Free: Contests & Raffles.
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.
Quote from: bobcat on April 30, 2020, 03:02:08 PMThey 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.
The zero points aspect though will make it hands down the best opportunity to draw a sheep tag.
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.
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.
"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?