This issue is still pending so I wanted to draw attention to the records. I was looking at the WA sheep records and it's really sad. Over about an 8 year span the blues and Blackbutte produced B&C sheep after sheep after sheep every year. I remember the times because I was going to college down there and worked at a local sports shop. We would go find rams and guys would bring theirs in to the story. Then in 1995 they all died. There are only a few left now and frankly they are so sick they won't get back to even the numbers we use to have. I remember thinking back then if the population got better we would have even more rams as the population wasn't even at the max back then. I think Blackbutte would give out 2 tags, Wenaha 2-3, Mountainview 2-3, Tucannon, Asotin, etc. Now there is 1 or 2 tags.
Washington - Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (Rifle)
1. 198 2/8 Asotin County 1989
2. 190 5/8 Asotin County 1995
3. 189 3/8 Asotin County 1987
4. 189 0/8 Asotin County 1996
5. 188 0/8 Asotin County 1995
6. 187 2/8 Asotin County 1986
7. 186 7/8 Asotin County 1991
8. 184 5/8 Asotin County 1994
9. 183 7/8 Garfield County 1990
10. 180 6/8 Columbia County 1994