Juvenile Bighorn Sheep Drawing

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Is fish and game getting hungry already? I just got an email pointing out to me that there is a drawing for Juvenile Bighorn Sheep that I should apply for.  Not putting in for it.  But wondering how much of a drop they've had in sales this year.

[LDennis24]

Yeah my brother sent me this earlier today...  Please please please send us money! Lol

[bobcat]

They created a new category so they can sell more applications. Last year the juvenile ram permits were included in the "ewe" category. So with this new category everyone is going in without any points. I've got 16 points in the ewe category but zero in juvenile ram.

[Mtnwalker]

They created a new category so they can sell more applications. Last year the juvenile ram permits were included in the "ewe" category. So with this new category everyone is going in without any points. I've got 16 points in the ewe category but zero in juvenile ram.

Of course they did... what’s another 7 bucks   

[Bob33]

They created a new category so they can sell more applications. Last year the juvenile ram permits were included in the "ewe" category. So with this new category everyone is going in without any points. I've got 16 points in the ewe category but zero in juvenile ram.

Ware'e legacy lives on.

[bobcat]

They created a new category so they can sell more applications. Last year the juvenile ram permits were included in the "ewe" category. So with this new category everyone is going in without any points. I've got 16 points in the ewe category but zero in juvenile ram.

Ware's legacy lives on.

Exactly.

They could have put those juvenile ram permits in the youth category. Or, maybe half in youth and the other half in the regular ram category.

[fishngamereaper]

The zero points aspect though will make it hands down the best opportunity to draw a sheep tag.

[Boss .300 winmag]

The zero points aspect though will make it hands down the best opportunity to draw a sheep tag.

 

If I liked the meat I’d do it, but I don’t, plus I’ve been on a successful ram hunt with Lokidog, my curiosity is satisfied.😉

[BreezyBear]

Do any other states hunt juvenile rams?  This seems stupid to me 

[HillHound]

Not sure about other states. Here  I thought they said the juvenile ram tags were issued due to a disease in the heard that was causing them to have more males than females and they are trying to get the ram to ewe ratio where they want it

[fishngamereaper]

I would prefer they let em grow another year and get the mature ram tags up where they used to be year's ago...pipe dream i know.

[bobcat]

A juvenile ram is defined as a male bighorn sheep having at least one "unbroomed" horn that does not extend past an imaginary line beginning at the point on the animal's forehead where the front of the horn base adjoins the skull, and continuing downwards and in a posterior direction through the posterior edge of the eye. A "broomed" horn is defined as a sheep horn that has been broken, splintered, frayed or rubbed in the wild, thus shortening its length and disrupting its natural taper.
This hunt contributes to a program designed to eliminate or greatly reduce prevalence of pneumonia in this herd. As such, hunters will be required to retain lungs and head for submission within ten calendar days to the Washington department of fish and wildlife regional or district office for veterinary sampling.

[huntnphool]

Is fish and game getting hungry already? I just got an email pointing out to me that there is a drawing for Juvenile Bighorn Sheep that I should apply for.  Not putting in for it.  But wondering how much of a drop they've had in sales this year.

 It’s why Inslee opened up hunting, they are way down in license revenue.

[Hilltop123]

"This hunt contributes to a program designed to eliminate or greatly reduce prevalence of pneumonia in this herd", someone school me. How does removing young rams from the herd, help with this? Is it because, males are more apt to roam. Thus, having a higher likelihood of coming into contact with pneumonia, then bringing it back to the herd?

[jackelope]

"This hunt contributes to a program designed to eliminate or greatly reduce prevalence of pneumonia in this herd", someone school me. How does removing young rams from the herd, help with this? Is it because, males are more apt to roam. Thus, having a higher likelihood of coming into contact with pneumonia, then bringing it back to the herd?

There are ram hunts where guys don’t want to shoot the young rams. There are ewe hunts where they have to kill the ewes. Now there are juvenile ram hunts to kill the little dudes. They want them all dead. Hunter opportunities or USDA shooters. Your choice.