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Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« on: January 24, 2016, 09:40:37 PM »
 Looks like opening up Swakane to the sheep auction tag holder is going to turn out pretty prosperous for WDFW.
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2016, 09:43:45 PM »
WOW that's great and I hope they get a great.
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2016, 09:44:25 PM »
Wow who was the fool? No sheep is worth $150,000 anywhere.  :twocents:
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2016, 09:50:49 PM »
 Sweet baby Jesus.
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2016, 09:51:32 PM »

Wow who was the fool? No sheep is worth $150,000 anywhere.  :twocents:

Money like that gets spent every year on sheep tags. Just never in WA.
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2016, 09:54:58 PM »

Wow who was the fool? No sheep is worth $150,000 anywhere.  :twocents:

Money like that gets spent every year on sheep tags. Just never in WA.

Yep a fool and his money are soon departed.  :chuckle:
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2016, 09:58:45 PM »
Wow who was the fool? No sheep is worth $150,000 anywhere.  :twocents:
Several would disagree. $150K is a bargain compared to Montana's bighorn tag.

www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2013/feb/15/record-480k-bid-montana-bighorn-tag/
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2016, 09:59:54 PM »
.....or maybe a successful individual that can afford to help put more sheep on the mountain.

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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2016, 10:01:01 PM »
Couldn't a guy do a guided sheep hunt in Alaska, Canada, or Mexico for a lot less than that? What would it cost? Maybe $30,000?

I'm glad the WDFW benefits by this but I just don't get why someone would spend that much.

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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2016, 10:02:52 PM »
Couldn't a guy do a guided sheep hunt in Alaska, Canada, or Mexico for a lot less than that? What would it cost? Maybe $30,000?

I'm glad the WDFW benefits by this but I just don't get why someone would spend that much.
1. Because they can.
2. Because they support where the money goes.
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2016, 10:06:28 PM »
Wow who was the fool? No sheep is worth $150,000 anywhere.  :twocents:
Several would disagree. $150K is a bargain compared to Montana's bighorn tag.

www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2013/feb/15/record-480k-bid-montana-bighorn-tag/

Just my opinion on the subject, it's great that the sheep will benefit from this plus the hunters who can't afford these type of auction tags as well will.  :tup:

Surprised to see the Manson unit included in the auction, bio said it needed to see some reprieve from to much hunting when lokidog had his ram checked in.
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2016, 10:09:21 PM »
That 150k is a good start to fix the torn up fence from all the rock slides this year.
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2016, 10:10:58 PM »

Couldn't a guy do a guided sheep hunt in Alaska, Canada, or Mexico for a lot less than that? What would it cost? Maybe $30,000?

I'm glad the WDFW benefits by this but I just don't get why someone would spend that much.
1. Because they can.
2. Because they support where the money goes.

Yeah, those two reasons make sense but I still have to wonder what actually motivated the guy who spent the money.

If he spent any time on here he'd probably be afraid that all his money would be spent on the wolves.  :o

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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2016, 10:12:38 PM »
Didn't the world record Cali ram come out of the swakane a few years back? That's probably got something to do with the dollar amount it sold for.
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Re: Washington Sheep Auction Tag
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2016, 10:13:22 PM »
Wow who was the fool? No sheep is worth $150,000 anywhere.  :twocents:
Several would disagree. $150K is a bargain compared to Montana's bighorn tag.

www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2013/feb/15/record-480k-bid-montana-bighorn-tag/

Just my opinion on the subject, it's great that the sheep will benefit from this plus the hunters who can't afford these type of auction tags as well will.  :tup:

Surprised to see the Manson unit included in the auction, bio said it needed to see some reprieve from to much hunting when lokidog had his ram checked in.

 Manson is not even in the conversation, that money was spent only because Swakane is being made available.
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