Bridger Sheep Transplant?

[BigHornRam]

Maybe!

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[MT_elk]

Interesting!

 

[Oak]

Anything for one or two more tags, amirite?

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

suburban sheep? Not sure what I think of how likely that is to succeed.

 

[Bambistew]

Anything for one or two more tags, amirite?

One or two? More like UL in about 5-7 years to kill them all off, in jest of course. I really hope it works out though. Some great habitat there.

 

[BigHornRam]

Anything for one or two more tags, amirite?

No. It's about working together to find a solution to the disease issue.

 

[EYJONAS!]

I think this range has just too much going on with it. Not sure this is the right spot to try and establish a "new" population. How come they haven't tried to establish in other areas of the Breaks? 630, 700? Why not a range with no Goat population Big/Little Snowies? I might get mutilated for asking such a dumb question.....

 

[BigHornRam]

I think this range has just too much going on with it. Not sure this is the right spot to try and establish a "new" population. How come they haven't tried to establish in other areas of the Breaks? 630, 700? Why not a range with no Goat population Big/Little Snowies? I might get mutilated for asking such a dumb question.....

If you are at the WSF meeting in Billings in February, ask these questions.

 

[EYJONAS!]

If you are at the WSF meeting in Billings in February, ask these questions.

Sooooo are you saying they're not that bad....

 

[TheTone]

No. It's about working together to find a solution to the disease issue.

Any progress been made on the herd of domestics near the breaks? Seems like that would be a good task for the wool growers if they are concerned about disease

 

[Schaaf]

Too many domestics in 700. The wool growers aren’t ready to give that up just yet.

 

[BigHornRam]

Sooooo are you saying they're not that bad....

Worth asking those with more knowledge than me about those areas IMO. Not a dumb question at all.

 

[BigHornRam]

Any progress been made on the herd of domestics near the breaks? Seems like that would be a good task for the wool growers if they are concerned about disease

Not that I have heard. Wool growers have spoken out against this domestic flock on private property to no avail.

 

[EYJONAS!]

I am all for trying to establish some new areas of sheep population but how about they do something with some already established populations that are currently unmanaged? I.e eastern mt rings a bell.

 

[BigHornRam]

I am all for trying to establish some new areas of sheep population but how about they do something with some already established populations that are currently unmanaged? I.e eastern mt rings a bell.

Another good question to ask in Billings.

 

[Schaaf]

Not that I have heard. Wool growers have spoken out against this domestic flock on private property to no avail.

Link?

 

[Oak]

Wool growers have spoken out against this domestic flock on private property to no avail.

That's great. Can you show me an example?

Dave McEwan, former president of the Montana Wool Growers Association, disagrees that domestic sheep and goats are a threat to bighorn sheep in the Missouri Breaks or anywhere else. He points to other areas where bighorns have died without coming into contact with domestic sheep.

“It’s time to quit blaming the domestic sheep owner for the problem with bighorn sheep,” he said.

Hunters concerned domestic sheep may spread disease to prized bighorn herd

 

[BigHornRam]

FORMER wool growers President is not the current President.

 

[Oak]

FORMER wool growers President is not the current President.

Got it. The FORMER president was speaking for the organization again just last week.

Just looking for something that supports

Wool growers have spoken out against this domestic flock on private property to no avail.

 

[MTGomer]

I’ve always wondered about the Snowies. Are there domestics around the base of them somewhere?