So I won’t bore you guys and gals with the story but I won the raffle for the Governors raffle tag at the RMBS annual event Saturday night. To say that I’m pumped is a glorious understatement. The shock has begun to wear off and the gravity of the tag is setting in. It’s easy to see where to start on a tag in a specific unit for a specific season. To do this tag justice is going to be WAAAAY more work than a normal sheep tag. I’m down for it! Just have to figure out where to really start attacking the process.......and I have to figure out what that process really is for a statewide, 4 month tag.
Not having ever dreamed that I would actually have a tag like this, I hadn’t really put much thought into what I would do if I won it. Well, after calling some friends to share the news and a quick call to Epic on Monday morning, one name kept popping up. I made that call, left a message and received a call back that night. Bad news. He had already signed on to help the other Governors tag guy (auction winner that paid $180k for the tag at sheep show). He also had two other buddies that he had agreed to help who drew tags. It kinda sucks when the people who are “in the know” keep saying the same name and then you find out that he is off limits.
So, I’m back at the drawing board and I am working on several options.
I’m open to suggestions if any of you have had a similar tag or know someone who has. It’s overwhelming to basically have the unit barriers be state lines and have season dates that are several months. I’m not complaining. Just being honest. I am blessed beyond measure with this thing. I will enjoy every aspect of it. I just have to figure out HOW to attack it.
Not having ever dreamed that I would actually have a tag like this, I hadn’t really put much thought into what I would do if I won it. Well, after calling some friends to share the news and a quick call to Epic on Monday morning, one name kept popping up. I made that call, left a message and received a call back that night. Bad news. He had already signed on to help the other Governors tag guy (auction winner that paid $180k for the tag at sheep show). He also had two other buddies that he had agreed to help who drew tags. It kinda sucks when the people who are “in the know” keep saying the same name and then you find out that he is off limits.
So, I’m back at the drawing board and I am working on several options.
I’m open to suggestions if any of you have had a similar tag or know someone who has. It’s overwhelming to basically have the unit barriers be state lines and have season dates that are several months. I’m not complaining. Just being honest. I am blessed beyond measure with this thing. I will enjoy every aspect of it. I just have to figure out HOW to attack it.
