My respect for bighorn sheep is enormous. As far as I’m concerned, no animal has better eyesight or a greater ability to elude the hunter. The odds on merely seeing a legal ram, much less killing one, ...

It took Outdoor Life's hunting editor more than 20 years to draw a sheep tag in Wyoming's Absaroka Wilderness.

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.

I grabbed my camera and inched forward in my truck. I spotted furry white rumps on the winding road ahead and was fairly sure they were bighorn sheep. I slowly rounded the bend and smiled in delight.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- It's been several months since a herd of 77 big horn sheep was released into the Franklin Mountains State Park as part of a larger effort to reintroduce the animals in their ...

North Dakota's bighorn sheep season opener on Oct. 28 will come and go with little fanfare, except from eight hunters who are excitedly gearing up for their one and only chance to hunt these special ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Talk about a short hunting season: Two days after the backcountry bighorn sheep season opened ...

Nevada designated the desert bighorn sheep as its state animal in 1973, citing its toughness and ability to survive extreme desert conditions. After dropping to about 2,000 animals in the 1960s, ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wyoming survey, 1993. Image on file. unsigned The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American ...