Bighorn males, called rams ... rugged mountain terrain. Wild sheep live in social groups, but rams and ewes typically meet only to mate. Rams live in bachelor groups and females live in herds ...

Missteps occurred too: A herd transplanted near Van Horn was nearly wiped out by mountain lions, and bighorn have taken a hit from pneumonia spread by a rival sheep, the hardy and bearded aoudad ...

In both sexes, most fur is tan colored; undersides, backs of legs, rump patch, and muzzle are white. Coats shed in patches in June and July. HABITAT: Peninsular bighorn sheep prefer steep, open slopes ...

To do so, he bought Rocky Mountain bighorn sheeps’ testicles, despite Montana prohibiting trade of game animals. Schubarth sold 11 sheep with one-quarter of Montana Mountain King’s genetics ...

Missteps occurred too: A herd transplanted near Van Horn was nearly wiped out by mountain lions, and bighorn have taken a hit from pneumonia spread by a rival sheep, the hardy and bearded aoudad ...

Morris gave Schubarth until December 2025 to sell his Rocky Mountain bighorn hybrid sheep. Schubarth will not be allowed to breed game stock during the three years he is on probation, Morris said.

It's not too late to apply to hunt elk, moose and bighorn sheep in North Dakota. The applications are available online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's website. The deadline to apply ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - North Dakota’s 2025 moose, elk and bighorn sheep license applications are due March 26. Mike Anderson ...

Bighorn sheep are often "sensitive to human-caused disturbances," leading them to areas like Long Canyon that are off the beaten path. "This critical time encompasses the end of a ewe's pregnancy ...

In the face of a plummeting population of bighorn sheep north of Fort Peck Reservoir, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted in an emergency Monday online meeting to halt all hunter ...

North Dakota’s 2025 moose, elk and bighorn sheep license applications are due March 26. In this week’s segment of “North Dakota Outdoors,” host Mike Anderson visits with Game and Fish ...

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 western ...