I Thought My Once-in-a-Lifetime Hunt Was a Bust. Then I Killed the Biggest Bighorn Ever Taken in Oregon
A construction worker in Oregon draws a once-in-a-lifetime bighorn sheep tag. After a summer of scouting, his hunt doesn't ...
$1.3 Million Bighorn Sheep Tag Sets Record for Most Expensive Auction Tag Ever
A New Mexico bighorn tag was auctioned for more than $1 million at the 2025 Sheep Show, setting a new record for big-game ...
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Mountain biker pulls stranded bighorn sheep from icy Utah river
GREEN RIVER, Utah (KUTV) — A man detailed his encounter with a bighorn sheep stranded in an icy river in remote Utah. Michael Nordenstrom was out for a solo ride on his mountain bike west of ...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife nets Bighorn Sheep to create new herd
In one dramatic moment, a 70-foot-long net dropped, and about 20 bighorn sheep were captured, much to their surprise.
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Disease die-offs continue to ravage bighorn sheep. Advocates say feds left them ‘high and dry’ on the issue
The Pikeview Quarry, barely outside of the cul-de-sacs and two-car garages of the Mountain Shadows subdivision, seemed like an odd place to find one of Colorado’s most intrepid species.
Nevada’s state animal may face die-offs, relocation due to drought
With more than 200 days of no measurable rain in Las Vegas and counting, Southern Nevada’s beloved bighorn sheep are reaching ...
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Was 2024 a better year for Colorado’s bighorn sheep?
While many of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep herds continue to struggle with disease, 2024 was a better year for the state animal. Andy Holland, a big game manager at Colorado Parks and ...
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Disease die-offs continue to ravage bighorn sheep
Not all of Colorado’s rocky mountain bighorn sheep have fared this well. Experts estimate that at the start of the 19th century, between 1.5 million and 2 million bighorn sheep roamed the ...
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Weminuche bighorns declining from agency inaction
The recent article, “Disease die-offs continue to ravage bighorn sheep,” (Herald, Jan. 15), highlighting the failure of ...
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Was 2024 a better year for Colorado’s bighorn sheep?
While many of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep herds continue to struggle with disease, 2024 was a better year for the state animal. Andy Holland, a big game manager at Colorado Parks and ...