During July and August, big game biologist Brett Wiedmann will conduct the annual summer bighorn sheep survey to count and ...

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 and 2 million bighorn sheep roamed the mountains of ...

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.

Desert bighorn sheep, which have inhabited the southwest for more than 12,000 years, have smaller bodies but longer legs and shorter coats than their Rocky Mountain relatives.

At least 20 desert bighorn sheep have died in a San Gorgonio mountain population in Southern California, 100 miles east of Los Angeles. The cause of death? Pneumonia, most likely from domestic ...

Nevada wildlife officials and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe released 21 bighorn sheep in the hills of Pyramid Lake, where they haven't lived since the start of the 20th century.

A bighorn sheep became stuck on the roof and deck of a Boulder County Home for more than 24 hours on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. The ram eventually left after Colorado Parks and Wildlife cut a space ...

A small herd of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep graze along Highway 285 on March 21, 2023, near Bailey, Colorado. The sheep are native to North American and so called for their large horns.

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 ...