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Oregon Fall 2012 Big Game Tag Proposals Online, Controlled Hunt Deadline is May 15

by Outdoor Hub May 3, 2012
Oregon Fall 2012 Big Game tag Proposals Online: Controlled Hunt Deadline is May 15

Proposed Fall 2012 tag numbers for controlled deer, elk, Rocky Mtn goat, bighorn sheep and pronghorn antelope hunts are online at ODFW’s website under Hunting Resources The proposed tag numbers are based on field surveys of big game populations completed earlier. Most big game herds fared well due to the mild winter experienced in Oregon, [...]

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Montana’s Thompson Falls Bighorn Sheep Herd Continues to Decline

by Outdoor Hub May 1, 2012
Montana: Thompson Falls Bighorn Sheep Herd Continues to Decline

Based on recent surveys, the bighorn sheep herd in the Thompson Falls area continues to decline.  FWP Biologist Bruce Sterling counted only 52 sheep on his annual flight this spring.  This figure compares to 270 sheep counted in 2008.  These numbers reflect the number of sheep observed in the survey, not the total number of [...]

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Video of Tian Shan Marco Polo Sheep Hunt in the Mountains of Kyrgyzstan

by Outdoor Hub Reporters March 26, 2012
Video of Tian Shan Marco Polo Sheep Hunt in the Mountains of Kyrgyzstan

The Marco Polo sheep is known for its distinctive, long, spiraling horns which can span more than four feet. In fact, Marco Polo sheep have longest horns of any sheep on the planet, a characteristic which has made the much sought after by hunters like the one in video below.

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HAVA Hosts Recovering Quadriplegic on Barbary Sheep Hunt

by Outdoor Hub February 28, 2012

Honored American Veterans Afield [HAVA] hosted retired Army Corporal Nick Orchowski, his wife and 2 children on a once-in-a-lifetime 5-day Barbary Sheep hunt on the Felix Canyon Ranch in Flying H, New Mexico. Nick is a severely disabled Iraq war veteran who has recovered partial use of his legs and left arm after an explosion [...]

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Bighorn Sheep Released into Nebraska’s Pine Ridge

by Outdoor Hub February 9, 2012
Bighorn Sheep Released into Nebraska’s Pine Ridge

Forty bighorn sheep trapped in Alberta, Canada, were released into the Pine Ridge near Harrison on Feb. 9, giving Nebraska a fifth subpopulation of this mammal popular among hunters and wildlife watchers. The 35 ewes and five rams were trapped on a reclaimed portion of a coal mine at the foot of the Canadian Rockies [...]

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Wild Sheep Rifle Engraved by Baron Technology Nets $125,000 for USA Shooting

by Outdoor Hub January 31, 2012
Wild Sheep Rifle Engraved by Baron Technology Nets $125,000 for USA Shooting

On Saturday night, January 21, a Winchester Model 94 engraved by Baron Technology, Inc. (BTI) went up for auction at the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) annual convention in Reno, Nevada, to benefit the USA Shooting Team. With two winning bidders donating the rifle back to be re-auctioned, this beautifully customized Winchester ultimately generated $125,000 for [...]

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MidwayUSA Attends the 2012 Wild Sheep Foundation Convention as the Official Sponsor

by Outdoor Hub January 19, 2012
MidwayUSA Attends the 2012 Wild Sheep Foundation Convention as the Official Sponsor

MidwayUSA has been the Official Sponsor of the WSF since 2009. This year, through an exceptional gift from the Potterfields, the WSF will launch the inaugural MidwayUSA/WSF Youth Wildlife Conservation Experience (YWCE) during the convention in Reno. This hands-on three day youth event, made possible through the Potterfield’s vision and generosity, and the dedicated support [...]

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Largest-ever Desert Bighorn Sheep Release Completed in Texas

by Outdoor Hub December 22, 2011

Van Horn, TX – In the largest desert bighorn sheep relocation operation in Texas Parks and Wildlife history, 95 of the high country animals have been trapped this month in the mountains north of Van Horn and released some 190 miles away on Big Bend Ranch State Park. Seventy-six ewes and 19 rams were captured [...]

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Peoples Canyon in Arizona Receives Influx of Bighorn Sheep

by Outdoor Hub December 22, 2011
Peoples Canyon Receives Influx of Bighorn Sheep

Kingman, AZ – Arizona Game and Fish biologists and several volunteers waited patiently as the doors to a bighorn sheep transport were pulled open. At first the bighorn sheep were a bit reluctant, but after the first one took off in a gallop to begin exploring its new home, the others were quick to follow, [...]

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Georgetown, Colorado Celebrates Bighorn Sheep Fest on Nov. 12

by Outdoor Hub October 21, 2011
Georgetown, Colorado Celebrates Bighorn Sheep Fest on Nov. 12

Georgetown, Colo. — The clash of ram’s horns will reverberate through the canyon as Georgetown celebrates the sixth annual Georgetown Bighorn Sheep Festival honoring Colorado’s state mammal on Nov. 12. The celebration is scheduled during the peak of bighorn sheep breeding season when displays of dominance are at their peak. Nestled next to I-70 and [...]

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Hunting Dall’s Sheep Outside Fairbanks, Alaska

by NRAblog October 17, 2011
Hunting Dall’s Sheep Outside Fairbanks, Alaska

No mater how you start, hunting is rife with challenges. It’s never as easy as aim and shoot. That may be the final step, but reaching that final step is what separates the would-be from the accomplished. Add the formidable Alaskan terrain into the mix and you might be biting off more than you can [...]

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North Dakota Bighorn Sheep Numbers Remain Strong

by Outdoor Hub September 12, 2011

While three consecutive severe winters played a significant role in reducing many of the state’s western big game populations, overall bighorn sheep numbers are strong, according to Brett Wiedmann, big game biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Dickinson. A July-August survey in western North Dakota showed 290 bighorn sheep, unchanged from [...]

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Ritz Leads FHL Standings with Stone Sheep Kill

by Outdoor Hub August 18, 2011

Professional hunter and popular television personality Gregg Ritz recently downed a trophy stone sheep in British Columbia while filming for Gregg Ritz’s “Hunt Masters”, a fan-favorite show on the Outdoor Channel. Ritz and his Thompson/Center rifle topped with a Nikon scope dispatched the ram from a distance of 205 yards under extremely difficult shooting conditions. [...]

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SOLO Hunters Track Down a “Must See” Bighorn Sheep on August 7

by Outdoor Hub August 2, 2011

New Berlin, Wis., (August 2, 2011) – Sportsman Channel, the leader in outdoor TV for the American Sportsman, is proud to announce a record breaking episode of SOLO Hunters airing this Sunday, August 7 at 11 p.m. ET. This “MUST see” episode shows the team harvesting an SCI world record 191 California bighorn sheep in eastern Washington.  The [...]

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‘Leftover’ Hunting Licenses On-Sale Aug. 9

by Outdoor Hub July 29, 2011

Denver, CO – Thousands of big game hunting licenses that did not sell during the license application and draw process will go on sale to the public at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 9 at wildlife offices and Colorado Parks and Wildlife license retailers statewide. In addition to the approximately 37,000 elk licenses, 7,300 deer licenses [...]

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Blue Lake, Medvejie Lake and the Southern Half of the Katlain River Drainages are Closed to the Harvest of Mountain Goat by all Users in Unit 4 (Baranof Island)

by Outdoor Hub July 19, 2011

The Sitka District Ranger, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is taking action to close the watersheds of Blue Lake, Medvejie Lake and the southern half of the Katlian River drainage to the harvest of mountain goats by all users.  The closure will be effective at 12:01 a.m., Monday, August 1, 2011 and [...]

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Drawing Results Now Available for Arizona’s Fall Big Game Hunts

by Outdoor Hub July 19, 2011

PHOENIX – Let the planning begin. The drawing results for Arizona’s 2011 fall big game hunting permits are now available at the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s website at www.azgfd.gov/draw. Draw results are also available by telephone at (602) 942-3000 by selecting option two. The more than 107,000 applicants, an increase of 3 percent from [...]

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WSF Chapters and Affiliates Join Together in Denver for Wild Sheep

by Outdoor Hub July 7, 2011

Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) WORLD HEADQUARTERS-Cody, Wyoming USA – June 29, 2011. More than sixty delegates from eighteen WSF Chapter and Affiliates plus representatives from state and federal wildlife and resource agencies assembled June 10-12, 2011 in Denver, Colorado to work together for wild sheep, their habitat, their wild sheep hunters and wild sheep enthusiasts, [...]

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Sheep Show Returns to Reno

by Outdoor Hub June 20, 2011

Reno, Nevada – The largest mountain hunting and conservation convention in the world, The Sheep Show™, produced by one of the world’s premier wild sheep conservation organizations, the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF), announced its return to Reno for the 2012 convention set for January 19-21, 2012 and the return to the Foundation’s original Reno home [...]

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Results Available for Washington Special Hunt Drawing

by Outdoor Hub June 17, 2011

OLYMPIA – Hunters who submitted applications for 2011 special-hunt permits can check the results of this year’s drawing on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) website. The results of the random, computerized drawing were verified June 14 and are now available for viewing at https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/wa/specialhuntlookup. Holders of the special permits can hunt at [...]

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