The Ministry of Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program have coordinated two recent transplants of bighorn sheep. The first transplant occurred in 2005 and moved 25 bighorn sheep from Radium to Premier Ridge area. The other transplant occurred in 2007 and moved 19 sheep from Golden to the Whiteswan Lake/Coyote Creek area. All transplanted sheep were ear-tagged including 12 rams. Most of the rams are not full curl and therefore not legal to hunt. However, there are a few that are approaching the full curl mark and are less than 6 years old. These rams are VERY IMPORTANT to the transplant initiative as they are providing new genetic material to these herds, if they are allowed to breed. Therefore, we are requesting that hunters not harvest ear-tagged rams. For more information, please contact the Ministry of Environment at 250-489-8540.
Missouri 10 Point Buck I am a retired Soldier of 25 years in service. After spending many hunting seasons deployed to places like Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, one of my goals upon retirement was to try and make a hunting trip out of state somewhere every year or so. So to honor my service to my country, in November 2008 near Excelsior Springs, Missouri my great friend, Matt Hartwig, invited me for a muzzleloader hunt on one of his farms. My wife approved the purchase order and issued the kitchen pass so off I go.
