Big news. Marcus drew a bighorn sheep tag in Montana.
A lot of excitement and plans going into the upcoming season but also reeling back and talking about the status of bighorn sheep in Montana along with Shiras moose and mountain goat.
Many people wait a lifetime to draw one of these tags and unfortunately in Montana, populations are trending down while applications are trending up.
We ponder what we can do and what research has been done and will hopefully be done in the future to help conserve and build back moose, sheep, and goat herds.
A few news items this week include Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks messing up the moose and sheep draw, a bill in Nevada to make the “wild mustang” the Nevada State Horse, and a new elk research project that examined different migration tactics used by elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
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Congrats Marcus
Make sure you have Randy Oldberg with you when you go that trip
They didn't take them away , so the animals come in second to the money ! Been applying forever but the rams have to come first . High numbers of cats getting them no matter what they're telling us .
Hopefully the hunters who drew the tags and had them taken back automatically get one next year
You live in Montana, you could easily go and get a unlimited tag
Congratulations Marcus that’s awesome! Hope your hunt is the best possible experience
I harvested a whitetail doe during bow season in Alabama a few years ago and it was ate up with deer ticks.
Why not shut down the season so you only get two hunt them every other year? And not give out out of state license.?
Shoot as many wild horses as possible.
Congrats. Not just drawing a tag but getting to keep it after fwp once again dropped the ball. My 14 year old daughter was one of the unlucky ewe tag holders that got her tag taking away. I understand that over alacating tags can have serious problems down the road. But just a few years ago, they gave out 40 tags, then fwp moved a bunch of sheep to the little belts and slashed the tags to 5? They caused the problem of not having a herd population to sustain 40 ewe tags. Also, I really don't get the fact that the ram tag holders that were over drew get to keep them because fwp states that there will be no damage done to the population. Well, if that's the case, why aren't we drawing tags at the overdrawn number and not the one fwp set?
Ok, M arcus, this is one of those times where forgiveness is better than permission….we need to see the whole story of your sheep hunt.
Wonder if FWP/other agencies have tried raising sheep in captivity and releasing them. Dumb comment/question but I've never heard of it.
I applied for moose and sheep on tiktok. An was one of the lucky ones to draw😂
Stop sheep hunting 100% , problem solved.
Come on guys, there is drawt in the high country, a lot less feed in the summer range.
I’ll pay for a horse tag to get rid of those things. I’ll even process the meat and eat/donate it
My sister drew a Colorado desert big horn sheep on her first ever draw with no preference points. Crazy! Random draw…and she was lucky enough to be one of 17 people to draw these tags.
Nevada doesn’t have sheep tag odds that good. You could have 25 points and still have terrible odds for cali bighorns. Deserts have better odds tho so I shouldn’t complain at least I should get one of those one day. Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep tag in Nevada would be like hitting the lottery
I drew a mountain goat the first year I put in when I was 16. Never got excited about sheep but I have put in for moose for 44 years and have been unsuccessful. I don't have many years left so good job Marcus. Good luck with your hunt. Try it with archery for at least a week.
Good luck on the hunt! 😊
Congratulations! That’s awesome
Hopefully you’ll post the video of the hunt here but probably not for a long time because we don’t pay. Still waiting to see the video of the giant bull elk kill, but I guess we can just watch these talking and fishing videos instead, that should suffice.
FWP was like April Fools lol
Toxic trees 🌲 and plants 🪴
Just give the state more money and they will fix all the issues
The people who drew those sheep tags only to get them taken away should get some sort of compensation for Montana's mistake. I drew a relatively good deer tag in NM this year and I would be so pissed if I found out it was a mistake that I drew it. I cant imagine how it feels for a sheep tag! Congrats on your sheep tag, Marcus!
Congratulations Marcus! I hope Randy is giving you all the time you need to tag a bighorn!
One of my buddies after 17 years was surprisingly able to draw a mountain goat, moose, and bighorn in Montana
Always good stuff gents!!!
Congrats on the sheep tag Marcus! I Can't wait to see what sheep tag Kara draws next year. 😎 IYKYK.
Congrats! Gives us young guys some hope!
Bro. That aint Mike's GF… but nice try… 🤣🤣🤣
I know nobody cares but Washington permit entry closing date is May 24.
Thanx
Imagine that. Someone with a hunting show draws a hard to get tag.
Congrats on the Tag!!
Congrats Marcus. I have also been blessed this fall and drew a California Bighorn in NV – stoked.