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    Dall Sheep Total Annual Range

    Thanks for your expertise Sourdough. You have definitely cleared some things up for me. I am fortunate enough to have bought property where I can leave my cabin by foot, quad or snow machine and get to decent sheep country in short order. I plan to live out my days right here so am looking...
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    Dall Sheep Total Annual Range

    I have been studying mapping software of large swaths of sheep habitat in the Yukon where I hunt. I'm looking to try to break the mountain ranges into smaller pieces teasing out specific home ranges for sheep. From there I want to work on breaking these home ranges down on a smaller scale to try...
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    Dall Sheep Total Annual Range

    Does anyone know the average annual range for Dall Sheep in KM squared? I have looked around the site a bit and the internet but have not found anything concrete.
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    Hunting the Oldest of a Species

    That makes a lot of sense. I sometimes forget how isolated these sheep populations are. Genetic diversity would most certainly be more desirable than the same genes (as favorable as they may be) pumping through the system year after year.
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    Hunting the Oldest of a Species

    Thanks for the response, I am curious if there is any science backing this? How does harvesting the oldest rams possible benefit future conservation numbers? I have always wondered this. Much like Nickofthewoods mentioned in his last comment, I would have thought that leaving the older more...
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    Hunting the Oldest of a Species

    Good day everyone, I have been getting into big game hunting the past 3-4 years, mainly sheep, moose, caribou and bison. My question has to do with goal of harvesting the oldest member of a species. I have heard from hunters that targeting the oldest animals in a population is...

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