sacountry
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Couldn't help but notice that it appears Region 1 didn't produce a B+C ram this year. Not to say they aren't there, I know I should have tagged one. I also noticed that there are only three rams with at least one 17" base harvested this year in the whole state. So I was curious to look at the Montana harvest data of "monster" rams over time. Here's the harvest data of rams with at least one 17" base over the last 20 years:
2000 = 2
2001 = 2
2002 = 1
2003 = 2
2004 = 2
2005 = 8
2006 = 7
2007 = 4
2008 = 4
2009 = 7
2010 = 3
2011 = 6
2012 = 7
2013 = 5
2014 = 3
2015 = 4
2016 = 3
2017 = 12
2018 = 10
2019 = 5
2020 = 3
Begs the question, what the heck happened in 2017 and 2018? And if one assumes an average age of 7, what was happening weather/feed wise in the spring/summer of 2010 and 2011? Obviously not a biologist, just throwing this out there because the data intrigues me.
2000 = 2
2001 = 2
2002 = 1
2003 = 2
2004 = 2
2005 = 8
2006 = 7
2007 = 4
2008 = 4
2009 = 7
2010 = 3
2011 = 6
2012 = 7
2013 = 5
2014 = 3
2015 = 4
2016 = 3
2017 = 12
2018 = 10
2019 = 5
2020 = 3
Begs the question, what the heck happened in 2017 and 2018? And if one assumes an average age of 7, what was happening weather/feed wise in the spring/summer of 2010 and 2011? Obviously not a biologist, just throwing this out there because the data intrigues me.
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