North Dakota hunter Nick Schmitz tagged a 190-plus-inch bighorn ram on Oct. 31 that's now a pending state record.

The desert bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis nelsoni, is one of the most coveted game animals on earth. This isn’t because they inhabit particularly remote crevices of the globe or because they’re all ...

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 ...

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 animal has better eyesight or a greater ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Thirty-year-old Nick Schmitz of Mekinock, N.D., shot a potential state record bighorn sheep. It green ...

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 is ...

BISMARCK – Applications for North Dakota’s elk, moose and bighorn sheep seasons are now available on the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website at gf.nd.gov, and more elk and moose licenses ...

Lottery applications will be accepted by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission between Dec. 31-Jan. 13 for a bighorn sheep management hunt. This hunt is intended to balance the current ram-ewe ratio ...

While many of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep herds continue to struggle with disease, 2024 was a better year for the state animal. Andy Holland, a big game manager at Colorado Parks and ...

Less than two weeks before the deadline for permit applications, state big-game officials have closed a bighorn sheep hunting district near Plains because of a disease outbreak. A helicopter ...