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 ...

HABITAT: Peninsular bighorn sheep prefer steep, open slopes, canyons ... BREEDING: Ewes and rams reach sexual maturity at roughly two years of age, though rams are unlikely to breed until they are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MOAPA VALLEY — Valley of Fire State Park’s desert bighorn sheep are thirsty. Thirstier than they’ve been in a while. Though Las Vegas’ 214-day dry streak — the second-longest on record ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Bighorn sheep are a staple in Nevada, from their statues on the side of freeways, to their photos on some driver’s licenses. To help support the population in the Muddy ...

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 ...

Notable domestic breeds include Merino, Suffolk, and Cheviot, while wild breeds like the Rocky Mountain bighorn, blue sheep ... enabling them to breed. Male lambs, or ram lambs, reach sexual ...

The raptors weigh between 10 and 15 pounds — yet the “incredible hunters” are “capable of killing ungulates and bighorn sheep” that can weigh up to 250 pounds when fully grown.

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 ...