The regional herd of bighorn sheep, which stretches from Palm Springs south to the U.S.-Mexico border, was as large as 1,171 sheep in 1971. ... or female sheep, for six consecutive years.

In case of a bighorn sheep emergency, call the Bighorn Institute at 760-346-7334. If you are unable to reach the institute, call Erin Schaeffer with California Fish and Wildlife at 760-628-4022.

Mar. 31—BISMARCK — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's 2024 bighorn sheep survey, completed by recounting lambs in March, tallied a minimum of 350 bighorn sheep in the grasslands of ...

Adventure size—3,800-6,000 cubic Inches: Many public-land western hunts for mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep, and the like require hunters to live in the backcountry for a week or more.

In case of a bighorn sheep emergency, call the Bighorn Institute at 760-346-7334. If you are unable to reach the institute, call Erin Schaeffer with California Fish and Wildlife at 760-628-4022.

Bighorn sheep are roaming wild in the Catalina Mountains once more. Thirty-one of the fleet, agile animals — captured in rugged mountains near Yuma over the weekend — were released early ...

These bighorn sheep are the first to return to the mountains in over 60 years. “Wild sheep have returned to the Franklin Mountains,” said David Yoskowitz, executive director of the Texas Parks ...

Expansion of U.S. Highway 85 in western North Dakota is advancing, with officials seeking public comment on a more than 6-mile section that winds through areas of the Badlands and bighorn sheep ...

In summer 2021, Badlands National Park was home to a healthy and growing population of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, with approximately 300 total among the three herds. Then in August, Paul ...

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 ...

He pulled the trigger, the sheep dropped, and the work to pack out some of the most delicious meat he’d ever eaten began. Dahlke’s sheep hunt wasn’t a result of beating the odds. He hadn’t ...

Few hunting experiences are as rugged, challenging and elusive as stalking a bighorn sheep. Interested Wyoming residents typically wait decades, if not even a lifetime, before drawing a ram ...