Fellow Sheep Hunters,
The Full CurlTM Society is rapidly achieving our mission, doing great things for wild sheep and rebuilding and making the lofty goal of taking all four sheep – The Full CurlTM – a reality for many hunters.
At the last Full CurlTM meeting, the energy and electricity in the room was palpable. Hundreds of new, young hunters, ready to live their dreams. Instead of giving away 4 sheep hunts as advertised, 10 were given away, and some of those hunters have already taken their rams !!
So, for this years event, we in total will have over 20 sheep hunts. The more sportsmen who join us, the more donors we attract, the more sheep hunts we will give away.
Look forward to seeing you at our second annual Full CurlTM Social: Saturday, Feb. 5, from 11-1 pm at the Marriott Ballroom, just east, across the street from the Expo hall.
Completing my Full CurlTM was a highlight of my life, an incredible 25-year journey, and was worth the effort and sacrifice to achieve it. I hope my two sons have the chance to complete their Full CurlTM, if they desire. This will require abundant sheep herds, which we will be a part of making sure it
happens at the Full CurlTM Society.
Don Peay
Founder Full CurlTM Society
Full Curl™ Society Conservation Activities
Here are some wild sheep conservation highlights of the individuals involved in the Full Curl™ Society:
Preparing to launch an Alaska Dall Sheep Recovery Initiative – details to be announced at the Full Curl™ Society meeting.
Assisted in removing barriers for guzzlers and sheep transplants in the Mojave Desert Preserve in California by meeting with U.S. Depar™ent of Interior personnel.
Pioneered the win/win domestic sheep buyout or conversion concept in several western states and helped with funding of buyouts in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.
Ensured the continued ability to transplant bighorn sheep on over 200 million acres of federal lands in all the western states in 2008 by meeting with Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Mark Rey when he was considering a proposal to ban all wild sheep transplants on Forest Service lands.
Helped increase Utah’s wild sheep populations from 1,500 to over 5,000 animals, including over 30 domestic sheep buyouts and 32 wild sheep transplants.
Played a major role in getting wolves delisted in the Northern Rockies and have been in the court room to ensure states have the rights to manage wolves and protect ungulates.
Worked to establish lion hunting quotas to protect wild sheep populations.
Full Curl™ Society founders have been on multiple wild sheep hunts in British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. They are aware of the conservation and resident/non-resident hunting issues in Canada.
