Washington Wild Sheep Foundation

SUMMER
ISSUE
June 2012
Washington Wild Sheep Foundation
BOARD OF DI RECTORS
SUBMISSIONS:
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Newsletter is published
by the Washington Wild
Sheep Foundation.
Members, friends and
committee chairmen are
invited to submit stories,
photos, comments and
short articles.
Address all newsletter
correspondence to:
Glen Landrus
2751 Scenic Hills Dr.
Clarkston, WA
99403
509.758.7839
E-Mail:
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Information, articles and
opinions expressed do
not necessarily reflect the
opinions of the
Washington Wild Sheep
Foundation or its officers.
Officers:
President
Glen Landrus
2751 Scenic Hills Dr.
Clarkston, WA 99403
H-509.758.7839 W-509.243.4151
[email protected]
Vice-President
Bryan Bailey
3121 St. Hwy 508
Onalaska, WA 98570
H-360.978.6048 W-360.496.5411
F-360.496.3373
[email protected]
Vice-President
Andy Kelso
PO Box 656
Graham, WA 98338
C-253.312.7347
[email protected]
Secretary
Ken Harris
221 NW 105th St.
Seattle, WA 98177
H-206.706.7921 W-206.200.3611
[email protected]
Treasurer
Mike Vincent
C-206.793.6363
[email protected]
COMMITTEES
Board Members:
Craig Martin
744 Wolf Fork Rd.
Dayton, WA 99328
H-509.382.4930
C-208.750.6433
[email protected]
Clinton Harris
3905 403rd St E
Eatonville, Wa. 98328
[email protected]
Roy Reese
2501 S.E. 115th Court
Jerry Tyrrell, Past President Vancouver, WA. 98664
C-503-329-9291
600 S 56th Place
[email protected]
Ridgefield, WA 98642
360.887.7400
Mark Torres
[email protected]
[email protected]
H-425.888.0932
Earl Landrus
C-425.864.1887
1191 Lawrence Dr.
Clarkston, WA 99403
Dennis Bagnell
C-208.790.5220
206.650.8021
[email protected]
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HERD LIAISONS
NC Herd
NE Herd
SE HERD 1
ON THE COVER:
Photo by Shawn McCully
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Bryan Bailey
Ken Harris
Jerry Tyrrell
Craig Martin
Bryan Bailey
Andy Kelso
Glen Landrus
Sinlahekin, Mt. Hull, Vulcan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Kline
Lincoln Cliffs, Hall Mt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Kline
Hells Canyon, Asotin Ck., Mtn View,
Black Butte, Joseph Ck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Glen Landrus
SE HERD 2 Wenaha, Tucannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Craig Martin
S CENTRAL Quilomene, Selah, Cleman, Tieton, Umtanum . . . . . . . . . .Bryan Bailey
N CENTRAL Swakane, Chelan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken Harris
FROM THE PRESIDENT
By Glen Landrus
No rest for the weary! It
seems with the
involvement with the
Washington Wild Sheep
Foundation there will be
moments to sit back and
catch your breath before
the next event comes
along. Not this year!
The Washington WSF
chapter is co-hosting the
“Sheep Summit V” in
the Hells Canyon area
June 21-23. The
purpose of the
“Summit” is to get
leaders from all wild
sheep chapters and
affiliates together to work
on strategic planning,
network and share ideas.
Previous Summits have
been held in Cody, WY,
Edmonton and Denver.
We are expecting
approximately 80 folks
from California to
Pennsylvania and from
Alaska to Texas. Tours
at WSU, Jack O’Connor
Center, and a jet boat
trip up Hells Canyon will
be the high lights of the
weekend. The Summit
is replacing the traditional summer “Tri-State” event this year; look
for that event to return next summer.
We had another successful banquet as part of the Seattle Sportsmen’s
Convention in February. A big thanks to Ken, Andy, Mike, Dennis
for leading us in this successful endeavor. We also had tremendous
support from many other of our members in volunteering throughout
the weekend. Thank you, thank you, thank you! As you will see
later in this issue, your board of directors for the Washington Wild
Sheep Foundation has decided to host our own banquet beginning in
2013. We had a great twelve year run with our SCI partners and
without question the wildlife of Washington and many other places
have benefited from the cooperative. We still look forward to
supporting each other in funding conservation projects and joining
forces whenever necessary.
That being said, we will need even more help leading up to, during
and after the March 19, 2013 at the Snoqualmie Casino in North
Bend. The facilities are amazing, the location is more ideal and the
price will hopefully make the one-day event more affordable for most
of our members and guests while returning more money to wildlife
conservation projects. Be sure to contact one of your board members
at any time to get more involved. Check out the banquet
promotional page for the exciting banquet announcements!
Later in this newsletter you will find the article about the die-off in
the Asotin herd. This is a devastating blow to a herd that had been
the one positive in all of the Hells Canyon area. Spring surveys
indicate about 30-40% of the herd is lost. Permit levels will be
maintained in 2012 due to the survival of some rams across all age
structures.
Good luck to everyone with the special permit draws this summer. I
hope you all draw the dream tag you’ve been waiting for!
Yours in Conservation,
Glen A. Landrus
WA WSF President
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2 0 1 1 M E M B E R S O N LY R A F F L E W I N N E R
with my backpack and a bag full of books and
assignments, all due by the end of September. The
next hurdle was to find a legal ram and get close
enough to harvest it with my bow. My conversation
with the biologist revealed that there were two full
curl rams that inhabited some private land
adjoining the National Forest where I had seen the
ewes and juvenile rams the month before. First stop
was to get permission to access the canyon where
these rams called home. The land was owned by a
large corporation and much to my dismay, the
ranch manager politely explained; “I could not let
you hunt, even if you were the governor”. I thanked
him and headed back to the area I had hunted
previously. The remainder of the season did not
produce any legal ram sightings and so ended the
saga of my first Wyoming sheep tag. By the way, I
did get my assignments completed by lantern light
and handed them in on time.
FULLFILLMENT OF A CHILDHOOD DREAM
By Robert Kiser
As a young boy, one movie that made a lasting impression and
imbedded a lifelong affliction into me was; Gordon Eastman’s,
“Challenging the Northwest Territory”. I remember watching the film
as a young boy long ago, with a couple of my young friends at the
Saturday matinée at our local movie theater. After absorbing every
minute of the show to its conclusion, we left the theater vowing to each
other that someday, we would be sheep hunters and hunt for all the
sheep of North America. Of the three of us at the show that day, I
guess I was the most bitten of all. Over the years of raising families and
our work careers, interests and opportunities changed somewhat for my
two friends, but not for me. I have always known that I was afflicted
with the sheep hunter virus and never gave up on the quest that I
began in 1977. The first eruption of this virus happened at the age of
twenty. After applying for six years for a Wyoming Bighorn tag, I was
successful in drawing a tag in my home state. The area I drew was close
to home and I was going to get my first sheep with a bow, or so I
thought.
The archery season started and I was hunting out of a backpack for
days at a time. The days were warm and clear, I was having the time of
my life, spotting ewes and small rams on a daily basis. The end of
August came too quickly, as I realized I would have to start classes at
the University of Wyoming in a couple of days. I went back to town to
attend class and talk with the local game biologist in order to get more
information about the sheep in the area. School had taken a backseat
to my obsession, as I talked with each of my professors about my
dilemma. How was I going to get my bighorn ram if I had to sit in class
every day? Luckily my professors understood as they too were hunters
and outdoorsman and valued the scarcity and opportunity of such a
tag. After three days of class, I was on my way back to the mountains
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My father must have felt my pain; He was over 60
and knew that if we were going to enjoy a sheep
hunt together it would have to happen in the near
future. Two years after my unsuccessful Bighorn
hunt, he booked Alaskan Dall Sheep hunts for us as an early college
graduation present to me. We had a great hunt and both got rams.
Phase I complete!
This started me down the road that I could not stop on or turn off of. I
was addicted to sheep hunting, with no job or money to support the
habit. I completed college and got a job and began to stockpile my
money. I looked at every cancellation hunt to be found for the next
several years, still not enough funding in my stockpile. I met my future
wife, Mary about the same time several other things happened. Lloyd
Zeman with Safari Outfitters contacted me regarding my interest in a
Stone sheep cancelation hunt for half price and I had enough in my
stockpile to pay for it! First issue; How to explain this to Mary and the
hunt started in two weeks, which would only work if I could get her
approval and get off work for two weeks on short notice. Long story
short, Mary was very understanding, loved hunting and the outdoors
and readily approved. I also got the vacation time approved and was
soon on the second leg of my quest. I had a great hunt in British
Columbia and took home a nice ram. Phase II complete!
The next twenty five years priorities and money went to raising a
family and starting a business. I still applied religiously in my home
state building points to hopefully have another chance for a Wyoming
ram. In 2009, I got that chance and made the most of it with a nice
ram and a great hunt with John Porter of Morning Creek Outfitters in
Cody Wyoming. Phase III complete!
Pursuit of the completion of phase IV, Desert sheep, seemed like one
of the most difficult to achieve yet. With miniscule draw odds, high tag
prices, Mexican hunts costing more than I paid for my first house, the
odds seemed almost insurmountable and the dream maybe not in my
cards.
My thirty five year quest culminated in a successful Desert sheep hunt
with El Fuerte Outfitters on March 7, 2012. The evening of February
19, 2011, Mary and I came home from dinner and she checked our
phone messages. I had set down to watch the Outdoor Channel, when
she came into the room and asked if I knew a Glen Landrus and was
expecting a call from him. My first words were; are you kidding me?
With total amazement I had a message from Mr. Glen Landrus at the
Washington Wild Sheep Foundation Banquet. I promptly returned the
call and was speechless when he asked if I was ready to go on a Desert
Sheep hunt with El Fuerte Outfitters.
I was overwhelmed; I had just won the Washington Wild Sheep
Foundation Members Only Raffle for a Desert Sheep hunt. Once the
shock passed, I realized that the first step in completing my journey had
just begun. I had enough luck to beat the odds, but I had a feeling that
I should stay away from any lightning storms between now and the
hunt!
Dall Sheep - 1977
Having never been to Mexico, I started reading other Desert sheep
hunt reports and articles in the different magazines as well as gathering
the necessary clothing and gear. The year long wait was excruciating,
but the day finally arrived when my son and I found ourselves in the
Del Cabo airport, face to face with Ty Miller of El Fuerte Outfitters.
After clearing my rifle with the military personnel at the airport, we
were on our way to La Paz. We arrived that evening at the Villaggio
Turistico Mar De Cortez, a very clean hotel about ten minutes north of
La Paz. There we met Kiki, Sergio and Oliverio, our guides who would
take us into the El Mechudo Mountains of Baja California Sur. At six
a.m., the next morning we were underway and stopped to check the
zero of my rifle. We drove further north along the Sea of Cortez and
turned west into a large arroyo. We proceeded several miles to the end
of the primitive road and parked the truck in the sandy wash. The plan
was to stay out for three days, so we prepared our packs for a three day
spike camp. After walking several miles up the sandy bottom of the
arroyo, we turned south and headed up the steep rocky terrain to the
first of several plateaus. The landscape was very dry and desolate and
had not seen any precipitation in over two years. The guides indicated
that the sheep were scattered and the rams might be difficult to locate
because of the parched conditions. Looking over the vast desert terrain,
all I saw was literally thousands of steep nooks and crannies for the
sheep to hide in and could only imagine the hours of glassing it would
take to find a sheep.
Our first stop to glass the vast terrain, overlooked many small ridges
that dropped into the multiple drainages feeding into the main arroyo
we had just hiked through. After about ten minutes, Kiki spotted a
sheep dropping off a ridge top several thousand yards away. We quickly
Bighorn Ram - 2009
picked up our gear and headed toward the ridge where the sheep had
disappeared. Making our way carefully through the brush and cactus
we finally reached a saddle that opened up into several more drainages.
Across the canyon one ridge away, a full curl ram was bedded looking
down the drainage. He was slightly uphill and 417 yards away. We
talked about taking a shot from this position, but the wind was difficult
to judge with no grass or foliage to gauge the direction and speed of
the wind at the ram’s location. I opted to move for a closer shot, which
involved backing out of our current spot, moving around the end of
the ridge we were on, down a small canyon, back up the draw below
our first position and climb to the top of the ridge between us and the
ram. After relocating to the closer ridge, I was 205 yards away and
below the ram. I found a good rest, controlled my breathing and
squeezed off the shot of my lifetime. The ram was down and Phase IV
was complete!
As I sat next to my ram, gazing over the canyons and ridges of the vast
desert terrain, I felt very fortunate to have found a ram so quickly, not
to mention winning the hunt in the first place!
In closing, I would like to thank Ty, Kiki, Sergio, Oliverio and the rest
of the crew at El Fuerte Outfitters, especially the Washington Wild
Sheep Foundation and all the organizations that provide raffle
opportunities for those hunters that need a Desert sheep and might not
have the financial ability to accomplish their goals.
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R A N G E -W I D E B I G H O R N S H E E P T H R E AT
bighorn sheep conservation and restoration efforts in the western
U.S. Wildlife-related outdoor recreation is an important economic
sector for many western states; bighorn sheep are an important
component of this economic sector. Annually, hundreds of thousands
of dollars are spent on wild sheep hunting and viewing opportunities,
bringing significant revenue to many western communities from
hunters, wild sheep enthusiasts, photographers, and tourists.
Wild Sheep Advocates
Working to Block Domestic
Grazing Rider Bill
May 17, 2012
To: All Wild Sheep Foundation Chapters and Affiliates
From: Gray N. Thornton, President/CEO & Jack Atcheson, Jr., Chair,
Wild Sheep Foundation
In summer/fall 2011, U.S. Representative and House Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Sub-Committee
Chairman Mike Simpson (R-ID) successfully included a rider (Section
431) in the FY2012 Appropriations Act (H.R. 2584) to prevent the U.S.
Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management from making and
implementing any new regulation or land use decisions which would
reduce or change the distribution of current domestic sheep numbers
on public land grazing allotments, to protect bighorn sheep. Without
specifically mentioning the Payette National Forest’s July 2010 Record
of Decision (ROD) on domestic sheep grazing, this Simpson rider
prevents further implementation of that duly-rendered ROD, following
a ~7-year, comprehensive NEPA analysis that called for strategies to
avoid and minimize potential bighorn/domestic sheep interaction on
public land grazing allotments (primarily the Salmon River drainage in
Idaho). Initially designed to address a specific situation affecting
Idaho/Oregon/Washington, this rider now has adverse effects and
ramifications on bighorn sheep management, west-wide. Originally
pursued as a 5-year moratorium on USFS/BLM land use decisions, the
FY12 Section 431 rider was reduced to one year’s longevity. Given the
Congressional record on federal government budgeting, it is likely that
attempts to attach this appropriations rider to a “Continuing
Resolution” in fall 2012 will again be made, perhaps indefinitely
prolonging the negative implications of this rider on bighorn/domestic
sheep pro-active management. Again, this rider is no longer just an
Idaho issue, it is one that now affects bighorn sheep, range-wide!
• The Payette National Forest’s 7-year long process for reaching its
ROD was thorough, transparent, technically sound, and utilized the
best and most comprehensive scientific analysis ever compiled on
bighorn sheep-domestic sheep interaction/conflicts. A database of
more than 50,000 bighorn sheep telemetry locations was used in
landscape-scale habitat selection analyses and disease transmission
risk assessments developed by the U.S. Forest Service and
collaborator.
• Wildlife management via this legislative rider is driven by this onesize-fits-all, “top down” mandate for an issue that calls for, and
requires, locally-derived solutions. We do not support policy and law
from the federal government that prevents citizenry from helping
develop and implement local solutions to local problems (see attached
Wild Sheep Foundation 1-page policy and 3-page supporting
statement on Domestic Sheep/Bighorn Sheep for details).
Ramifications of this Congressional rider nullify any hope of
resolving localized issues between bighorn and domestic sheep, and
are counter-productive to long-term, meaningful solutions. Any
incentive to collaborate and participate in a public process to resolve
or mitigate these or future issues has effectively been removed by this
rider.
There are several primary misnomers and much
misinformation used to justify this rider:
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Legislative talking points for the FY12 Section 431
Appropriations Rider
• Legislating wildlife management via Congressional riders, thereby
nullifying duly-rendered federal land-management agency decisions
that protect wildlife habitats (including for bighorn sheep), is not
appropriate. This rider wrongly supersedes federal land management
agency decisions which were based on sound science and existing
federal law and regulation. Furthermore, this legislative rider ignores
and repudiates citizen involvement and public engagement in the
NEPA process, as required by law and encouraged in practice.
• The Simpson FY12 domestic sheep rider was an inappropriate way
to address socially, biologically, and economically complicated
management decisions, and negates the time and effort made by the
public and agency personnel who were committed to legitimate
comprehensive analyses and open decision-making processes on our
nation’s public lands.
• Millions of private and public dollars have been raised and spent on
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Misnomer: Contact between bighorn and domestic sheep does not
result in dead bighorns.
H Fact: Over the past 35 years, there has been a growing body of
peer-reviewed, published data and literature that repeatedly
demonstrates, in some cases irrefutably, that contact between
domestic and wild sheep results in disease transmission and
subsequent bighorn sheep mortality.
Misnomer: There are no demonstrated or proven field situations
involving bighorn die-offs as a result of contact with domestic sheep.
H Fact: There are numerous well-documented captive and field
situations where bighorn die-offs have occurred following contact
with domestic sheep and/or goats.
Misnomer: Bighorn sheep will develop natural immunity to disease pathogens
within a few generations of exposure to bacterial agents carried by domestic
sheep and/or goats.
H Fact: Bighorn populations, after experiencing disease related dieoffs, do not exhibit increased survival rates.
Misnomer: A bighorn sheep cure-all vaccine is imminent.
H Fact: According to the lead scientist researching this possibility, if
ever developed, and if practicable to deliver, a vaccine ready to be
used for field application is at least 10-15 years in the future. out.
Spatial and temporal separation of domestic from wild sheep is
the best strategy we currently have now to prevent disease
transmission.
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Misnomer: Best Management Practices (BMP’s) are effective to avoid
domestic/bighorn interaction and subsequent disease transmission.
H Fact: At present, BMPs have not been rigorously tested, either in
captivity or on-the-range, to demonstrate their efficacy in reducing
interaction and subsequent disease transmission. When used, the U.S.
Forest Service, BLM, and others have found that BMPs have largely
failed to eliminate interaction between bighorn/domestics;
bighorn sheep losses have occurred despite attempted BMPs.
Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF)
Alaska WSF
WSF – Alberta Chapter
California WSF
Eastern Chapter WSF
Idaho WSF
Iowa Foundation for N.A. WS
Montana WSF
WSF – Midwest Chapter
New Mexico WSF
Oregon Foundation for N.A. WS
Utah Foundation for N.A. WS
Washington WSF
Wyoming WSF
Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society
Elko Bighorns Unlimited
Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn
Nevada Bighorns Unlimited
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society
Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep
Texas Bighorn Society
Wild Sheep Society of British Columbia
It is the recommendation and request of the Wild Sheep Foundation
and its Chapters and Affiliates that wild sheep conservationists actively
oppose any attempt to renew the Section 431 FY12 Appropriations Act
Simpson rider. Furthermore, we recommend against any new
replacement or modification language which continues to adversely
affect management of bighorn sheep and their habitats, by
undermining scientifically-sound land use decisions or circumventing
legitimate, lawful citizen involvement in land use planning processes for
public lands. We urge your support for consistent, technically-sound
NEPA analyses including public participation in land use/natural
resource management planning. Please make your feelings known to
your respective Congressional delegations, and please share this
message with your membership or others who may have an interest in
this issue.
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D I S T R I C T 7 B I G H O R N S H E E P OV E RV I EW
The data returning indicates that the rams are using ranges typical for
the herd and their age class at this time of year. Data comes to us via
an email every other day or so, and collars should keep transmitting for
two years. Each collar is equipped with a remote drop off function, so
the collars will release at a predetermined date and start transmitting a
mortality signal. At that point we will recover the collars and download
the entire data set.
Herd Status
As mentioned above, these are good times for sheep in District 7. All
the herds are healthy and productive, and as I write this, new lambs are
on the ground for 2012. We will be doing spring lambing counts in
May and June which will give us another point of data to assess the
status of the population. The Swakne herd has proven to be consistent
over the past 5 years in its production and, post fence construction, its
mortality rates. The fence has curtailed the huge number of vehicle
collisions we experienced a few years ago and we fully expect to regain
the ram composition we had. In fact, we expect this year to be a
banner year for the ram composition given some of the counts we have
gotten this winter.
By David Volsen
District Wildlife Biologist, Wenatchee
Swakane Capture 2012
Bighorn sheep herds in Washington’s Wenatchee District are in great
shape, as robust a population as we have seen since their introductions
into the Swakane, North Shore and Chelan Butte ranges. One issue
we track in an effort ensure the population’s stability is potential
interaction with domestic sheep and goats in the district. Work across
the west has shown that wild sheep will often seek out domestics when
they share the landscape. Young rams are often the culprits, going on
forays that sometimes end with them mingling with domestic stock.
Knowing the range, distance and frequency of these forays helps us
define the security of a herd and our management actions to maintain
their health, and there is no better tool to do this than the GPS collar.
On 2 March 2012, we worked with Leading Edge Helicopters of
Lewiston to deploy GPS collars on five young bighorn rams within the
Swakane herd. The capture crew was involved in a number of projects
in Central Washington during the week, and with a little coordination,
we pulled of the collaring effort that lasted roughly one hour. The
capture was handled in a slightly different manner than usual, with the
helicopter crew deploying the collars for us without transport of the
animals. This allowed us to keep costs down and get collars deployed
without the potential for additional stress on the animal. Biological
samples were taken on each animal and sent for evaluation.
Five young (roughly 1/2 curl) rams were collared between Wenatchee
and slightly north of the Swakane. Four (4) of the collars were
ARGOS collars and one a downloadable GPS collar. Of the five
collars, one seems to be somewhat intermittent in its output. The
collars were programmed to report 5-6 locations per day; however, the
one collar only seems to be returning 1 or 2 locations per day.
Transmission rates are often spotty with collars; however, when the
collar is retrieved it will often have stored data that did not get
transmitted.
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The Chelan Butte herd is for all purposes, a success. Numbers are up,
ram numbers are up and there is every indication that the herd is
exploring new habitats both to the north and to the south of the Butte.
We continually find sheep in new areas, are seeing signs of movement
between subareas. These indicators point to an increasing herd, and
the potential for the expansion of the population in and around Chelan
Butte; good news for the future. With good news there is always some
bad. Over the years our enforcement officers have tracked problems
with domestic dogs running sheep on the Butte. They have been
successful in stopping some problems in the past, but this year we had a
mortality that officers feel was the direct result of domestic dogs. A
mature ram had to be euthanized after being harassed by dogs, falling
from a cliff face and breaking a leg. Local residents are on the lookout
for problems and officers are keeping close track of sheep in the area.
The Manson herd along the north shore of Lake Chelan continues to
be the hardest herd to manage. The remote nature of the area and the
difficulty in getting good location data from the ground and from the
lake give us the narrowest picture of a population in general. The data
we do get indicates that the potential for robust herd is there and we
are building a better under standing how sheep interact with that
landscape. We hope to get more flight monies in the future to try to
pin down a better population estimate and picture of its composition.
On another positive note, we are offering a mountain goat tag on the
south shore of Lake Chelan this fall. This should be a quality hunt that
offers a great opportunity to experience some of the best county
Washington has to offer. I look forward to hearing the stories coming
out of this unit over time.
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T H E G R E AT W I L D E B E E S T E X P E R I E N C E
parents and the trackers caught
up with us and we let the
trackers do what they do best.
I can’t believe how amazing
those guys are at finding traces
of the animal. This Wildebeest
was determined to get away
from us, he laid down a few
times but got spooked every
time we got close. We played
the video back and we decided
that I didn’t make a great shot,
I hit him a bit low in the
shoulder, not hitting any vitals.
It was beginning to turn dark
so we decided we would leave
him until the morning. I was
so disappointed in myself that I
didn’t make the shot and that
we couldn’t find him. I’m glad
that my dad was there to tell
me, “If hunting was easy
everybody would do it.”
By Katie Tyrrell
I honestly don’t know where to begin. Two years ago my dad asked
me if I wanted to go to Africa on a hunt. My obvious response was,
“heck yes”! So the planning started and we booked our hunt. We
booked our hunt with Guy Whittall of Roger Whittall Safari’s in
Zimbabwe for June 2011. The first year after we booked the hunt I
was excited, but it didn’t really sink in that I would be flying around
the world to go hunting. The year leading up to the hunt was filled
with target practice, loading bullets, and studying shot placement. It
seemed like every week my dad would ask me if I had been studying
my shot placements and quizzing. I felt like I was ready and couldn’t
wait to go. While I was on my trip I kept a journal. As much as I
would like to publish all of it, it might take up the entire magazine! I
was very fortunate to have hunted many different plains game, but I
would like to tell you the story of my Wildebeest.
About a week into our three week adventure, we came upon a herd
of Wildebeest. Guy (our PH) spotted one in the group that look like
a shooter, so we decided to sneak up on them to try to get a shot. We
walked very slowly and stayed behind bushes, it is very hard to sneak
up on 100+ animals! Once we got to about 200 yards, Guy and I
crawled to about 150 yards. The Wildebeest that I would take was
standing on his own looking at us. Guy set up the sticks and I
prepared to shoot. I saw his shoulder and decided to aim at that
spot. I touched off my 7mm and looked back into my scope to see all
the Wildebeest running wild. Guy and I hot footed after the herd
and he thought that he saw my Wildebeest lay down behind a bush,
so we went to take a closer look. As we came up closer he took off
running and Guy and I were once again in hot pursuit following his
tracks. We finally saw blood and I was able to take a breath. My
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The next morning we started
out at dawn to find the
Wildebeest. Somehow we
started off right where we left off the night before, like I said before,
these guys are amazing at what they do! They were able to find his
tracks again so we followed them. We followed them to the spot
where the Wildebeest bedded at some point. We also found evidence
that he was spooked and ran back the way he came. So, we followed
his tracks over the tracks we followed in. There was no blood and the
tracks were getting harder to follow. We ended up in a Mopane forest
where it was a bit more open. Unfortunately, the Wildebeest met up
with his herd and we lost his tracks. This was the first time that I
wasn’t able to make the shot and bring the animal down. I was so
upset and my confidence was shaken. Once we got back to the truck,
Guy had me take a few practice shots to get my confidence back up.
I was right on, that made me feel better. I learned an extremely
valuable lesson on this hunt. Shot placement is everything, no matter
how much you practice shooting at a target, it will never be the same
as shooting in real life. We never did find that Wildebeest and there
was never any Vulture activity in that area. I can only hope that it
wasn’t a fatal wound and that he survived.
Now you might be thinking, “Why would she write about a nonsuccessful hunt?” I wanted to write about that because I ended up
taking the lessons I learned and applied them to a successful
Wildebeest hunt a week later and boy was it fun! The day before we
were to leave Humani to go to another camp, we hunted with
another PH because Guy went to get the next camp ready. We were
looking for Zebra and possibly a big Impala. My dad and I were
sitting on the back of the truck talking about the missed Wildebeest.
He asked if I would like to try for another one if we saw a big one.
Just as I was saying yes, Gareth (our PH for the day) slammed on the
brakes. There was a great looking Wildebeest off in the distance.
We checked it out and decided to go for it. We crawled up to about
200 yards and set up. Gareth had me sit down and use the sticks to
get steady. The Wildebeest was slowly walking to my right but
stopped and gave me what I though was a great shot. I touched off
my 7mm and saw the Wildebeest go running. I knew I hit him good
and was excited that I made up for my bad shot.
We all took off to find any sign of blood or tracks. Gareth and his
tracker had to find the tracks and follow them about 200 yards before
they finally found blood. Another sigh of relief, but it was a deja-vu
moment from the last hunt. We followed the tracks and blood into
the bushes. We saw where he laid down a few times, but we could
never get a glimpse of him. There was a good blood trail, but the
blood was full of fat. Gareth thought I must have hit him in the
brisket area. After about an hour of following the Wildebeest, we
decided to grab some water and let my dad and Gareth get there big
guns. The Wildebeest went into some thick brush and we didn’t feel
that my 7mm would be adequate if we came across any large
animals.
After chugging some water and sitting in the shade, it was time to get
going. We followed the tracks (even I could follow these since the
right back hoof was splayed open) until we found where he had
bedded down not more than 1,000 yards from where we were taking
our break! There was still plenty of blood but his tracks showed that
he was running off and on. We made our way out to a small clearing
and I spotted the Wildebeest about 150 yards away. Gareth had the
open shot, so he took two shots with his 458 Lott. We weren’t sure
that he hit it because the Wildebeest was in the brush and running
away. We ran towards where it was and found a fresh spray of blood
and a chunk of bone. We thought for sure that we would find the
Wildebeest not far from there, boy were we wrong!
It was easy to track now, there was blood on the ground and on the
bushes as we passed. The splayed hoof print also made it easy when
the blood wasn’t there. We spotted the Wildebeest a few times, but
couldn’t get close! At that point Gareth started to run towards where
we though the Wildebeest would go. Now Gareth is over 6 feet tall
and I am about 5’3”, but I was determined to keep up! Again we go
to a clearing and had a glimpse of the animal. This time it was dad’s
turn to get into the action. He was using his 375 HH to take a good
off hand shot at the backside of the animal. The Wildebeest was
STILL running! At that point I looked back at my mom who was
running to keep up, I was so proud! I had to forget about her
though, I had to get this animal down! So I took off with Gareth and
has tracker. I don’t know that I have ever had that much adrenaline,
but I’m glad I did! Finally we caught up to the Wildebeest and this
time it was my turn. He stopped about 100 yards in front of us and I
took an off-hand shot. Now, I hadn’t practiced much at off-hand
shooting, so it was a struggle. It appeared I hit him, but he still was
upright! He walked behind a tree so only his head was showing. I
found a tree to rest on and zeroed in on his jaw, the only shot I had.
After I touched off my 7mm, I looked up in time to see the great
Wildebeest finally drop to the ground. I was dripping with sweat and
shaking with shear adrenaline. My mom and dad made it up to us
and asked if I finally got it. My mom said, “Man, that sounded like a
Western Movie!”
We walked up to the great beast who had ridden his adrenaline as far
as he could. I’m not sure how many times we actually hit him, but
my final shot broke his jaw and neck. My first shot was placed just
right, if he was broad side. When we looked back at the video, he
was actual quartering away a bit. Again, I learned a good lesson in
shot placement. We studied hime for a bit and took many pictures
and videos and then it was done.
I have so much respect for these great plains game of Africa. This
was by far the most challenging hunt I have ever been on. I got to
take more shots here then I will at home in 10 years. There is
nothing better than real life practice to make you a better hunter. I
would like to thank a few special people that made this hunt possible.
First my dad Jerry. Without him I would never have this great
experience, and more importantly, I wouldn’t have the knowledge of
how important hunting is to wildlife conservation. Second, I would
like to thank my mom Kathleen for experiencing this great hunt with
us, you are the best. Last but not least, I would like to thank Guy
Whittal and the staff of Roger Whittall Safari’s for this amazing
experience. Humani ranch is truly one of the most beautiful places I
have ever been. The people there are one of a kind and I hope that I
get the opportunity to go back someday.
If you would like a copy of my journal from my 18 day hunt, please
email me at [email protected]. For more information about
Roger Whittall Safari’s go to: www.safarisafricazimbabwe.com/index.php
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BAN Q U ET R EVI EW 2012
By Ken Harris
We had another fun and successful fundraiser February 17-18 at the
Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. Every year it is nice to get together
with our Members and friends to support these essential causes that
mean so much to us all. Also, getting to catch up, telling stories from
the past season, and camaraderie are something we all look forward to.
It is really nice to see all of you and we hope everyone had a great time.
Pulling off a successful event is difficult. The planning and
coordination is tedious work which requires an all year commitment
from many people. Of course, the outcome is always rewarding, and
getting to work with such quality people is not only a learning
experience, but a privilege. This year we had involvement from many
of our Members that helped tremendously! There are so many areas
that need to be covered and that support was much appreciated. For
fear of leaving someone out I won’t name all of the names, but I want
to express a personal “thank you” to all of you who helped. Really… I
mean it! So remember, we can always use more help getting donations,
organizing, or supporting the many working positions during the event.
Consider contributing? It is rewarding and enjoyable!
This past Seattle Sportsmen’s Convention marked the 12th year we
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have partnered with the Seattle Sportsmen’s Conservation Foundation
(SSCF) and the Seattle Puget Sound Chapter of SCI. It has been the
largest wildlife conservation fundraiser in Washington for a long time.
This partnership was invaluable for setting a standard in wildlife
fundraising and for achieving our goals. I would be remiss if I did not
recognize the contribution of our partners and express our
appreciation. We made some great friendships that will continue
forever. Thank you. But, like all good things… they come to an end.
Our Membership has expressed a desire to have our own exclusive
banquet for quite awhile. We have spent much time considering this
and decided to go back to having our own Washington Wild Sheep
Foundation banquet in 2013. (Read more about this in the President’s
message). We have a unique group, and feel now is the time to
reorganize our fundraising efforts. This emphasis will help focus our
unique brand and hopefully energize our membership moving forward
into the future.
Thank you again for all of your help. I’m excited for next year and
look forward to seeing all of you at our banquet in March. It will be
the best yet!
ASOTI N H ERD
Pneumonia Claiming Asotin Creek Bighorns
What had been a remarkably healthy herd of bighorn sheep is suffering
from a disease that has plagued other herds in the Hells Canyon region
since the late 1990s. Members of the Asotin Creek herd, which
numbered more than 100 animals late last year, are now dying of
pneumonia.
"We are already down 30 to 40 percent," said Paul Wik, district wildlife
biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at
Clarkston. "We think the mortality has the possibility of continuing
through the fall, and we may see it continue through the next rut when
they have so much contact. We are predicting lamb survival will be
quite low this summer."
Pneumonia swept through many bighorn herds in the greater Hells
Canyon area in 1995 and 1996. Wildlife biologists and researchers
believe the outbreak was triggered when domestic sheep or goats
carrying the disease came in contact with wild sheep. Since the initial
outbreak, and resulting all-age die off, the affected herds have
continued to be plagued by lingering illness and poor lamb survival.
Researchers at Washington State University are testing dead sheep
from the herd. The disease was found in three dead ewes wearing radio
collars and in one ewe killed by a cougar. One dead ewe tested negative
for the disease.
Wik said the department is intensively monitoring the herd but has no
plans at this time to take other actions.
In November, five sheep from the Asotin herd were captured and taken
to WSU for research. All of them tested negative for the disease.
Because of herd's health, some animals were periodically trapped and
used by researchers trying to learn more about the disease. The Asotin
herd has been subjected to highly managed hunting. Wik said it is
possible a two-tag hunt previously planned for this fall will continue.
"Based on our survey data we still have adequate number for a very
limited harvest," he said.
Despite its close proximity to sick herds, as well as the outskirts of
Asotin and Clarkston where some residents keep domestic sheep and
goats, the Asotin herd represented an island of good health. That
changed in January when sheep began to die.
Wik said it appears the disease may have been imported from a
wandering ram belonging to the Black Butte herd that lives near the
mouth of the Grand Ronde River. That herd previously suffered from
the disease and the same strain of bacteria was found in dead sheep
from the Asotin herd.
"It seems logical that would be the source of the outbreak but we are
not able to say that at this time," Wik said.
Ewes from the Asotin herd with severe "sore mouth" virus. Deadly
pneumonia has also been documented.
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Member Sally Torres took this really nice bull
from the Dayton unit last fall while she was
7 months pregnant!
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WAWSF board member Mark Torres took this monster Shiras moose last fall. The bull was 41" wide
and scored 165 B & C. Congrats Mark!
WAWSF board member Roy Reese called in this
great Merriam's gobbler in Klickitat Count for his
hunting buddy David.
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