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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: wolfbait on February 21, 2021, 06:41:57 PM

Title: The Story Enviros Will Never Tell: Declining Populations of Bighorn Sheep on Har
Post by: wolfbait on February 21, 2021, 06:41:57 PM: The Story Enviros Will Never Tell: Declining Populations of Bighorn Sheep on Hart Mountain

http://oregonoutdoorcouncil.org/the-story-enviros-will-never-tell-declining-populations-of-bighorn-sheep-on-hart-mountain/?fbclid=IwAR3o3exJrWOB0TOJaWQ2iJHyHYKsJ48zaURKjo4yMd96-GaiOS2a9iw2oeQ
Title: Re: The Story Enviros Will Never Tell: Declining Populations of Bighorn Sheep on Har
Post by: Tree Killer on February 26, 2021, 07:41:08 AM: The lions have been hammering the bighorns on Hart Mountain. No predator hunting allowed on the federal refuge. If you have a deer, pronghorn, or sheep tag, that's the only thing you're allowed to hunt. I was down there around Halloween in the early 90's and there were bighorns running around chasing ewes and butting heads every place I went. They used to trap bighorns on Hart Mtn and transplant them to other areas. Pretty sad to see what it's become!
Title: Re: The Story Enviros Will Never Tell: Declining Populations of Bighorn Sheep on Har
Post by: sagemd on February 27, 2021, 06:56:43 AM: Disproves predators provide healthy prey.
Only ten percent of the Hart mountain sheep left.
Title: Re: The Story Enviros Will Never Tell: Declining Populations of Bighorn Sheep on Har
Post by: nwhunter on February 27, 2021, 07:09:01 AM: Shows how important predator control is wish Washington paid attention. In New Mexico they actually pay hound guys on a bounty system to hunt cats all winter long specifically to help protect the wild sheep.. Maybe that's why they have some of the best hunting in the states...