happy new year Guy Eastmen here
there's no question 2020 has been a tough year on all of us
and our wildlife's conservation throughout the globe
is suffering immensely from the shutdowns and the lowered economy
one thing we cannot neglect is our wild sheep
wild sheep conservation cannot afford to take a year off
the good folks over at the wild sheep foundation
are doing something about it
even though a lot of our shows almost all the shows have been canceled this year
the sheep show will go on in a virtual capacity like something I've never seen before
I've had a sneak peek at some of the things they're doing over there
this isn't just sheep week here this year folks it's sheep week the experience
with so much more than you would normally see in a 3 or 4 short day trip to Reno
there's days worth of great activities
virtually where you can look at auctions, win hunts,
purchase hunts, talk to outfitters,
gear manufacturers, optics dealers,
everything you would normally see at the sheep show
the only thing you won't have is the mediocre food and the overpriced beer
but I'm sure
most of us can find our way to our own beer refrigerator to get that done
smoked him
everybody knows that sheep hunting is a limited opportunity experience
it's high quality but limited opportunity
and sheep conservation is so important to what we know today as sheep hunting
it was the most perfect stone shape that i've ever seen
he had a 45 inch curl
he had a beautiful white stripe
down the back of each leg
trophy of a lifetime
when my grandfather started sheep hunting back in the '50s
there was no sheep foundation
you just got what you got when you went into the hills
well in 1977 the wild sheep foundation was founded and
since then they've hit the ground running
putting money where their mouth is conserving sheep all over the globe
I recently went to Tajikistan on a marco polo sheep hunt
and did you know at one time there was less than
5,000 marco polo sheep in Tajikistan?
now they think there's over 26,000 mostly because of conservation efforts
just like what the guys at the sheep foundation are doing day in and day out
their mantra is putting more sheep on the mountain
and it's a self fulfilling prophecy when there's more money
there's more money for conservation which means more sheep
which means more opportunity for those of us who like to hunt and pursue sheep
so it's a great way to get involved even if it's just for a few bucks registering
for the event and checking it out it's only $50 to register for the whole 5 weeks
and one of the best things is there's 3 giveaways that you're in for
for just signing up for 50 bucks
your name will be put in the hat for a desert sheep hunt,
a stone sheep hunt, and a very high quality custom long range rifle
worth over ten thousand dollars so that's 3 giveaways
with a worth almost a hundred and twenty thousand dollars in total
for only a $50 registration fee click on the links
fill out the thing give them your credit card and you're in the hat for those 3 prizes
the crew at wild sheep foundation has gone overboard to make sure they include
literally everything that you would see at a normal sheep show
including a lot of the giveaway and raffle hunts there's over 18 hunts
that will be given away at the sheep show 12 of which are sheep hunts
so don't forget to get put in for those raffles
the money goes to a great cause helping put sheep on the mountain
for all of us to enjoy whether you're a hunter or not it's very important
that we do not turn our back on our wild sheep even in the toughest years
in north America 70 percent of the moneys raised for wild sheep conservation
come from special auction permits and raffle tags
and 40 percent of these moneys are raised and paid back to these agencies
by wild sheep foundation through their convention
all of the main staples will also be available inside this experience
the less than one club, the life member banquet
all of them will still be there so it doesn't matter if you have no sheep under your belt
or you're working on your second grand slam
everything sheep related
as we know it and have known it in the past and then some
will be available inside this sheep week experience
you'll be able to participate from any device that can get an internet signal
your laptop, your phone, your desktop, your tablet
heck my dad even wants to get involved he wants me to set it up on his smart tv
so he can chat on his iPad and watch on his big screen tv in his living room
so anywhere you can get a device connected to the internet
you can participate at any time in the virtual sheep week experience
the virtual doors on this event will open up on January 11th
and run for five weeks solid
so if there's anywhere I'm going to be it's going to be
at sheep week the experience starting January 11th
so come meet me there do some live chats
have your, immerse yourself in everything that is sheep
and sheep week, a true virtual experience of the sheep order