Once In a Lifetime
by Britt-Marie Jacobson-Bogue
Relentless 365 - Summer/Fall 2012
Let us begin this story back in june 2011. I was with a girlfriend on a cruise to the Caribbean. We were on the ship, "Oasis of the Sea", one of the largest cruise ships in the world. We had a wonderful time. When I returned home, my husband Dan handed me an envelope. It was from the California Department of Fish and Game. I opened the envelope and I couldn't believe what I was reading. We had been applying in California for about 22 years. We always said that our donations were going to a good cause, never really expecting to be drawn. Well, this year I was one of the lucky ones. I had been drawn for a California Bighorn Sheep Tag I We just couldn't believe it!
What A Ride!!!
by Bob Richert
California Wild Sheep - Winter 2012
My quest to draw all of the tough draw animals in California started well over a decade before. I had drawn two X-Zone mule deer tags and an elk tag in the past six years. I was gaining notoriety with my friends as someone who they didn't want to be friends with anymore. I figured someone had to draw them, so why not me. We'll call it a lucky streak, but for how long, no one knows.
After being at max points for antelope and sheep for ten years, I figured I would draw an antelope tag. It was just a matter of time.
A Beginner's Tale
by Bob Totah and Cliff St. Martin
California Wild Sheep - Summer 2012
It was like a dream come true and lucky for me. My name is Bob Totah and I am a Police Officer in San Francisco. For the past seven years I have been applying for desert sheep, elk and antelope hunts here in California. I got drawn for desert bighorn sheep in 2011. I couldn't believe it, and I thought it must have been a mistake. I went online, which was tough for me, and I called Regina Abella from DFG and confirmed that I had been drawn. My girlfriend said that the smile on my face was the biggest she had ever seen. I immediately set out to find out about the area I would be hunting and trying to hire an outfitter since I did not know the area.
Once-In-A-Lifetime Tag
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME TAG • ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME ADVENTURE
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SHOT
by Britt-Marie Jacobson-Bogue
California Wild Sheep - Summer 2012
Let us begin this story back in June 2011. I was with a girlfriend on a cruise to the Caribbean. We were on the ship “Oasis of the Sea,” one of the largest cruise ships inthe world. We had a wonderful time. When I returned home, my husband, Dan, handed me an envelope. It was from the California Department of Fish and Game. I opened the envelope and I couldn’t believe what I was reading. We have been applying in California for about 22 years. We have always said that our donations were going to a good cause, never really expecting to be drawn. Well, this year I was one of the lucky ones. I had been drawn for a California Bighorn Sheep Tag! We just couldn’t believe it!
Patience, Perseverance, and a Little Bit of Magic
A Mark Dickson Story written by Mindi Combs
California Wild Sheep - Summer 2012
There’s a story told by Henry Old Coyote in the Bighorn Canyon’s National Recreation Area’s book about a father, or maybe a stepfather, seemingly possessed by evil spirits. This father attempts to kill his son while they are at a place called Hole-in-the-Wall in the Bighorns. The evil spirits make the man push his heir from a steep cliff, but the boy survives because he is caught by some trees growing in the canyon wall. The boy sits on a perch for days, and when nearly dead from hunger and exhaustion, seven bighorn sheep led by the chief of the bighorns, Big Metal (who is described as having horns and hooves of shiny steel) rescue the boy.