Money is no object whats your dream hunt? - Page 3

444 · May 16, 2002, 10:00 PM

One more. Pardon the quality, the Pahrump Caveman is running the camera.

H&H,hunter · May 16, 2002, 10:02 PM

444
That one in the middle has got good mass was how was his curl. Hard to see from that angle.

Sheep are just so darn majestic gives me goose bumps just to see them in the wild.

444 · May 16, 2002, 10:09 PM

H&H, none of them were trophy animals, but like you say, seeing them in the wild is always a thrill. These pictures were taken directly East of Beatty Nevada; between Beatty and the Nevada Test Site.
To tie this in to a hot local (national ?) news topic. These sheep are very close to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear repository. This is where Washington has decided that those of us in Nevada can store the nations high level nuclear waste. After all, it is just a barren wasteland.

H&H,hunter · May 17, 2002, 08:51 AM

444,
Being a NM native I can relate. Not only do we manufacture,design and modify most of the worlds nuclear weapons we are also home to one of the largest high level waste dumps in the world ,WIPP down south of Carlsbad NM. Also one of the premiere desert mule deer locations on the planet.

Art Eatman · May 17, 2002, 09:15 AM

Well, nuke-junk a mile underground ain't gonna hurt critters up top. Dunno how much area is restricted by the feds, but I'd imagine it creates a sizable sanctuary. Drawback is, I guess, that the feds won't let folks go in and build/maintain guzzlers.

Art

444 · May 17, 2002, 09:17 AM

There is no end of speculation about the game animals on the test site and the gunnery ranges which have never been hunted. And there are no end to the stories from guys that work there about the huge deer located inside the fences. For those not familiar, these areas are the size of eastern states; totally off limits to anyone except the personel working there.

444 · May 17, 2002, 09:22 AM

Art: The underground dump may or may not hurt the animals above. I guess it depends on how much leakage there is, and how much ground water contamination there is. And how big the facility is, how much terrain is disturbed in it's construction, how many roads will be built, how much traffic there is, how many personel will be working there etc. Of course the big issue we have as residents (in addition to the ones already mentioned) is the transportation of this high level waste to the repository. Obviously trucks loaded with this stuff are going to be on our nations highways and can easily be involved in an accident. Being a firefighter/paramedic, guess who is going to be called to these accidents ?

May 16, 2002, 10:02 PM	#52
H&H,hunter Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 504	444 That one in the middle has got good mass was how was his curl. Hard to see from that angle. Sheep are just so darn majestic gives me goose bumps just to see them in the wild.

May 16, 2002, 10:09 PM	#53
444 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,968	H&H, none of them were trophy animals, but like you say, seeing them in the wild is always a thrill. These pictures were taken directly East of Beatty Nevada; between Beatty and the Nevada Test Site. To tie this in to a hot local (national ?) news topic. These sheep are very close to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear repository. This is where Washington has decided that those of us in Nevada can store the nations high level nuclear waste. After all, it is just a barren wasteland.

May 17, 2002, 08:51 AM	#54
H&H,hunter Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 504	444, Being a NM native I can relate. Not only do we manufacture,design and modify most of the worlds nuclear weapons we are also home to one of the largest high level waste dumps in the world ,WIPP down south of Carlsbad NM. Also one of the premiere desert mule deer locations on the planet.

May 17, 2002, 09:15 AM	#55
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Well, nuke-junk a mile underground ain't gonna hurt critters up top. Dunno how much area is restricted by the feds, but I'd imagine it creates a sizable sanctuary. Drawback is, I guess, that the feds won't let folks go in and build/maintain guzzlers. Art

May 17, 2002, 09:17 AM	#56
444 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,968	There is no end of speculation about the game animals on the test site and the gunnery ranges which have never been hunted. And there are no end to the stories from guys that work there about the huge deer located inside the fences. For those not familiar, these areas are the size of eastern states; totally off limits to anyone except the personel working there.

May 17, 2002, 09:22 AM	#57
444 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,968	Art: The underground dump may or may not hurt the animals above. I guess it depends on how much leakage there is, and how much ground water contamination there is. And how big the facility is, how much terrain is disturbed in it's construction, how many roads will be built, how much traffic there is, how many personel will be working there etc. Of course the big issue we have as residents (in addition to the ones already mentioned) is the transportation of this high level waste to the repository. Obviously trucks loaded with this stuff are going to be on our nations highways and can easily be involved in an accident. Being a firefighter/paramedic, guess who is going to be called to these accidents ?