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Alaska Dall Sheep - Undersubscribed Non-Res Draw Hunts
Both of the hunts touch the highway that didn't get applied for. Walking 5-20 is pretty typical on a sheep hunt. -
Alaska Should Transplant Sheep Again?
Curious what you mean by subsistence hunting and fishing be severely restricted. Which ones/areas? Agree with the predator hunting part, besides time and good weather there isn't a lot else that will change anything. I also don't think we are at the point of needing to transplant sheep for... -
Alaska Dall Sheep - Undersubscribed Non-Res Draw Hunts
What is the separate tag for next of kin for archery tags(DS241 & DS240)? I don't think next of kin have an option to apply for them without hiring a guide. They are left out. -
Alaska Dall Sheep - Undersubscribed Non-Res Draw Hunts
There was a change to DS241 that seems to have been a oversight from AKF&G I believe. The way that it was this year a non res that would go with 2nd degree of kindred(Didn't need a guide) couldn't apply for it without having a contract with a guide. Which I would think stopped the usual... -
26b caribou
I have taken my own jet boat into 29B and never seen a piece of driftwood. If the timing is right it can be good hunting. -
AK Sheep, Population Observations
2012/2013 - Hard winter/spring lambs took the worst of it 2014 - 2013 lambs would be 1.5 yr old in Fall 2015 - 2.5 2016 - 3.5 2017 - 4.5 2018 - 5.5 2019 - 6.5 2020 - 7.5 Bad winter/Spring. Entering legal rams/entering vulnerable ages of natural mortality even on good yr 2021 - 8.5 Horrible... -
AK Sheep, Population Observations
I understand and agree with most of this. Maybe I am an optimist but the sheep have rebounded after weather events before and think that with time they will again. -
AK Sheep, Population Observations
I understand that they were on the chart, I also understand the population decreased a lot. I am not just referencing 19C. Just pointing out harvest data without hunter participation numbers can be misleading. -
AK Sheep, Population Observations
I totally understand and have seen with my own eyes that the sheep population took a huge drop statewide from 2 consecutive bad winter/springs. Using harvest data seems strange to use as a aid for population numbers. Cutting hunter numbers(non res) obviously would cut down the harvest numbers... -
Does anybody have a good shotgun lubricant for very cold temperatures?
What shotgun do you have? I used to use a 11-87(gas operated) and when it was cold the o-ring wouldn't seal very well when it got dry and old especially in the cold. I would put a coat of oil on the o-ring whenever I cleaned it and it helped. There was also two small ports through the barrel... -
Keeping bear meat vs hide only... what do you do?
There is a reason the limit is five bears for residents and non residents in a lot of Alaska. I have ate quite a few, but not all of the bears I have shot. We corn a lot of it, make sausage, and render the fat. They are also very hard on blacktail fawns where there are deer. Controlling bear... -
Alaska Sheep Harvest 2023
I never said there was 0 impact. Just saying the average ram doesn't live 12, and the average ram's last third of there life isn't 8-12 years. They do constitute the overwhelming majority of harvest being the rules put in place make them the legal ones to harvest. -
Alaska Sheep Harvest 2023
Not if it dies at 8. Even in unhunted areas a 12 year old ram has had quite the bit of luck to get that old. I believe that is the point of the 8 year mark. Have you looked at mortality study's after 8 years old for a ram? -
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Has anybody hunted sheep with a heavy rifle?
My rifle is over 10 and hasn't changed the outcome in a negative way. A lighter one would be nice sometimes but I would bring what you shoot the best and are comfortable with. In my opinion it is easier to a 10 pound rifle than a compound bow.
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