Yakima Canyon Sheep

[carpsniperg2]

cool pic

[sheephunter]

great picture.
Hope this approach works out, it is a fun area to view the sheep, both off the river and hiking back in.

[woodywsu]

My good friend is one of the APHIS Wildlife Services shooters..I had him give me this pic..I thought it was really cool.  He didn't shoot any of these rams but it is a cool pic.  He spent the night and he is headed back home. Here is the pic. 

I just talked to the guy who did all the shooting from Wildlife Services. He told me they took out 12 rams that were pushing a full curl. One ram had 18.5" bases and was around the 180 mark. He felt that more sheep should be killed out of this population and feels that the problem is not taken care of yet. He thought they removed around 90 sheep. His crew was around 30+ spotters, two guys with him, one measuring wind and the other yardage for his shot.

[BC CHASER]

There was more than one shooter.  There was more than 4 so I wonder if you were being fed some .

[WABONEHNTR]

My good friend is one of the APHIS Wildlife Services shooters..I had him give me this pic..I thought it was really cool.  He didn't shoot any of these rams but it is a cool pic.  He spent the night and he is headed back home. Here is the pic. 

I just talked to the guy who did all the shooting from Wildlife Services. He told me they took out 12 rams that were pushing a full curl. One ram had 18.5" bases and was around the 180 mark. He felt that more sheep should be killed out of this population and feels that the problem is not taken care of yet. He thought they removed around 90 sheep. His crew was around 30+ spotters, two guys with him, one measuring wind and the other yardage for his shot.

Sounds to me like you had better find someone elseto get your info from Woody.  I don't think one thing you stated is true. 

[woodywsu]

well i heard it from the guy that took the pic that yelp posted. he said he was the only shooter. Are you guys saying I can't believe him? Who were the other shooters? USDA WS have a handful of guys but this guy trains them all. But again I am getting all this info from him and others who work for WS.

Maybe bonehunter would like to clean this all up and fill us all in. I'm sure interested?

[BC CHASER]

Well woody you can believe everything you have been told  but it is not true.  Maybe you missunderstood what he was telling you?  I worked in the canyon a few days and worked with more than one shooter.  I dont know exactly how many there were but I would say at least half a dozen.  On days I was there we had no more than 4 or 5 spotters not including shooters or a few other USDA and WDFW guys.  Sorry to piss in your cheerios but you have this one wrong!

[WABONEHNTR]

Well woody you can believe everything you have been told  but it is not true.  Maybe you missunderstood what he was telling you?  I worked in the canyon a few days and worked with more than one shooter.  I dont know exactly how many there were but I would say at least half a dozen.  On days I was there we had no more than 4 or 5 spotters not including shooters or a few other USDA and WDFW guys.  Sorry to piss in your cheerios but you have this one wrong!

BC is right.  I know the guy you have been talking too.  I am not going to say anything bad about him.  He is a very nice guy and a hell of a shot. My dad was over there nearly eveyday helping.  There was always more than one shooter every day.  There was no ram with 18" bases killed nor did one score 180".  I think a handful of rams were killed, maybe 3-6.  Nothing to get worked up over.  The best advice I can give on the subject is.  If you don't know about the topic, don't type it on the site. 

[JBar]

I think there was a second shooter on the grassy knoll.  

[woodywsu]

well I guess I'm going to have to doubt my source. Thanks for straightening it out. He's sending me pictures of the 180 ram with 18.5" bases. I guess until I see that pic, I can't believe him. Why do guys have to stretch the story. He is one of the top shooters for USDA, a well respected individual known for his abilities. Why lie and ruin a reputation? 

[Elkstuffer]

Good luck getting a pic of the dead "180" ram. I was to understand that there were not to be any cameras allowed due to the pic's falling into the wrong hands and ending up all over the web.

The closest ram to 180 in the area that I've seen was killed in the Tieton unit 3 yrs ago and scored 178.

I was in the canyon several times and watched in one day 4 different guys with rifles. I'd assume they weren't packing them around just for protection.

[woodywsu]

If no cameras were allowed, then where did the pic from yelp come from?

[yelp]

well i heard it from the guy that took the pic that yelp posted. he said he was the only shooter. Are you guys saying I can't believe him? Who were the other shooters? USDA WS have a handful of guys but this guy trains them all. But again I am getting all this info from him and others who work for WS.

Maybe bonehunter would like to clean this all up and fill us all in. I'm sure interested?

Who did you talk to Woody?  Send me a PM?

[yelp]

If no cameras were allowed, then where did the pic from yelp come from?

I saw over 100 pictures of the entire operation even pics of some of the members on here who volunteered.  The pic I posted was the only one given to me by my friend.  I thought it was a neat pic.  He had to take pics to document the operation for USDA APHIS.  There were I believe 4 or 5 APHIS shooters.  They took around 60 sheep (I believe close to that) They had to use all copper bullets no lead.  They took very few rams.  Many of the ewes taken had lambs.  This info was given to me first hand.

[yelp]

This was the hat my friend was wearing for all of you guys that volunteered..I traded him..LOL