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16 of 31 Bighorn sheep moved to Tucson are now dead
KVOA.com ^ | 17 March 2014 | Anonymous

Posted on 03/17/2014 3:57:20 PM PDT by Mr Rogers

From 3 months ago:

"TUCSON - Thirty one Bighorn sheep that were relocated to the Catalina mountains Monday are thriving, according to Arizona Game and Fish officials. Their movements are being tracked using GPS collars. News 4 Tucson was given insight into their first few hours on their new turf. If you live in, or visit Pusch Ridge grab your binoculars, you're in for a sight...The cost of the project is around $600,000. It's funded by private donations and fees from hunting and fishing licenses."

From a week ago:

"Officials said a mountain lion killed the ewe they found in the Catalinas Sunday. Hunters tracked and killed the offending mountain lion. The 15th death was discovered on Tuesday, when a dead ram was found. The cause of the ram's death is under investigation. Out of the 6 relocated rams, 1 is still alive."

From today:

"TUCSON - Game and Fish has reported a mountain lion has killed another relocated bighorn sheep. This is the 16th death so far of the 31 sheep who were moved from a mountain area near Yuma to the Catalinas."


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: wildlife
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To: Mr Rogers

The picture would not look like this if the sheep were issued CCW permits and were carrying.


21 posted on 03/17/2014 4:37:16 PM PDT by lurk
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To: Mr Rogers

All governments and bureaucracies are the same.
Chock full of armchair experts.


22 posted on 03/17/2014 4:39:35 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Albert Einstein: The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: C210N

Good Idea! Though... I say that the whole border could be a Global Hawk training range.... but sure enough the kid gamers flying those platforms would eventually be set loose on you and I.


23 posted on 03/17/2014 4:39:35 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

Some of these folks need to look south to Texas, we’ll show them how to relocate exotic’s.


24 posted on 03/17/2014 4:44:14 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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To: Dusty Road

The feral hogs on our ranch are so nocturnal that we never see them unless they walk in front of a game camera. How are you killing yours?

Ours also avoid the hog traps too.


25 posted on 03/17/2014 4:50:47 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Rodamala

If you encounter a Mountain Lion pull out your Springfield Armory .40 cal and place two-four successive personal defense rounds in its brain. :-)


26 posted on 03/17/2014 4:58:59 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Mr Rogers
Offending lion? Apparently this is a crime akin to murder.

Actually it's called nature.

27 posted on 03/17/2014 5:16:04 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: Ditter

Our country is pretty open and I’m all over the ranch everyday, picked up a Panther Arms LR 308 for a little more firepower. That and a CZ 527 in 223 pretty well have me covered.


28 posted on 03/17/2014 5:18:38 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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To: Ditter

ATN ThOR thermal imaging scope mounted on a Sig 716 7.62x51 rifle.


29 posted on 03/17/2014 5:22:04 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Mr Rogers
Maybe Alferd Packer is still around up in the mountains:

"You voracious man-eating son of a bitch, there was 31 Democrats in Pima County and you ate 16 of them. G_d d_mn you! I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, Dead, DEAD, as a warning against reducing the Democratic population of Pima County. Packer, you Republican cannibal, I would sentence you to Hell but the statutes forbid it."

30 posted on 03/17/2014 5:25:58 PM PDT by x
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To: Dusty Road

We don’t see the hogs in the day time. Also we have a 4 lane highway and a county airport plus a county road and neighbors too close for comfort. Also I forgot a state prison farm on our entire southern side. If we did see them we would have to be close and very careful.

I was hoping you were going to tell me about some new fool proof hog trap.


31 posted on 03/17/2014 5:36:11 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: the_Watchman
they thought they would be in trouble if they shot it.

Shoot, shovel, and shut up.

32 posted on 03/17/2014 6:05:37 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (Book: Resistance to Tyranny. Buy from Amazon.)
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To: Rodamala

Missed a panel on the sign .... pull out your 45 and shoot the damn thing ... again and again until it stops moving!


33 posted on 03/17/2014 6:27:51 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (WWP and Paralyed Veterans Assoc. doing the work the U.S. Veterans Administration won't do!)
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To: Mr Rogers

Maybe they were afraid the sheep would took. A dead sheep tells no tales.


34 posted on 03/17/2014 6:34:09 PM PDT by Gluteus Maximus
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To: Rodamala

Neighborhood watch with a private air force flying CAP.


35 posted on 03/17/2014 8:01:51 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Slings and Arrows
Woolly nom-noms?

Big Kitteh PING

36 posted on 03/17/2014 11:44:00 PM PDT by OSHA (One despises and wants to destroy the United States, the other is a dead terrorist.)
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To: OSHA

“Hey! What are you eating?”

“Mutton, honey.”


37 posted on 03/18/2014 12:17:23 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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