Some Sheep Counting Pictures

[Taylor329]

Went to my first WSSOBC sheep count this past weekend, great job by all the people involved with organizing the event. Perfect day for glassing, great turnout of volunteers, and great numbers put forward at the end of the day. Had loads of fun swapping stories, getting to know the guys in my group, and I'll definitely be going again next year. We broke off into groups of 2 or 3 people and all got assigned different zones to glass. Here are a couple of pictures from the day, our group saw about 30 sheep in total. Lots of ewes and yearlings, and a few banana rams.

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[charlie_horse]

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I'm terrible for taking pictures but I did manage to take at least one.

[HarryToolips]

Awesome pics man great work!

[boxhitch]

Good pics thanks
what is your camera setup ?

[Zedbra]

Cool pics.

[604Stalker]

Great job! Pictures like that are always cool

[Weatherby Fan]

WOW great pictures, looks like you guys had nice weather for the day, thanks for sharing.
WF

[RiverRunner]

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phone scope... IPhone 5s.... Vortex Razor 11-33x50. 420yrds

[Taylor329]

My camera setup is nothing fancy really...
Leupold GR12-40x60HD spotter, and I just held my iPhone 6 up to the lens. Still need to purchase a phone skope...

[BowRunner]

That looks like a fun activity. I heard that sheep numbers might be down due to transmission of domestic sheep diseases. Were there any indicators of lower numbers?

[Brew]

It was a good day for sure. Glad I got paired up with you and Vossie. You will like the phone skope. Makes it so much easier to snap photos.

[srupp]

Hmm from Tim and my count..just one zone numbers were up from what was seen last year...others seemed to have good numbers also..was a great day fer shure..
Srupp

[tangozulu]

Thought you said stone sheep counting thread and the sage bush and fir trees were really bothering me. All good innthe end and thanks for sharing.

[boxhitch]

That looks like a fun activity. I heard that sheep numbers might be down due to transmission of domestic sheep diseases. Were there any indicators of lower numbers?No problems in that area at Spences so far, count numbers are very close to expected but slow growth.

It will be interesting to see what comes out of the contact crisis at Mound Creek , near Chasm. Lots of potential for connectivity transfer there.

[srupp]

No problems in that area at Spences so far, count numbers are very close to expected but slow growth.

It will be interesting to see what comes out of the contact crisis at Mound Creek , near Chasm. Lots of potential for connectivity transfer there.

Thanks for all the effort on behalf of the sheep, and us spotters Bill. It is obvious you care and the organization was superb as always.always enjoy the day much thanks to EWE..ha..again thanks Bill
Cheers
Steven

[tuffcityhunter]

very neat thanks for sharing.

[Taylor329]

Hopefully You, Vossie, and I can get paired up again next year too Brew! I'll definitely be making time for more upcoming counts. Might even head up on my spare time to sharpen my glassing skills... Lord knows I need it!

[Vossie]

Yep should plan it again next year, was good chatting to you guys and hear the real sheep stories.