Notes – Data is from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) hunter harvest surveys.
Prior to 2012 the data is less reliable because the survey was done by telephone and was not mandatory. Nevertheless, all years were included to give you access to the complete dataset.
Dashboard Instructions
The dashboard is interactive. Data visualized on charts will filter as you make different selections.
You can click the bar chart, or the map to filter to a specific unit. If you use CTRL+click you can select multiple data points at the same time. To clear the filter, re-click the data you selected or click in the
Filters – Underneath the dashboard title there are filters:
1) Sub Species highlighter – If you click one of the listed sub species, then the charts will highlight those data points. 2)Combined Score filter – This filter allows you to choose the score range for harvested bighorn sheep appearing on the dashboard.
3) Season filter – Choose the range of hunting seasons.
4) Hunt Area filter – Select data for one, multiple or all hunt areas.
Age vs Score – On the scatterplot you can see the relationship between a sheep’s score and age. Each circle represents one harvested sheep. Colors also indicate the subspecies of the harvested sheep, so you can also see the relationship between score and sheep sub-species.
Score and Year – On this chart you can see the scores over time by each hunt area.
Avg Scores – This table shows you the average score of rams harvested in each hunt area, the rank of that score across all hunt areas in Oregon, and the number of rams used to calculate the average.
Seeing unexpected results?
If you are seeing unexpected results on the dashboard, then double check each filter. You may have forgotten about a filter that is in place.
Photo credit: Bighorn sheep photo provided by Oregon Wild Sheep Foundation. They are great advocates for wild sheep in Oregon. Visit their webpage and become a member here: www.oregonfnaws.org