Illustration by Bob Cassell / Outdoor Life This story, “World Record Ram,” appeared in the November 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. My respect for bighorn sheep is enormous. As far as I’m concerned, no ...

The animal's thick, bony skull usually prevents serious injury. A bighorn ram's horns can weigh 30 pounds ... rugged mountain terrain. Wild sheep live in social groups, but rams and ewes typically ...

Two big rams bolted from the steel trailer, took a few hesitant steps and glanced around nervously at their new home: dramatic mountains in west Texas more than 200 miles from where they grew up.

She’s encountered weeping witnesses when an animal has a heavy limp, or worried onlookers for animals that have misshapen features. People ask why she can’t take the creatures in to help them.

Peninsular bighorn sheep can get water from cacti, splitting the spiny barrel cactus with their horns and eating its watery insides. But thanks to sprawl and agribusiness, both sheep and succulent are ...

We understand the bighorn sheep: It’s very symbolic to people, it’s our state animal, and people really enjoy seeing them.” At a state Wildlife Commission meeting in January, biologists ...

Bighorn sheep, named after their large horns, are native to North America. Males, called rams, have massive horns that curl around their faces and can weigh up to 14 kg. Females, called ewes ...

The current world-record archery bighorn measures 209 1/8 inches and was taken in Pennington County, South Dakota, in 2018.