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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: Muleyman27 on February 08, 2016, 05:04:22 AM

Title: Big horn sheep
Post by: Muleyman27 on February 08, 2016, 05:04:22 AM: Saw my first bighorn sheep yesterday! Just outside of the dalles, OR on I-84 about 100 yards off the highway 5 ewes and one big ass ram!!! Pretty cool
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 08, 2016, 05:23:08 AM: Well
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: Gringo31 on April 21, 2016, 09:26:06 AM: Looks like that ram was poached.

These two guys just pulled off the highway and :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/04/passerby_sees_man_brazenly_gut.html

sheep beside freeway, calls police

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Cody Plagmann, 37, of Albany, was accused of poaching bighorn sheep next to Interstate 84 on Sunday, April 3, 2016. The incident happened east of Biggs Junction, Oregon State Police said.
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on April 04, 2016 at 1:09 PM, updated April 04, 2016 at 5:06 PM
A driver who spotted a man shortly after he apparently killed a bighorn sheep along Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge on Sunday called police, leading to the arrests of two men.

Oregon State Police responded to find the remains of two bighorn sheep, which had been beheaded. Police suspect one of the men tracked down and shot the sheep, with the assistance of his companion.

Oregon's roughly 5,000 bighorn sheep are protected by law. Last year, 21,805 hunters entered a lottery for 96 coveted tags, each allowing them to kill one of the animals.

"It's an outrage that someone would poach a bighorn sheep, when hunters can wait their whole life and still never get the opportunity to hunt this iconic species," said Jeremy Thompson, an Oregon Fish & Wildlife biologist, in a news release Monday. "This herd is also a popular viewing attraction for people driving along I-84 and has been there since 1993."

State police received a call about 9:45 a.m. about a man bending over a dead big-game animal next to I-84 at milepost 119, east of Biggs Junction in Gilliam County.

Troopers responded and found Justin M. Samora, 32, of Utah. They questioned then arrested him on a charge of aiding in a game violation. While troopers were talking to Samora, some passing drivers stopped to report seeing a man hiding in the brush to the west.

That's when troopers discovered the two severed sheep heads nearby. Lt. Bill Fugate said the animals weren't gutted -- and they might have been killed in order to mount their heads on a wall as trophies.

"It appears they left the bodies behind," Fugate said. "They took only the heads."

Troopers began scouring the region for the unidentified, second man.

About six hours later, at about 4 p.m., authorities found Cody J. Plagmann of Albany hiding along railroad tracks about two miles away. Plagmann, 37, was arrested and charged with taking or possessing a bighorn sheep, wasting of a game animal and hunting on another's cultivated or enclosed land.

Anyone who witnessed the killings or has information about them is asked to call state police in The Dalles at 541-296-9646.
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 21, 2016, 09:37:10 AM: What scum. There is a bunch of sheep in that canyon. A bunch of nice rams and a couple dandy rams at that :bash: We saw over 30 on the last trip down to the tri cities.
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: KopperBuck on April 21, 2016, 10:09:39 AM: They just found a 3rd one shot - right now they're saying they don't think it's related to the previous two.
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: boneaddict on April 21, 2016, 10:19:06 AM: :bash:
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: quadrafire on April 21, 2016, 10:28:00 AM: I saw a group of them on Apr 8 east of Biggs. Hard to tell at 70 MPH, but looked like some decent Rams.
Curious do they cross I-84 to the river for water? I've never seen road kill there, but don't travel it that frequently.
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: KopperBuck on April 21, 2016, 10:42:21 AM: Quote from: quadrafire on April 21, 2016, 10:28:00 AM
I saw a group of them on Apr 8 east of Biggs. Hard to tell at 70 MPH, but looked like some decent Rams.
Curious do they cross I-84 to the river for water? I've never seen road kill there, but don't travel it that frequently.

I've never seen it or heard of them doing it, but I'm sure they could. We travel it quite a bit and I've never seen one on the hwy, or heard of one hit. They seem pretty content where there at. They do have some nice ones in the bunch.
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: Shawn Ryan on May 02, 2016, 03:40:07 PM: We drive by the I-84 rams several times a year. I've been told to "move along" by the OSP when I've stopped to take photos. I've seen them down at the guard rail, but not on the road.
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: Caretaker on May 06, 2016, 03:59:21 PM: Guide to hunter.... "Hey that's the biggest ram I've ever seen, you should take that.....BOOM....

Ram down, story over LOL
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: Jason on May 08, 2016, 04:23:06 PM: I seen about 30 on Thursday morning on my way to Pendleton. I've seen them down by the fence, but never one the highway side of it.
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: KDB on May 09, 2016, 10:48:08 PM: 20 years ago 2 rams showed up near Lyle, WA. Some people thought they were from the Biggs herd and must have swam the river.
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: HUNTaHOLIC5 on May 09, 2016, 11:17:57 PM: Quote from: KDB on May 09, 2016, 10:48:08 PM
20 years ago 2 rams showed up near Lyle, WA. Some people thought they were from the Biggs herd and must have swam the river.
They planted some in Klickitat county in '98 so might have been those ones.
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: KDB on May 10, 2016, 12:27:54 PM: The sheep in Lyle were seen about 6 months before the release on the Klickitat. I was working for Champion International in those days and watched the release in Dead Canyon. That release was not successful.
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: CAMPMEAT on May 15, 2016, 09:02:06 PM: $250,000 Big Horn ?
Title: Re: Big horn sheep
Post by: Tjv28 on May 19, 2016, 09:06:51 PM: Good ram for sure... Not sure about $250,000 though, but then again I don't have my mattress stuffed with gold bars