If the guy doesn't have the 10 grand to spend so be it, that is life...
I hunted that country in 1994 for mule deer, and further into the plains, antelope.
Whilst chasing muleys I saw sheep every day--no rams, but I wasn't glassing for them or for any sheep. I was shocked at the number of dead ewe skulls I found, presumably from cougars. I must have found 20.
The private land puzzle is very difficult, and seems to me that some of the gates were locked...land that eventually led into the public ground. We had permission and keys to get in there and that was the only reason we could hunt it.
Its been over twenty years, maybe things have changed, but likely for the worse.
