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Proceedings of the 3rd Northern Wild Sheep Council
Great Falls, Montana
Table of Contents
Welcome and opening remarks
Wesley Woodgerd
Wild sheep from an economic and consumer viewpoint
Jack Atcheson
Resumes of Current Wild Sheep Management and Research in Each State and Province
Alaska – Wayne Heimer
Yukon – J. M. Christiansen
Northwest Territories – Norman Simmons
British Columbia – Kerry Constan
Alberta – William Wishart, Corm Gates
Alberta – Randy Chappel
Oregon – James Blaisdell
Idaho – William Hickey
Montana – Joe Egan
North Dakota – Jim McKenzie
Wyoming – Bill Helms
Utah – Homer Stapley
Colorado – Gene Schoonveld
Session on the Boone and Crockett Syndrome
Some questions about trophy hunting
James Morgan
What are the effects of bighorn trophy hunting?
William Wishart
Comments on hunting
Jack O’Connor
Session on Habitat
The importance of mineral licks to Dall sheep in interior Alaska and its significance to sheep management
Wayne Heimer
Bighorn sheep in the Missouri River breaks of Montana
Larry Eichhorn and C. Robert Watts
Range ecology of bighorn sheep in relation to self-regulation theories
John Stelfox
Range use and food habits of bighorn sheep in the Sun River area, Montana
Michael Frisina
Session on Behavior
Comments on behavior
Valerius Geist
Movements of bighorn sheep in west central Montana
Glenn Erickson
The effect of ambient temperature on the winter feed intake of bighorn sheep
Daryll Hebert
Session on Transplanting
The Lava Beds bighorn transplant
James Blaisdell
Wyoming’s bighorn sheep transplants
Bill Helms
Bighorn sheep transplanting in Montana
Reuel Janson
Comments on transplanting
Valerius Geist
Other Selected Research Papers
Lamb Mortality
Terry Spraker
Cause and nature of mortality in bighorn sheep
Bob Lange
Effects of late prehistoric and early historic Eskimo hunting of Dall sheep in north Alaska: examples of Aboriginal overkill
John Martin Campbell
Physical condition, productivity and quality of nutrition of bighorn sheep in the Sun River area, Montana
Michael Frisina
A preliminary look at Dall ram horn growth in Alaska and its implications
Wayne Heimer and A. C. Smith