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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: jackelope on November 10, 2009, 02:51:00 PM

Title: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: jackelope on November 10, 2009, 02:51:00 PM: there's mention made in another thread about a population of Dall's in this state...in all the time i've wasted on this board and others i have never heard mention of this...ever.
anybody?
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: boneaddict on November 10, 2009, 02:53:04 PM: None. maybe some donestics that look similiar.....
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: Rowdy on November 10, 2009, 02:53:59 PM: I know that up in the San Juans on Speiden Island there are some imported type of sheep, not sure what kind and probably not what you are talking about but I thought it was kind of interesting when I saw them.

Jake
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: jackelope on November 10, 2009, 02:55:19 PM: Quote
There was no typo on the Dall sheep. There is a small Dall sheep herd and they acknowledged that. He did exactly reply, "They will get eaten."

:dunno:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: WDFW-SUX on November 10, 2009, 03:01:37 PM: I bet if they were here they would live in the north end of the pasayten... :dunno:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: jackelope on November 10, 2009, 03:06:24 PM: i sure didn't think so, but people talk about the chupacabra and sasquatch all the time too, and i've never seen them either.
:dunno:

8)
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: popeshawnpaul on November 10, 2009, 04:16:18 PM: The nearest one is like 1000 miles away in northern BC. It would be cool if we had them in the alpine lakes wilderness but no way they would put them here.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 10, 2009, 04:18:39 PM: noway
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Post by: halflife65 on November 10, 2009, 05:11:52 PM: I just (very briefly) searched around for some reference to it and I couldn't find anything. Not sure who concocted that info...seems weird.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: KillerMiller on November 10, 2009, 05:27:04 PM: NO!!!!!! :)
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: WDFW-SUX on November 10, 2009, 05:30:45 PM: Jack...Thats because anyone who see's the chupachabra get eaten. I though you knew that :P

Oh and I can email someone some dall pics from the pasayten near upper cathedral lake if they shoot me a PM
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: coachcw on November 10, 2009, 06:16:42 PM: I saw a little doll dressed like a sheep once in washington .
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: wolfbait on November 10, 2009, 08:21:38 PM: Ask MtnMuley, he was at the meeting, maybe I heard wrong. :dunno:
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Post by: andrew_12gauge on November 10, 2009, 09:38:45 PM: no way there are dall sheep in wa
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: rosscrazyelk on November 11, 2009, 05:07:25 AM: Quote
Oh and I can email someone some dall pics from the pasayten near upper cathedral lake if they shoot me a PM

Why not just post em?
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: WDFW-SUX on November 11, 2009, 07:23:54 AM: i cant figure out how
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Post by: GoldTip on November 11, 2009, 07:26:38 AM: Hell who knows, the F&G may not know for sure. Some of the animals transplanted years ago, the F&G doesn't even have any record of, at least not in Montana. 4-5 years ago my Father and I saw some Mtn Goats in an area that has never been known to have goats, my great grandparents homesteaded there in the late 1800's, so we've been around the area for a while and my Dad was an outfitter there for 20 years. Researching my Grandfathers journals when he was a F&G man revealed they had transplanted 10 goats to that area just after world war II. We called the F&G and they had no record of it.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: teal101 on November 12, 2009, 08:27:37 AM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi3.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy99%2FKsToy%2Fdallsheep5x7s.jpg&hash=b60fc6af437c0b41f2f595ca34a70ed9d626969a)
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: teal101 on November 12, 2009, 08:28:20 AM: Picture is from wdfw-sux, sorry its huge I'm too lazy to resize :chuckle:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: jackelope on November 12, 2009, 08:37:21 AM: little red X.
looks nothing like a dall sheep. nice try sux...
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: teal101 on November 12, 2009, 08:53:29 AM: Quote from: jackelope on November 12, 2009, 08:37:21 AM
little red X.
looks nothing like a dall sheep. nice try sux...

Lemme host it real quick.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: andrew_12gauge on November 12, 2009, 01:46:38 PM: looks like a dall sheep but this doesnt prove its from WA, i call :bs:
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Post by: Hornseeker on November 12, 2009, 01:52:22 PM: I'll be dammed...there are Dall sheep in Washington!!!

(I just couldn't resist...I have no idea where that pic is from, but I am thinking it very unlikely Washington....or it is shopped.....)
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: rosscrazyelk on November 12, 2009, 02:55:22 PM: Hard to tell , Guess I will wait til the state confirms. Oh wait they said we did not have grizzlies or wolves for some time either.. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: popeshawnpaul on November 12, 2009, 04:46:43 PM: This is about as ridiculous as a sasquatch thread... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: jackelope on November 12, 2009, 04:57:27 PM: Quote from: popeshawnpaul on November 12, 2009, 04:46:43 PM
This is about as ridiculous as a sasquatch thread... :chuckle:

or a "i could kick a wolf's ass" thread?
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: WDFW-SUX on November 12, 2009, 05:01:36 PM: You guys are fools there are some sheep in the Pasayten that the game dept planted.

They were a thrown in on a trade with Alaska in 1973.. we gave them some Roosevelt elk and they gave us some Polar Bears for the zoo. The sheep were like a player to be named later. They have been in the Pasayten ever since.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: jackelope on November 12, 2009, 05:04:18 PM: it's a conspiracy, i heard they made their own way here from canada.
:dunno:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: Bob33 on November 12, 2009, 05:20:12 PM: It's a vast right wing conspiracy. Blame W.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: cohoho on November 12, 2009, 06:01:52 PM: Found a herd of them....
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: cohoho on November 12, 2009, 06:05:16 PM: These ones were hanging out in Black Diamond... :chuckle:
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Post by: Houndhunter on November 12, 2009, 06:05:38 PM: there legit pics, i recognize the backround in the first pic :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: Whitenuckles on November 12, 2009, 07:09:59 PM: I dont know man, Ive spent a TON of time hiking all over the Pasayten. And Ive never seen one. But I guess its a lot of land, maybe they could be there :dunno:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: WDFW-SUX on November 12, 2009, 07:23:28 PM: There are only 5-6 and they hide really well.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: andrew_12gauge on November 12, 2009, 08:09:03 PM: this thread just makes me :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: jackelope on November 12, 2009, 08:14:22 PM: Quote
There are only 5-6 and they hide really well

the herd in black diamond or the one in the pasayten?
i'm so lost....
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: WDFW-SUX on November 13, 2009, 07:26:45 AM: Pasayten. The ones in BD are tame. Might be domestics.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: WDFW-SUX on November 13, 2009, 11:23:53 AM: I just got a PM about Dalls in the pasayten... there are more than I though. WOW.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: eastside boy on November 13, 2009, 11:27:16 PM: Quote from: coachcw on November 10, 2009, 06:16:42 PM
I saw a little doll dressed like a sheep once in washington .

:yeah: :rockin:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: alecvg on November 14, 2009, 02:30:50 PM: WOW, this is hilarious!
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: Huntbear on November 14, 2009, 04:57:19 PM: ummm didnt you guys know about the bunch down in the Klickitat?????? :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: blacktailer on November 14, 2009, 05:54:49 PM: Huntbear, those are not true dalls down in the Klickitat. They are new strain of sheep called bench rams; a hybrid cross between California Bighorns and Dall Sheep. Boone & Crockett called for an emergency meeting to try and determine the geographical boundary for this new strain. I heard the B & C minimum for all-time was 175 and 170 for the awards book. Looks like the N American slam of 28 critters just became the N American 29.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: Huntbear on November 14, 2009, 05:56:40 PM: cool, one more tag I will never get drawn for!!!!!!!!!!! :bash: :bash:

Have they classified those coy-wolves yet????? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: WDFW-SUX on November 14, 2009, 05:59:42 PM: laugh all you want but the pasayten dalls are legit.
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Post by: merlo105 on November 14, 2009, 06:05:29 PM: I thought I have heard everything,, :dunno:
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Post by: norsepeak on November 14, 2009, 06:33:09 PM: got any pics WDFW? You know how this works....no pics, no proof :chuckle:
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Post by: WDFW-SUX on November 14, 2009, 08:22:54 PM: page 2
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: jackelope on November 14, 2009, 08:34:52 PM: they're there...i saw them.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on November 15, 2009, 06:28:13 AM: Lol, this is kinda funny. Anyone ever hear of an Oregon Dall? I was talking to a lady down their and they said they had them. Never saw a pic of them.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: popeshawnpaul on November 15, 2009, 05:01:50 PM: Quote from: jackelope on November 12, 2009, 04:57:27 PM
Quote from: popeshawnpaul on November 12, 2009, 04:46:43 PM
This is about as ridiculous as a sasquatch thread... :chuckle:
or a "i could kick a wolf's ass" thread?

I wonder if I could kick a dall sheep's ass? :dunno:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: andrew_12gauge on November 15, 2009, 05:02:33 PM: i think so pope
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: Huntbear on November 15, 2009, 05:02:47 PM: Quote from: popeshawnpaul on November 15, 2009, 05:01:50 PM
Quote from: jackelope on November 12, 2009, 04:57:27 PM
Quote from: popeshawnpaul on November 12, 2009, 04:46:43 PM
This is about as ridiculous as a sasquatch thread... :chuckle:
or a "i could kick a wolf's ass" thread?

I wonder if I could kick a dall sheep's ass? :dunno:

:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: cohoho on November 15, 2009, 08:13:33 PM: [/quote]

I wonder if I could kick a dall sheep's ass? :dunno:
[/quote]

Wear a helmet.....
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: jackelope on November 15, 2009, 08:38:26 PM: drink some mt. dew too.
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Post by: shanevg on November 15, 2009, 10:29:46 PM: Best. Commercial. EVER!!!!!! :P
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Post by: halflife65 on November 16, 2009, 08:31:37 PM: Great touch with the Marty Stouffer narration... :chuckle:
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Post by: Huntbear on November 17, 2009, 08:45:08 PM: OMG Pope 20 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: bow4elk on November 19, 2009, 11:23:27 PM: I just had a real nice 3/4 curl Dall ram chasing a blacktail doe in my backyard this evening. What are the odds?! Must be a stray from that Black Diamond band. Hoping to get him on my trailcam this weekend. Unreal!
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: actionshooter on November 20, 2009, 07:13:23 AM: Hey anything is possible :chuckle:
Heres a couple of goats along the hiway, ;)
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: AKBowman on November 22, 2009, 12:49:25 AM: Quote from: popeshawnpaul on November 10, 2009, 04:16:18 PM
The nearest one is like 1000 miles away in northern BC. It would be cool if we had them in the alpine lakes wilderness but no way they would put them here.
B/C there is no way they would survive there or anywhere else in WA. Too much snow to blow enough browse free and not the correct types of browse.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: couesbitten on November 22, 2009, 08:50:41 AM: Quote from: AKBowman on November 22, 2009, 12:49:25 AM
B/C there is no way they would survive there or anywhere else in WA. Too much snow to blow enough browse free and not the correct types of browse.[/quote]

If they can survive in AK, I don't know why they couldn't survive in WA. But, based on what WDFW-SUX said, there are only 5 or 6 and they've been there since 1973! Those sheep are 36 years old! Either that or they're reproducing at a rate slower than people. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: PolarBear on November 22, 2009, 09:03:45 AM: I question the browse thing. Mt. goats live in he same areas in Alaska and feed on a lot of the same browse as dalls and do very well Washington. I think that it would be possible for them to make it here and even thrive since our winters are much less severe. With that said, I doubt that we have any (left if we did have some) due to hunting practices of the past and the tribes along with the great demand for such a coveted animal. I think they would have been poached out years ago. Think of the revenue that this state could make if we did have a sustainable population.
Title: Re: Dall Sheep in WA?
Post by: AKBowman on November 22, 2009, 03:41:51 PM: Quote from: couesbitten on November 22, 2009, 08:50:41 AM
Quote from: AKBowman on November 22, 2009, 12:49:25 AM
B/C there is no way they would survive there or anywhere else in WA. Too much snow to blow enough browse free and not the correct types of browse.

If they can survive in AK, I don't know why they couldn't survive in WA. But, based on what WDFW-SUX said, there are only 5 or 6 and they've been there since 1973! Those sheep are 36 years old! Either that or they're reproducing at a rate slower than people. :chuckle:
[/quote]

Not necessarily true...they only inhabit certain portions of the state of alaska. In fact most mountian ranges in AK have portions of the range where there are sheep and portions that are completely void of sheep. Depends on the snow and browse.

BTW...IMO there are no sheep here. Although the Roosevelt exchange thing does make some sense...I wonder