Montana missouri breaks sheep 2025 regs.

[Hem]

Bitterroot's bighorn sheep see 'significant' mortality over winter

Researchers in the Bitterroot Valley have seen significant mortality in bighorn sheep over the winter, with all collared rams in the Skalkaho herd reported to have died.

ravallirepublic.com

This is depressing. mtmuley

That's rotten news.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Its impossible to have bighorns damn near...too many stupid people, "Merica, gotta have a domestic goat or a sheep on my horse ghetto".

How are you certain thats the problem? Asking to understand, not argue.

 

[BuzzH]

How are you certain thats the problem? Asking to understand, not argue.

Well, I killed a ram in that unit last year and this picture was sent to me by the bio after I killed my ram. Its near the upper cattleguard on the gird creek road:

Also, right across from the highway where you drive up Gird creek there's a horse ghetto with a black and white goat, or at least there was all last year. I was sort of hoping that the FWP talked with them about it, I saw bighorns within 300 yards of that horse ghetto last fall (all I could do not to torch that P.O.S. goat).

The article states it too...and I was in contact with the biologist all last summer and fall when the rams first started dying in July and August.

 

[BigHornRam]

The article also says that they are putting on an educational meeting at the Bitterroot River Inn for hobby flock sheep and goat owners. I hope it is well attended. My gut says it won't get many to show up.

 

[Hunting Wife]

With “homesteading” being so trendy with the transplants, and Montana being perceived as the last remnant of the “Wild West”, I doubt many are going to be receptive to state employees infringing on their rights to have their unpasteurized goat milk, make their goat cheese and sell their organic goat milk body products.