Story about, When should you give back a sheep tag?

[Valley1320]

Great story and congratulations!!!!

 

[NVBighorn]

Great ram and great story! Thanks for taking us there.

 

[rtraverdavis]

Great story, great write up, and great freaking ram. Way to stick it out. Congratulations!

 

[Jape]

Very nice ram. Congrats!

 

[Jbotto]

Great ram! Congrats to you for working through it all! Thanks for the write up!

 

[BigHornRam]

Wow!

 

[Dan O]

Congrats!!! Great Ram and a great story. It's amazing what a person can do with an injury when you set your mind to it. It's a valuable lesson for all of us.

 

[2rocky]

Early on I was thinking "shoot the first ram you see" but you eclipsed that !

 

[Irrelevant]

great story, great sheep, thanks for the writeup.

 

[AggieHunter]

Great ram and thanks for giving those like me who are new to the sheep point game hope.

 

[ZMT588]

Congrats!

 

[Gr8bawana]

I'm both happy for you and envious of you at the same time. I'm sitting on 15 bonus points for bighorn and not getting any younger.
Congrats on a great ram. Thanks for the letting us follow along on your hunt for a very hard earned ram.
I know that area very well as we have chased those devil bird chukars there for many years. It is some rugged country for sure.
Glad your knee held up enough to get you through your hunt.

 

[psycho]

I'm both happy for you and envious of you at the same time. I'm sitting on 15 bonus points for bighorn and not getting any younger.
Congrats on a great ram. Thanks for the letting us follow along on your hunt for a very hard earned ram.
I know that area very well as we have chased those devil bird chukars there for many years. It is some rugged country for sure.
Glad your knee held up enough to get you through your hunt.

Yes, there were chucker everywhere,,,, until the few times we put shotguns in our hands, then there were none. Lots of photos and videos of them. If you happen to burn your points on this area I can show you where i saw the other big sheep hanging out. Id be happy to help and I'm sure i will be back to "sheep shape" next year.

 

[duckhunt]

Awsome ram

 

[Oldhuntertoo]

Due to adult onset hunting I only had 6 points earned when my desert bighorn sheep tag arrived. My initial reaction was disbelief as I only had six points. I couldn’t believe I should get a tag when others have waited 20 plus years. I knew this area had pretty good odds at 15% but I didn’t put much effort into figuring out why before the draw. Considerable planning ensued. I figured out where all the guzzlers were and started making plans to check them all out. I quickly learned the majority of the good hunting was in a wilderness area so it was going to be long hikes or backpack camping which I have not done yet. I had some serious concerns early on:

It’s a big area with only a few mature rams in it.
I had an international hunt planned for the first two weeks of the season.
I was really out of shape from sitting at a desk all day due to Covid issues.
Also, friends and family had some challenging tags this year which would take some time helping them fill their tags.
In my mind I was making excuses as to why I couldn’t do this tag justice and so i resisted the urge to give it back.

6/6 This was the first time I was able to get out in the area. Spent two days hiking around in the heat going from one guzzler to another. At the entrance to the wilderness area there was a sign in box. The notepad was filled with many disgruntled hunters stating this area has no sheep. Page after page of no sheep comments. This hunt is not getting off to a good start. I don’t see any sheep in over 20 miles of hiking but I did see some tracks that were not too old. Saw some snakes and owls but no sheep. Oh, and I am right close to area 51 so often get to see the military aircraft buzzing overhead. Later on, I could hear the practice bombing just after dark. One time it was so loud it made me involuntarily duck. KaaBOOM!! Maybe somebody was using Tannerite in my valley but I didn’t see any lights out there. Maybe a plane breaking the sound barrier but didn’t sound like that either. Growing up in that town, seeing and hearing Airforce exercises was daily life. I guess i expected peace and quite in the mountains this time around.
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With only 6 pts, chances are, you may never draw a sheep tag again, due to point creep. I would never turn that tag in, unless you had maximum or near maximum points.

 

[Guy]

OUTSTANDING!

 

[publichunter1]

Congrats on a great ram!

 

[Gr8bawana]

With only 6 pts, chances are, you may never draw a sheep tag again, due to point creep. I would never turn that tag in, unless you had maximum or near maximum points.

There is no such thing as maximum or near maximum points in Nevada. Our bonus Preference point system gives EVERONE at least some chance to draw no matter how many points they have.
Every year people with only few points draw a tag when others who have many more points than they do don't draw.