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    Ruby, AK

    I was referring to the tag and/or area, not your hunting ability and experience. It is clear, based on your post, that you have no idea what is involved in trying to hunt that tag. Good luck.
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    Ruby, AK

    Sounds like someone drew a moose tag that they have no idea how to hunt... Ruby is very small. And not very friendly for folks who aint from around there.
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    Project 2025 and public lands and environment

    https://www.housingwire.com/articles/trump-housing-build-federal-land/
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    The next Board of Game meeting to discuss regulation change proposals is March 21-28, 2025. Public comments are due by March 7. Based on the last few meetings it seems like the BOG is poised to adopt the proposal re: 19C authored by Mike Litzen, guide and member of the "19C Sheep Working...
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    Best response so far. Occam’s Razor. The most simple explanation is usually the right one. Paraphrased. The real conversation needs to be about access and opportunity for hunters given the state of the sheep population and our collective lack of ability to do anything about. Who gets to cut...
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    Yep. The science is in bad need of updating.
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    Based on the best available science, harvest is not the problem. To have constructive conversations we first need to define the problem(s). If harvest isn't the problem, solutions limiting harvest make no sense. If one of the problems identified is overcrowding and too much competition for...
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    Spot on.
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    The info I found largely cited the following sources and/or reproduced their own survivor ship tables and graphs based data from these studies. Deevey (1947) Taber and Dasmann (1957) Buechner (1960) Caughley (1966) Bradley and Baker (1967) Murie (1944) The two tables above were Murie and...
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    I don’t disagree by any means. I’ve been representing what the managers have said and continue to say, not necessarily my personal opinions. Problem is we don’t really have any hard data or science to point to re: the value of old rams. Do we? I think old rams do matter to the population in...
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    Agreed 100% on access restrictions before loss of hunting opportunities.
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    I should have said every young ram matters. I don’t quite follow your reasoning. There is a big difference between 4-6 year old rams dying and 8+ year old rams dying. There are problems with full curl management in my mind, mainly that it doesn’t prevent 6-7 year old rams from dying in fairly...
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    I went in search of source data for that recollection and came up with the following: So based on these two studies (Deevey and Murie), mortality rates from ages 8-9 were 10% and 23% respectively, and then 16% and 43% from ages 9-10? Not sure where I pulled that 70% number from. I think...
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    Once opportunity is lost, it is rarely regained. We've all seen that play out too many times to count.
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    Alaska Sheep, 19C Working Group

    In years past when there were more rams on the mountain, sub-legal harvest was less of a concern. These days, every ram matters and 10-15 percent of the overall number of dead rams being sub-legal is not cool. Typically about 1/3 of the sub legals are taken by guided clients.
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