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    AK Sheep, Population Observations

    Great ram! Congratulations. Would be interesting to plot those growth segments on a growth trajectory chart. Again, congratulations.
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    Alaska Sheep Hunt Pricing

    Go for it! If it doesn’t work the business model can be “tweaked”. Just think about how far out you want to commit. Best of luck
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    AK Sheep, Population Observations

    Good observations- if you haven’t already, might consider sharing the information with the area biologist.
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    AK Sheep, Population Observations

    One sub-legal so far.
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    AK Sheep, Population Observations

    Yesterday a “solid” 14 year old was sealed in the Fairbanks office. Also had one over 450 degrees of curl.
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    AK Sheep, Population Observations

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    Alaska Sheep Harvest 2023

    I certainly don’t know the answer but the population numbers seem to suggest that sheep numbers are down regardless of the management strategy. Historically this has also been the situation.
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    Sheep Populations

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dall-sheep-survey-kluane-region-decline-concerning-1.7024101 This article helps bring the scope of the population situation into perspective.
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    AK Sheep, Population Observations

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    AK Sheep, Population Observations

    There is excellent Though some of these data-sets certainly present some challenges, for the most part they provide good insight to the general chacteristics of the sheep harvest. There are several data-sets from the early 50’s and late 60’s, collected by agency personnel, that in general...
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    AK Sheep, Population Observations

    It may be of interest that “age” became part of the “full-curl” definition in 1990 and “broken” in 1987 for both 7/8s and full-curl.
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    AK Sheep, Population Observations

    I suspect there are about as many “mis-judgements” about broken or FC as there are about age when dealing with marginal sheep.
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    Alaska Sheep Harvest 2023

    This is the earliest survey I am aware of for the HulaHula. However, there is information that provides an indication of sheep population levels available for local use from early in the last century.
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    Alaska Sheep Harvest 2023

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    Alaska Sheep Harvest 2023

    Certainly the populations are low - but we have seen some very dramatic swings in the past - such as McKinley Park in the forties and the HulaHula. In the early 50s on the HulaHulla survey they observed 75 sheep and estimated 150 - in the 70s or early 80s the survey counted over 3000.
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    Alaska Sheep Harvest 2023

    Thanks for posting. I would just say from my experience a lot of people and managing agencies do CARE- however, to say the options are severely limited is a gross understatement.
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    Alaska Sheep Harvest 2023

    Thought we know there is history of sheep populations experiencing serveral extreme lows in the past, we don’t have age data from the harvest for those periods.
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    Alaska Sheep 2023

    Great write up- thank you for posting.
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    Crown method.

    That one might be hard enough “in-hand”!
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    Sheep hunting video

    An excellent well done sheep video.

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