More Washington bighorns

[kwyeewyk]

Swakane sheep hanging out on the highway again, looked like they were licking something up off the ground, right in the ditch. They like highway de-icer, and there's also an ash layer they like, but kinda looked like someone might have lost a bale of something on the side of the road from the green strap. Also, Chelan Butte herd down at the bottom of Navarre Coulee, also standing in the road. Got a video of the young rams climbing the cliff but too big to post. Sorry, more phone photos, not nearly as nice as Guy's!

 

[Guy]

Very cool. Didn't see this until today.

Ya, that Swakane herd does like the highway.

Guy

 

[elkrchr]

Love bighorn photos!

 

[dgc1963]

great pics thanks for posting

 

[kwyeewyk]

Swakane herd back on the highway today, we saw them up on the mountain and were watching for a while, then this group of youngsters came down and tried to cross the road. This pretty young guy ran right out into the far lane until a car came around the corner, then he decided to head back, was able to scare them up off the road a little ways. Had a better camera today, the kids were able to snap a few pictures out the window.

 

[dgc1963]

love seeing these pics

 

[kansasdad]

@kwyeewyk Cheat grass browned out already?

 

[kwyeewyk]

@kwyeewyk Cheat grass browned out already?

Yep ready to burn, we've been lucking out on mild weather so far....this spot has burned 2 or 3 times in the last 10 years.

 

[kwyeewyk]

Read my last post, this area burned again this year.

Real nice Swakane ram on the highway yesterday, too bad @Guy wasn't around with his sweet photography skills.

 

[Irrelevant]

Read my last post, this area burned again this year.

Real nice Swakane ram on the highway yesterday, too bad @Guy wasn't around with his sweet photography skills.

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Even better one got smoked on the highway the other day. They've figured out that fence.

Did you see the new WA state record was taken this year? Too bad it was an out-of-stater! LOL

Washington’s New Bighorn State Record

A bunch of raffle tickets and a love of sheep hunting help one hunter shatter the old state record. For Gary Guerrieri of Pennsylvania, there’s something about hunting bighorns. “I guess some of us love the mountains, and, to me, the sheep there are as special as they come,” he says. Guerrieri...

www.boone-crockett.org

 

[kwyeewyk]

Even better one got smoked on the highway the other day. They've figured out that fence.

Did you see the new WA state record was taken this year? Too bad it was an out-of-stater! LOL

Washington’s New Bighorn State Record

A bunch of raffle tickets and a love of sheep hunting help one hunter shatter the old state record. For Gary Guerrieri of Pennsylvania, there’s something about hunting bighorns. “I guess some of us love the mountains, and, to me, the sheep there are as special as they come,” he says. Guerrieri...

www.boone-crockett.org

Yeah looking like the fence needs to be extended south, probably an easement nightmare. Heard about the record but hadn't seen that article, thanks.

 

[TheTone]

Third sheep tag for him in WA? I’m guessing he’s spending a TON on raffle tickets. Meanwhile good luck to the common guy getting a single tag anywhere in a lifetime

 

[Irrelevant]

Third sheep tag for him in WA? I’m guessing he’s spending a TON on raffle tickets. Meanwhile good luck to the common guy getting a single tag anywhere in a lifetime

So much of that makes me want to puke. But I mean I was had that kind of money I would probably do something similar.

First, he killed a Dall’s sheep in 2012 in the uppermost region of the Northwest Territories. In 2013, he killed a Stone’s. And then came 2015. He killed a desert ram in October and a bighorn in November.

He’s no stranger to the area, having taken record-book bighorns there in 2015 and 2016.

within range of his McWhorter 7mm STW [>5k]

Guerrieri works in the banking business

 

[Letthemgrow]

Even better one got smoked on the highway the other day. They've figured out that fence.

Did you see the new WA state record was taken this year? Too bad it was an out-of-stater! LOL

Washington’s New Bighorn State Record

A bunch of raffle tickets and a love of sheep hunting help one hunter shatter the old state record. For Gary Guerrieri of Pennsylvania, there’s something about hunting bighorns. “I guess some of us love the mountains, and, to me, the sheep there are as special as they come,” he says. Guerrieri...

www.boone-crockett.org

That was last year's ram.
This year's raffle tag went to a resident.

If you look at some of the western state's raffle records, it's pretty clear some folks wait until the last minute and buy X amount of tickets which gives them a high probability of drawing, probably over 50%, at a significantly lower cost than an auction tag. Obviously risky though. The Oregon results certainly show a few people are doing it.

 

[Irrelevant]

That was last year's ram.
This year's raffle tag went to a resident.

If you look at some of the western state's raffle records, it's pretty clear some folks wait until the last minute and buy X amount of tickets which gives them a high probability of drawing, probably over 50%, at a significantly lower cost than an auction tag. Obviously risky though. The Oregon results certainly show a few people are doing it.

Good catch on 2020 vs 2021

 

[TheTone]

That was last year's ram.
This year's raffle tag went to a resident.

If you look at some of the western state's raffle records, it's pretty clear some folks wait until the last minute and buy X amount of tickets which gives them a high probability of drawing, probably over 50%, at a significantly lower cost than an auction tag. Obviously risky though. The Oregon results certainly show a few people are doing it.

And then right the costs off as a donation or business expense

 

[westbranch]

And then right the costs off as a donation or business expense

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