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Do sheep bother elk?
« on: August 20, 2018, 04:16:00 PM »
I guess not.......

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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2018, 04:23:18 PM »
 :bash:

Where is that camera?
Are there bighorn sheep in the area?
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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2018, 04:51:25 PM »
I'm assuming peaches ridge somewhere since he has that tag.

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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2018, 06:14:21 PM »
:bash:

Where is that camera?
Are there bighorn sheep in the area?
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This is in the Bethel Unit.
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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2018, 06:33:05 PM »
You'll probably be blaming those sheep for running off all the elk by the time the season starts. Happend to me last year. Maybe it wasn't the sheep, just the dogs and shepards that did it.
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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2018, 06:38:57 PM »
Lot will depend  on how much the sheep eat.  A good rancher will not overgraze a greedy bad one will.  I have seen both.  Fall rains will play a big part also.  Even if it is not overgrazed the forage base may not with out the weather.

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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2018, 07:16:34 PM »
You'll probably be blaming those sheep for running off all the elk by the time the season starts. Happend to me last year. Maybe it wasn't the sheep, just the dogs and shepards that did it.

Nope, they have already moved out of the area. I sure they are I  the Nile by now  :chuckle:
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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2018, 08:55:34 PM »
Hoof rot starters

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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2018, 09:18:08 PM »
A good rancher will also keep the domestic sheep away from the wild sheep and not cause an entire wild bighorn herd to be culled.
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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2018, 04:21:26 PM »
Sheep don't bother the Elk. But Kids now, they can really bother the Sheep!   :IBCOOL:
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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2018, 06:59:14 PM »
Good post you should have waited for people to try and answer the question see if anybody say yes LOL good post that's crazy I've never seen that. Is that somebody free-ranging their domestic sheep

I guess not.......

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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2018, 07:03:01 PM »
They will eat the place down to dirt if the herd is big enough, sometimes the elk have no choice but to move

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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2018, 09:14:41 PM »
Sheep and cows have been grazed all summer in the NF forever,most just don't see them unless they run across them. I've seen them for 20+ years on the east side.
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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2018, 09:21:29 PM »
A couple or years ago I was driving down the 1500 at night and happen to notice elk and sheep together.

Can't believe some people don't agree with it, but the reality is sheep grazing has gone on in these hills since the white man existed in the area. I'm on the pro sheep side as they have a place in the national forests.

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Re: Do sheep bother elk?
« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2018, 09:28:22 PM »
I'm curious to hear from you Naches where that place in the forest is?Is there some kind of good that comes from domestic sheep in the forest?The diseases they can cause wild sheep is bad news for the wild sheep herds.The fact that they eat to dirt is well known and that isn't good either.  :twocents:
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