer to that question. Thanks for the clarification on the details. I'll try and get a moment to post pics of all the ear tag rams for comparison. I was able to count 11 growth rings on #13 and it was my understanding he was 3.5 on release based on what Jon told me. Maybe 14.5 yo?
Congratulations to the hunter and you.I can clarify a couple of details. The transplant was in March 2004, and a total of 35 sheep from Clemans were released on Chelan Butte; all were ear-tagged with the white tags, and some ewes were radio-collared. #19 was the "big" ram released (upcoming 4 yo in 2005, just shy of 3/4), I'm not positive but I think #18 was the 1/2 curl upcoming 3 yo, and there was also an upcoming 2 year old. The other two ear-tagged rams would have been ram lambs at the release (upcoming yearlings). The only documented mortality during the early release period was a radio-collared ewe hit by the train near Knapps Hill Tunnel during year one or two. Most if not all of the transplanted ewes were pregnant, and there was pretty good lamb survival.Pope is entirely correct that by age 4 or 5 the transplanted ram lambs and those born on the Butte had much larger horns than the three transplanted rams. I was curious whether the lambs born on the Butte would show better growth than the transplant ram lambs, but wasn't able to keep track past 2006 so never got an answer to that question.
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