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The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission got up-close and personal with 20 bighorn sheep ewes recently in an effort to track their future offspring. The goal is to get a handle on the species’ population struggles in the Pine Ridge area of northwestern Nebraska. With the help of a helicopter wildlife capturing crew and others,...
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North Dakota soon will have new record bighorn sheep. I first got wind of a possible new state record on social media, and Brett Wiedmann, big game management biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Dickinson, N.D., confirmed the news Wednesday. One of the state’s eight licensed bighorn sheep hunters took the...
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Pneumonia is in the way of restoration – Partnership is path forward. Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) leaders visited Capitol Hill last week to support continued positive guidance from Congress on the threat of deadly pneumonia that infects wild sheep herds in the western United States and Canada.   Wildlife and veterinary professionals agree that wild...
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The State Game and Fish Department is allocating eight bighorn sheep licenses for the 2016 hunting season, based on data collected from a recently completed summer population survey. Two licenses are available in Unit B1, two in B3 and three in B4. In addition, one license as authorized under North Dakota Century Code was auctioned...
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By Mark Watson, Black Hills Pioneer —  DEADWOOD — Deadwood’s bighorn sheep herd is thriving, and its members still give people a show around the city. The herd frequents an area of rocks on Deadwood Hill, and they amaze some people by their agility on steep rocks. “They are excellent rock climbers. They are a...
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Unlike ungulates (deer and elk), bighorn sheep rams start growing their horns at birth and continue to grow their horns throughout their lifespan. They do not shed their horns like ungulates shed antlers. Instead, their horns grow until the animal dies. Within each horn there is a living core that provides a continuous flow of...
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By – Associated Press – Sunday, November 15, 2015 DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) – A bighorn sheep herd that state wildlife officials released in February into the Grizzly Gulch burn area is thriving in the hills above Deadwood, and its members continue to give residents a show. The herd frequently visits a rocky area on Deadwood...
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Results from this summer’s bighorn sheep survey indicate North Dakota’s bighorn population has increased from last year, despite the ongoing presence of pneumonia. North Dakota Game and Fish Department big game biologist Brett Wiedmann said the July-August survey showed a minimum of 304 bighorn sheep, an increase of 6 percent from 2014. Results revealed 87...
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Glasgow, MT – State wildlife officials killed two young bighorn rams after they were spotted near domestic sheep south of Malta, more than 20 miles from two nearby bighorn herds. Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist Scott Thompson removed the sheep on June 24 over concerns that the domestic sheep could have been exposed to pneumonia...
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Montana wildlife officials decided to move forward with a plan that will allow hunters, with the purchase of an over-the-counter license, to kill off Tendoy Mountains’ herd of bighorn sheep this upcoming season. Introduced in January, the proposed initiative seeks to manage the failing Tendoy herd, which pneumonia has plagued for the past two decades....
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