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Alberta’s bighorn sheep attract more than scientists to the province. Hunters from all over the world will pay $40,000, give or take, to hire a local outfitter to track a ram.
In addition, the number of rams harvested annually has dropped by 35% in comparison to the cohorts born between 1975 and 1982, while the total bighorn population in Alberta remained relatively stable.
Bighorn sheep’s age focus of court battle A hunter peering through a high-powered scope at a bighorn sheep in the mountainous area outside Spences Bridge believed the ram was eight years old ...
The 43-year study on a population of bighorn sheep at Ram Mountain near Nordegg, Atlta., about 300 kilometres southwest of Edmonton, concluded that hunting is responsible for the "artificial ...
It’s estimated there’s between 6,200 and 6,600 sheep on provincial lands, but the main concern is that the number of four- to five-year old rams after each hunting season is not meeting the ...
Hunting for bighorn sheep in the Churn Creek wildlife management area has been closed since 2012. However, the two herds could be vulnerable if they wandered into adjacent lands.
This story, “World Record Ram,” appeared in the November 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. My respect for bighorn sheep is enormous.
A British Columbia man has been banned from hunting sheep in the province for three years after he illegally killed a bighorn ram and lied to authorities about where the hunt took place. B.C.’s ...
Over the past week, five Californian bighorn sheep have been shot dead in two separate incidents. Two rams were found near Lytton, about 150 kilometres southwest of Kamloops, on Dec. 13.