W
wyohikeit
Guest
I have been following a post here about the do's and dont's of picking up rams that are found dead. The laws seem to vary a lot in each state. Here in GODS Country Wyoming we can usually keep what we find as long as we report it to the Game and Fish so they can check for the cause of death and record the info in their mortality numbers. The head is tagged and plugged then it can be done with as we please. I am gratefull for these rules the Game and Fish here are a good bunch of folks who manage our resourses well. I hope the wildlife managers in surrounding states follow their example!There was a push for a shed hunting season here a few years ago too, but the Game and Fish listened to the public opposition to it and see the uninforceability of the whole mess so they dropped the shed season idea.
This is what I saw last spring as I was looking for elk sheds
The ram had been dead about a year. As the clean up crew picked on it on this steep ridge the sheaths fell off
The skull was 50' down the hill
I called the Game Warden on the way to town after hauling it three miles down to the truck. My wife took the head and horns to get plugged the next day.
Now it's for sale
It's 7 years old and scores 153
My 12 year old ram that scores 167 is not for sale
Time in the hills is always worth more than money
This is what I saw last spring as I was looking for elk sheds
The ram had been dead about a year. As the clean up crew picked on it on this steep ridge the sheaths fell off
The skull was 50' down the hill
I called the Game Warden on the way to town after hauling it three miles down to the truck. My wife took the head and horns to get plugged the next day.
Now it's for sale
It's 7 years old and scores 153
My 12 year old ram that scores 167 is not for sale
Time in the hills is always worth more than money
