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RAC requests wildlife board explore depredation-style options for 'once-in-a-lifetime' sheep amid disease concerns
Summary
Southeast RAC urged the wildlife board to direct DWR to examine faster or depredation-style opportunities for once-in-a-lifetime sheep tags when herds face die-offs from disease or drought; the RAC also approved DWR's once-in-a-lifetime permit recommendations.
The Southeast Regional Advisory Council voted unanimously to send a recommendation to the state wildlife board asking the Division of Wildlife Resources to study "depredation-style" or rapid-response opportunities that would let hunters use once-in-a-lifetime (OIAL) or similar permits when bighorn sheep herds experience disease die-offs or other sudden declines.
John Baer of Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife described recent local…
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