The survey count 30 years ago(1994) in Unit 20A was the low point in sheep numbers since the bad winters a few years ago. Ak Fish and Game numbers not mine.
I will have to disagree with you on that. The change in sheep numbers where I have gone over the past few years after those winters/springs was drastic. From what I have experienced, read, and heard from local biologist it wasn't negligible. I agree that the thin horns have been on decline for...
I agree with you that is more than that overall, but the Extreme low we have seen was mostly caused by the 2 consecutive winter/spring weather events. Especially the winter of rain and heavy snow and then cold(As I remember it was the spring of 2019 and 2020). The die off from those 2...
2 consecutive horrible winters/springs one of which included heavy rain, followed by heavy snow, and then cold that killed everything from voles to bison. In 2018 there were 27 rams harvested with 44 tags awarded in that draw area. In 2023 3 rams harvested out of the 9 tags awarded. There was a...
Not sure if you are against buying powdered eggs or not, but cooking bacon before you go out in the field and adding them to powdered eggs is pretty good. Cooked bacon lasts a long time. Another option is getting a jerky gun and making strips of sausage jerky or just hamburger. When you...
He passed the stick test by around 3/4", I took a video of him through the spotter paused it at a good angle and used a piece of grass as a straight edge to make sure.
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...
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.
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...