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January 19th 2010
Given the penalties for poaching in South Dakota, conservationists say it’s cheaper for someone to illegally shoot a trophy mule deer than it is to pay for a guided hunt.

The largest civil penalty the state can enforce in deer poaching cases is $1,000. Guided hunts can run more than $4,000.

State and national conservation groups, concerned hunters and the state Game, Fish and Parks Department want that to change.

Game, Fish and Parks officials have introduced legislation to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee that would increase the penalties for poaching. House Bill 1014 would use Boone and Crockett scoring guidelines to help set the penalties for poaching.

"This bill tries to reduce the desire of people who want to go after that big deer illegally," said...

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January 4th 2010
Cody, Wyoming USA – January, 2010.     The Wild Sheep Foundation Convention and International Sporting Expo, “The Sheep Show” will offer on auction more state, tribal, and provincial permits than anywhere on earth during the February 3-6, 2010 event in Reno, Nevada. In 2009, the sale of special permits generated more than $2 million in conservation funds. For the 2010 convention, the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) expects to generate even more, by offering some great first time permits for desert bighorn sheep in Sierra del Carmen, Baja Sur, Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. The WSF will once again offer sheep permits from Alberta to Arizona and Texas to California and every state and tribal nation in between! With your help, the WSF is hoping to reach $3 million in revenue to help wild sheep, goats, and other wildlife across North America. Without these all...
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December 21st 2009
Boone and Crockett Club President Lowell E. Baier of Bethesda, Md., is among several stalwart big-game conservationists named to Outdoor Life’s list of 25 people who’ve had the greatest positive impact on hunting, fishing and conservation. As a way to thank Lowell for his outstanding work in conservation, please cast a vote for Lowell Baier as “Readers’ Choice.”

For four decades, Lowell has dedicated his life to wildlife conservation. He got his start by founding the National Capitol Area Chapter of Safari Club International and became one of the original founders of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep.
 
Most importantly, Lowell spearheaded an intensive effort to preserve Roosevelt’s historic Elkhorn Ranch in North Dakota’s badlands. The ranch is where Roosevelt crystallized his commitment to making...
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December 4th 2009
SINCLAIR -- First out of the trailer when the gate dropped Wednesday morning were three fast-moving ewes from Oregon.

It took only seconds for the trio of bighorn sheep to make a mad dash up and over the rugged, snow-capped ridge in the Ferris/Seminoe area north of Rawlins.

A dozen or so more bighorns followed seconds later, one suddenly veering left and almost colliding with a small crowd of startled onlookers before heading over the ridge with the others.

Last to check out their new digs in Wyoming were three young rams.

They too quickly scampered over the snowy ridge located near Morgan Creek deep in the Seminoe Mountains and not too far from the Seminoe Dam, heading toward their chosen-for-them home in the rugged terrain of one of Wyoming’s smaller mountain ranges.

The 20 bighorn sheep were transplanted from a herd in...

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