Colorado statewide sheep and goat raffle

[Oak]

Tickets are now available for the statewide Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and pronghorn raffle licenses.
Winners can hunt for up to 5 months (unit and weapon specific) in any open unit in the state. The sheep and goat hunts
can be as easy or difficult as you want them to be. I will personally be processing every ticket order you make, so put me
to work. Thanks to Big Fin for approving this post.

The 2016 sheep raffle winner:



The 2016 mountain goat winner:



The 2016 pronghorn winner:

 

[LuketheDog]

I made my donations...er...I mean, bought my raffle tickets!

 

[cur dog]

Did you hand pick 2 out of 3 of last years winners. I'm thinking I don't stand a chance.

 

[cur dog]

Got mine too.

 

[cedahm]

Oak, is there any difference if we buy them @ ISE (i.e. Will you still hand-process them )


And for any doubters, I happened to be sat next to the 2015 antelope tag winner on a plane back from Anchorage the summer he won. And the guy I bought my tickets from @ ISE last year won the goat tag. Photo evidence notwithstanding, all us ugly mugs have a shot.

 

[Oak]

Oak, is there any difference if we buy them @ ISE (i.e. Will you still hand-process them )

If you buy them at ISE you'll process them yourself.

 

[Schaaf]

It would be really cool if someone from Hunt Talk won one of these tags. I'll volunteer for the sheep tag.

 

[Oak]

It would be really cool if someone from Hunt Talk won one of these tags.

I agree with that.

 

[fishing4sanity]

Did you hand pick 2 out of 3 of last years winners. I'm thinking I don't stand a chance.

There does seem to be a pattern to the goat winners ....................

 

[EBOLAVIRS]

I am no sheep expert, but that looks like a toad of a ram.

 

[Dinkshooter]

Fixed it for everyone

It would be really cool if someone from Hunt Talk won one of these tags. Especially if it was Dinkshooter.

I am no sheep expert, but that looks like a toad of a ram.

I heard he went 185. I applied for that unit for several years dreaming of him. There are a ton of live pictures of him out there. he was even on the cover of the RMBS rag.

 

[sneakem]

I'm trying a new strategy this year... I'm just going to buy raffle tickets with no intention of winning anything... Just helping out to better things for such a marvelous species...wink.. wink..

 

[MTGomer]

It would be really cool if someone from Hunt Talk won one of these tags. I'll volunteer for the sheep tag.

I'll slop up the leftovers and take the goat tag.

 

[oldillini]

I have just made my donation (I never win anything).

 

[Dave2643]

A toad for sure. Does it look like the left curl got broomed sometime after he took the picture on the hillside to when he is holding it in his shop?

 

[bobbydean]

Question for Oak.

Never hunted sheep or goat in my home state. What are the odds of a good hunt in Colorado? 100% for a good hunt . It is hunting. But, for a successful hunt, without experience, is 5 % realistic?

Just wondering.

 

[Oak]

Question for Oak.

Never hunted sheep or goat in my home state. What are the odds of a good hunt in Colorado? 100% for a good hunt . It is hunting. But, for a successful hunt, without experience, is 5 % realistic?

Just wondering.

I created a spreadsheet in 2015 to look at ram offtake rates from each bighorn herd statewide over 5 years, 2010 to 2014. One calculation included in that spreadsheet is 5 year average success rates, archery and rifle, for each unit and statewide. The 5 year ram average success rate was 63% for rifle hunters and 33% for archery hunters.

I know that overall success rates for mountain goats averages around 81-82%, but I don't know the breakout between archery and rifle. We only have 3 units with archery licenses, but many rifle hunters choose to use a bow.

I think that if a person does their homework, gets in good shape, and avoids the units with historically low success rates, they have a pretty good chance of being successful with a rifle.

 

[LWC55]

Made my donation.

 

[jrabq]

Oak, do you know how many tickets (sheep in particular) were bought last year? I usually buy one or two every year, just curious about the odds.

 

[Oak]

Oak, do you know how many tickets (sheep in particular) were bought last year? I usually buy one or two every year, just curious about the odds.

We sold approximately 3,656 sheep tickets last year.