California Desert Bighorn Tag increases

[Huntin' Fool]

Last 5 years have gone from 13 tags to 26 this year. Maybe 42 next? I have max points - If I live long enough, I'll get a tag.

2 auction tags going for $450,000 each look to be funding some research and transplanting.

 

[375H&H]

Careful, don’t let idahohuntr see what good work the auction tags fund...

 

[PrairieHunter]

Nice to see a success story. It gets depressing hearing about how bad the sheep are doing in Nebraska, Dakotas, etc...

 

[S.Dak Drifter]

Nice to see a success story. It gets depressing hearing about how bad the sheep are doing in Nebraska, Dakotas, etc...

Yeah, there was a ewe in the SD Deadwood herd that died from getting stuck under a log. Talk about terrible luck for a struggling herd.

The Badlands herd is doing well though

 

[jryoung]

Last 5 years have gone from 13 tags to 26 this year. Maybe 42 next? I have max points - If I live long enough, I'll get a tag.

2 auction tags going for $450,000 each look to be funding some research and transplanting.

Is that how much the tags each went for last year at sheep show and the CA sheep show? Did they publish those numbers? I don't see them anywhere.

 

[MTGomer]

@jryoung this looks like the one at Reno was $140k.
Do they get PR matches for this?

 

[jryoung]

@jryoung this looks like the one at Reno was $140k.
Do they get PR matches for this?

Not sure on PR, just fired off an email to see if our auction tags and fundraising tags are eligible for the 3:1.

 

[Oak]

Not sure on PR, just fired off an email to see if our auction tags and fundraising tags are eligible for the 3:1.

They are, as long as your state has not already maxed out its PR $.

 

[jryoung]

Just got confirmation that the Marble/Clipper/South Bristol Mountains tag at the CA WSF event in Sacramento went for $87,000 this year.

 

[Huntin' Fool]

My bad -

This particular family has purchased this tag twice in the past three years spending approx. $400,000.00 on the two tags.

 

[cmeyer733]

Hopefully they can keep up the trend with population and tag increases. One of the better units down here has had a bad die off this year.

 

[cgarner]

Hopefully they can keep up the trend with population and tag increases. One of the better units down here has had a bad die off this year.

Sad to hear. I believe there is an article in the Wildlife Society Magazine about that die off. I need to read it to learn more but I believe it was linked to pneumonia.