tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837906920822459098.post6072375832599016178..comments2024-01-08T18:30:14.490-07:00Comments on Prairie Ice: Bighorn Sheep Follow UpJohn Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13685565082296393942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837906920822459098.post-64223223280608469132013-01-22T20:08:15.564-07:002013-01-22T20:08:15.564-07:00Thanks for the info Jesse. This ewe was just off t...Thanks for the info Jesse. This ewe was just off the north side of highway 89 about a mile northwest of Gardiner. John Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334146055880895411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837906920822459098.post-62616871257417377852013-01-20T19:05:04.515-07:002013-01-20T19:05:04.515-07:00Hey John,
Where specifically did you see this col...Hey John,<br /><br />Where specifically did you see this collared ewe? She was definitely collared in mid-Feb last year, but our collar marking technique this time around wasn't the best (looks like the tape is coming off and may have come off another part of the collar...we're still perfecting that), so I'm not sure which one she is. (Though we don't have much information on her, since it only been less than a year of the study)<br /><br />And to JK,<br />The GPS will collect spatial data for a couple years until its battery dies, then will fall off to be recovered, which is when the VHF is set to turn, so we can continue to find her for about 7 years before that battery dies. This will allow us to assess if she has reproduced, and see if her lamb survives the summers (and following winters). We will also use it to assess her survival. Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12040524233223926425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837906920822459098.post-30760330633394921292013-01-16T14:56:08.813-07:002013-01-16T14:56:08.813-07:00Very interesting. Do the researchers use the VHF t...Very interesting. Do the researchers use the VHF to find the individual and replace the GPS battery when it is going dead, or do they just let the GPS die and that individual drops out of that part of the study?JKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614141904786915153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837906920822459098.post-56178152681745616832013-01-16T08:56:17.463-07:002013-01-16T08:56:17.463-07:00Hey that is pretty interesting. Amazing the thing...Hey that is pretty interesting. Amazing the things we can learn by just adding a collar to these animals. Wish I'd have seen them when I was down there (I tried to no avail) maybe I should have been asking the study group! :)MTWagginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823827748782425907noreply@blogger.com