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Hunt Talk Radio

Arizona Wild Sheep, Water & Drought

Hunt Talk Radio

Randy Newberg

Sports, Wilderness, Education, How To

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy talks about long-term drought impacts and Arizona's wild sheep with Brad Remfrey of the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society.  Topics covered include drought, hauling water, volunteerism is key, loss of surface water, collective human impacts, changing landscapes, how to help wildlife in drought, how to win a Dall Sheep hunt in the McKenzie Mountains, what is done with you money, advocacy, and a host of other issues impacting Arizona's Desert Bighorn Sheep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, Randy Noverg here. Welcome to Loot Fold's Haunted Talk of Radio.

0:31.0

Hey folks, Randy Noverg here with another episode of Loot Fold's Haunted Talk Radio.

0:37.0

It is hot this summer. But where I'm at is not nearly as hot as my friends down in Arizona.

0:47.0

And the reason I bring that up is today our guest is one of the most amazing conservation volunteers

0:55.0

and one of the most amazing volunteer groups you're ever going to encounter.

1:02.0

Brad Remfrey from the Arizona Desert Big Horn Sheep Society is going to be our guest

1:10.0

and we're going to talk about bigger picture of one little bit background about their organization.

1:16.0

And also a little bit of the idea that comes with trying to keep water on a landscape in a place like Arizona.

1:29.0

One of the things some some points I'm sure you'll hear Brad touch on is that his group is 100% volunteers.

1:38.0

All the money they raise goes into the ground either in the form of water. Relocation or transplant of wild sheep buying out some grazing allotments.

1:50.0

Equipment that helps Arizona game and fish deliver more water.

1:57.0

And in some cases in really dry years like this year it goes for things like helicopter time actual contract delivery of water.

2:06.0

Whatever it might be without water nothing survives. And never is that more present than in Arizona when you are in the midst of a two to three year drought like they have been.

2:21.0

Fingers crossed that the monsoons can help relieve some of this or is going to rely on monsoon rains in July and August.

2:29.0

And then again some winter rains in January and February. But if you don't get those, life's not good.

2:36.0

So we're going to talk about that. And then one of the other things with them, Brad approached me a couple of years ago.

2:45.0

He is working a booth and asked if I'd be willing to help them raise some money. And I said, hey, you know, if it's for conservation and habitat.

2:57.0

Count me in, ask me what you need me to do. So they made an arrangement with and gone a river outfitters up in McKinsey mountains way up in Canada.

3:11.0

One of my dream locations where if I bought a hunt they could buy a hunt and they get the outfitter herald would make sure that we'd all get to hunt together.

3:25.0

And so we're doing this raffle out there, this sweepstakes. And if the winter wants, I'll bring Marcus with and we'll film their hunt.

3:34.0

And they'll have it for, you know, eternal memories. But either way, somebody's going to get to win a hunt.

3:42.0

A sheep hunt plus some cash to help offset the other expenses. I think it's $5,000 a cash. So I want to plug that in here because Brad's such a modest guy.

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