The author and his hunting companions with a massive Altai argali ram. Courtesy of John B. Snow LOOKING OUT over the rolling steppe surrounding the Khentii Mountains of northeast Mongolia, it’s easy ...

The rocky highlands of Central Asia, in a remote region of Western Mongolia, are home to a plummeting population of the largest sheep in the world, the argali. The endangered species is beloved ...

Buyers wanted "trophy" animals, and in the world of big-game sheep hunting—which I have just learned is a thing—the Marco Polo argali (ovis ammon polii) is the biggest and gamiest. Argali ...