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May 4, 2017 at 9:46 pm #3466257
there’s a pretty good article on Sierra bighorn in today’s Chronicle. Tom Stienstra, “Sierra bighorn on ledge of breakthrough” in the sports section. Sorry, I read the paper version, so no link! I’m sure you can find it by googling Stienstra or the Chronicle.
May 4, 2017 at 10:45 pm #3466262May 7, 2017 at 12:26 am #3466552that’s xciting news…thanx 4 sharing.
my fishing buddy & I had a couple brief glimpes of bighorn high above us in canyons of the San Gabriel Wilderness in the early 80s. those r sweet memories…wild trout & wild bighorn, only a few miles from Los Angeles.
May 7, 2017 at 8:10 am #3466576Amazing turnaround!
I lived in Bishop from 98-2001. Back then we thought surely the Sierra bighorn would go extinct.
May 9, 2017 at 6:35 pm #3467148I see Desert Bighorn sheep often here in southern Nevada. I will apply for a hunting license for them next year.
Chances are slim I’ll draw a tag.
May 9, 2017 at 6:51 pm #3467159I see transported bighorn Sheep on the Deschutes River in north central Oregon.
Once there were three groups of about 30 each on the trail ahead of me. Â I was a bit concerned, but they just moved on.
Jun 6, 2017 at 1:17 am #3471789Eric, why would you want to kill an endangered species?
Bighorn sheep have a right to exist just as you do.
Jun 6, 2017 at 9:09 pm #3472008Stormin,
Here in Nevada DESERT bighorn are far from even being listed as “endangered”. NDOW says they are huntable in selected areas and in selected numbers so why not hunt them? The meat is “marinaidable” and can be made nicely edible.
If I can’t eat it I won’t shoot it. I’m a meat eater, not a vegetarian, as you might guess.
Jun 11, 2017 at 1:18 pm #3472810Nevada currently has over 10,000 bighorns (mostly desert bighorns but some Rocky Mtn. also). That’s more than any other state, and the numbers have risen fairly dramatically in the past 30 years.
Jun 11, 2017 at 7:49 pm #3472871Do the desert Bighorns taste as good as the Alaskan sheep? Â I am not a hunter but that was one tasty meal – especially after days of mostly candy and bars.
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