The plan would utilize hunters to remove the herd of about 20 sheep by offering more licenses and ewe tags that would require hunters to take female sheep in Unit B1 of the southern Badlands, said ...

According to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, the 2017 bighorn sheep population survey shows a decrease."The decline in the 2017 count reflects the spread of bacterial pneumonia to three ...

Most everyone who hunts in North Dakota, whether they actually hunt deer or not, knows the opening day for deer gun season is Nov. 8.

The state Game and Fish Department’s 2022 bighorn sheep survey, completed by recounting lambs this past March, revealed 347 bighorns, up 4% from 2021 and 15% above the five-year average ...

Bighorn Sheep Badlands National Park has historically supported one of the most robust populations of bighorn sheep in the United States, as well as some of the largest rams in North America.

Bighorn sheep continue to rebound in the western North Dakota grasslands, with the population at a record level for a fourth straight year. The state Game and Fish Department’s 2023 bighorn ...

Pneumonia is a threat to bighorn sheep in the Black Hills area now, the Department of Game Fish and Parks reported during the March 7 GFP Commission meeting.

Most female bighorn sheep live to anywhere between 12 to 18 years old. One theory for the cause of shrinking horns in female bighorns, Deakin said, is trophy hunting.

Female bighorn sheep with smaller horns are less reproductively fit, U of A study says. Ishita Verma | CBC News | Posted: Saturday, October 1st, 2022 2:30 PM | Last Updated: October 1st, 2022.