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~ Sportsmen working for the future of Nevada’s wildlife ~ NBU Journal . Volume 30 . Number 2 1 Editor’s Notes NBU Journal is published quarterly by: 33 Years - 11,260 Bighorn Sheep And We Aren’t Done Yet! Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Yes, that’s right! We have 8,900 Desert, 2,100 California and 260 Rock Mtn. Bighorn P.O. Box 21393 Sheep in Nevada… And we aren’t done yet! Reno, Nevada 89515-1393 We had a very successful 2012-2013 Big Game Capture, Transplant, and Monitoring A non-profit, tax-exempt Program with the NDOW. We moved 49 Desert Bighorn from the River and Muddy Mountains to the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah. We moved organization incorporated another 25 Deserts from Lone Mountain to the Excelsior Range. We moved 23, 30 and 25 under Nevada State Law. California Bighorn from the Sheep Creeks, Pine Forest and Black Rocks to the Jacksons, Hays Canyon and Santa Rosa Ranges, respectively. Finally, we transplanted 20 Rocky Mountain Bighorn from the Luscar Mine in Alberta, Canada (see featured stories on page 8 and 10) to the East Humboldt Range in Elko County. That’s a total of 74 Deserts, 78 Board of Directors Californias and 20 Rocky Mtn. Bighorn Sheep; 172 total transplants and 123 transplants right here in Nevada. What an accomplishment! Dennis Wilson, DVM, President Jeff Turnipseed, Vice President Who can we thank? We can start with the professional big game biologists at NDOW for Bruce MacKay, Secretary sure. Also, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Nevada Heritage Fund, Elko Bighorns, Brett K. Jefferson, PLS, Treasurer NBU-Midas, Utah FNAWS, WSF- Eastern Chapter, the Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn, Mel Belding FNAWS Iowa Chapter and WSF – Midwest Chapter joined with Nevada Bighorns Unlimited to fund this effort and perpetuate our mission. Steve Field Larry Johnson In addition to collaring transplanted bighorn sheep, a number of other animals were collared Pat Pinjuv during the program to collect critical data on sheep dispersal, research on Mountain Goat Dan Price and bighorn interaction and elk seasonal use and dispersal patterns. Collared animals Greg Smith included one Desert Ram in Hot Creek; two Desert Rams and two ewes in East Range; Steve Tapogna a ram and a ewe in the Monitor Range; a Rocky Mtn. Ram and two ewes in Leppy Hills/ Joshua Vittori Pilot Range; two billys and 15 nannys in the East Humboldts, and another two nannys in the Ruby Mountains; and 2, 3, and 4 cow elk in the Santa Rosa Range, Area 6 and Clover Dan Warren Moutains, respectively. Submission Dates: What a great trap and transplant season! Congratulations to everyone! Spring Issue: January 31st In closing, if you missed the 33rd Annual NBU Fundraising Banquet – you missed a beauty! Summer Issue: April 15th It was fantastic! We cannot begin to thank our banquet sponsors enough for their support Fall Issue: August 15th in making the banquet such a success: Grand Slam Club / Ovis, Cabela’s, Central Kansas Winter Issue: November 15th ® Outfitters, Kyle Meintzer/Lincoln F.A., Scheels, Wild Sheep Foundation, Leica, Mason Valley Hunt Club, Harcourts, Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers, Sitka Gear, The Evans Group For more information on NBU and Fur and Feather Taxidermy. The volunteers constructed an amazing hall and our list of donors to the banquet continues to grow each year. Thank you to everyone for helping call (775) 323-1177 or visit our website NBU to create such a successful night of fundraising for our wildlife! http://NevadaBighornsUnlimited.org Good luck in the draws! REMEMBER: Upper & Brett Jefferson, Editor Lower Clark Mtn. Guzzlers [email protected] in the Virginias are on private land and require permission fromThank the you! owner for access. Cover photo and all banquet photography taken by Randy Rascati. NBU Journal . Volume 30 . Number 2 2 Thank you Randy for all you hard work and great photography! 3 Table of Contents President’s Message Page 8 Page 10 Fellow NBU Members: The success of this banquet could not have STARTING OVER THE ALBERTA TO NEVADA We just came off a tremendous fundraising been accomplished By Jim Nelson TRAP AND TRANSPLANT banquet April 5th at the Peppermill. 2,080 without the generous By Josh Vittori people were served dinner (an all-time support of our sponsors record) and we had a highly financially (listed in the Editor’s successful evening! We had the opportunity notes on page 3) and to recognize outstanding volunteers and we our donors (listed on had amazing support from our sponsors and donors. pages 16-17). Please Page 12 give a big thank-you This way to the next NBU Guzzler Build! The Heritage California Bighorn Sheep Tag went for $70,000 to these individuals, corporations and organizations. The NBU THANK YOU TO ALL OUR BANQUET VOLUNTEERS! and the Heritage Desert (Nelson) Bighorn Sheep Tag went for Board of Directors put in hundreds of hours to make this banquet $87,500. All the money raised from these tags will go directly to successful. I am thankful for the support and tireless drive of the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s Heritage Program. Since these exceptional volunteers. Those of you who donated your NBU is an all-volunteer organization, the remaining funding raised time, effort, funding and expertise to pull off this great banquet Page 14 at this banquet will go directly to habitat improvement projects, are greatly appreciated. Once again, NBU volunteers rise to the trap and transplant projects, youth programs, wildlife disease occasion and get it done! 2013 KINDRED AWARD research, and public education efforts. Now that the banquet is behind us, it is time to do what we do best Highlights of the evening included a great meal and service by the and that is to volunteer for the benefit of Nevada’s wildlife. You Peppermill. The second annual taxidermy competition was a hit, will note a number of upcoming guzzler projects and volunteer Page 16 congratulations to the people’s choice winners Joe Zweifel and opportunities on our website, events calendar on page 6, and Shawn Repp, and the biologist’s choice winner Wayne Comstock. Facebook page. See you out on the next guzzler site! Watch THANK YOU TO Page 18 The true artistry and realism of these pieces, along with the other your e-mails for further details. OUR DONORS! entry submissions was truly amazing. The Wall of Heads was a NBU and NASP, A WINNING masterpiece this year, thanks to those of you who let us borrow Proudly representing the best wildlife volunteers ever, COMBINATION your trophies for the evening. The raffles were highly successful, By Doug Nielsen thanks to the hours of preparation and the generous donations of our volunteers and sponsors. The general raffle for the Wall Dennis Wilson, of Guns performed exceedingly well. The auctions, both silent NBU President and general did very well. One auction item in particular, the Page 20 Maison T Ortiz Youth Antelope Hunt did very well and the funds raised from this auction item will go directly to the support of the YOUTH GUN Page 21 upcoming youth skills camp this summer. NBU youth scored with RAFFLE WINNERS a camelback give-away, along with exceedingly generous extra THE TURKEY HUNT youth gun donations from Jeremy Page and Albert Seeno. OF A LIFETIME By Madison Moore NBU was honored to have new Nevada Department of Wildlife Director Tony Page 24 Wasley present, along STEVE KELLERS WINS Page 26 with interim director Take it up a notch! George Tsukamoto Join NBU as an Outfitter or 2012 WAYNE E. KIRCH THE TALE OF KING and past director CONSERVATION AWARD FERUKE Ken Mayer. Our Corporate Member! By Scott Carpenter relationship with the Nevada Department WSF President Gray Thornton presents NBU Every membership in Nevada Bighorns Unlimited helps to of Wildlife remains President Dennis Wilson with a $25,000 guzzler re-establish, augment and maintain Nevada’s wildlife. strong thanks to the donation from the Nevada Water Appeal fundraiser at the 2013 Reno Sheep Show. Outfitter Members and Corporate Members receive Page 30 leadership of these a listing in each issue of the NBU Journal as well as Page 28 BIGHORNS’ DEADLIEST men. We had numerous legislators and dignitaries present, all acknowledgement on the NBU-Reno website. TAXIDERMY of whom are working to support Nevada’s wildlife, sportsmen OBSTACLE: DOMESTIC and sportswomen during this legislative session. NBU was Consider supporting Nevada’s Wildlife COMPETITION also honored to receive a $25,000 check from the Wild Sheep at these new membership levels. SHEEP DISEASE – PART 2 Foundation’s Gray Thornton for a guzzler project. This kind of By Tristan Howard support for Nevada’s wildlife is wonderful! ~ Thank you! ~ 4 NBU Journal . Volume 30 . Number 2 5 NBU GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES 1 rd 10 -10 CABELA’S AS A 33 W DCW ANNUAL BANQUET c. c n In s s, ’s a SPONSOR ela b ab Cab C 2 12 ©20 © June 1 & 2 Black Canyon Spring Development Project June 8 Sparks Rotary Kids Free Fishing Day Sparks Marina Need Volunteers Contact Pat Pinjuv at [email protected] June 21 & 22 Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners Meeting Ely, Nevada Set/Revise Upland Game and Furbearer Seasons and Limits July 13 & 14 Belli Coleman Canyon Guzzler At Cabela’s, our outdoor experts put our gear to the test every chance they get. From hunting July, 19 – 21 Maison T Ortiz – Youth Outdoor Skills Camp Winnemucca Ranch Visit us in Reno! Need Volunteers Contact [email protected] and fi shing to camping and hiking, Cabela’s Outfi tters do it all. And they are happy to share Cabela’s Aug.