Sinlahekin Sheep and Goats?

[boneaddict]

Seen lots watering at Palmer.  Good country!

[sagerat]

It's awesome country, let's have a permit! What could one ram hurt?

[Da stump]

Palmer Mtn is pretty much owned by a cattle co now.  It is hard to get permission to hunt. They use the threat of spreding noxious weeds as their justification for limiting access to the area. Another facet of Palmer Mtn is Their are open mine shafts all over up in that area.  In case u somehow get permission from the cattle co.  Oh one other thing to consider is they run rodeo long horns up there and they are honestly mean.  Good luck now
It is a great area for all kinds of things

[SpotandStalk]

I am going to have to disagree with you Da Stump, Palmer Mtn has plenty of public land access and only the lower perimeter is primarily privately owned, but access from the top is mostly public.  Take a look at a good public ownership map that shows federal land as well as state, since a lot of Palmer is BLM owned.  Grandview (on the west side of Palmer Lake), on the other hand, is somewhat locked in since most of its access from Chopaka Lake Rd is privately owned, and always has been, but until recently (last 3 years) was it well posted. 

In every way, this herd's statistics justify a permit.  It's overall herd size, distribution, number of both mature and young rams, and areas to hunt that are accessible to the public.  I would definitely put in for this permit, and if I could find that ram that I saw a few times in 2007, it would be my #1 choice.

[Da stump]

 I'll have to look at it again. Last time I tried to get in it was blocked all around but if there is a way in I'm all for it. It really is great hunting up there.

[SpotandStalk]

There is some nice animals up there for sure, but it does get hit fairly hard close to the roads.  If you have incentive to get off the beaten path, definitely some good potential (I am talking deer right now).  Now the sheep do have a tendency to stay down low on some of the private, as somebody already indicated, you could get a 140 class ram from Sully's in Loomis.  The big boys tend to hang elsewhere.