Sheep Hunting

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A group of hunters with a bighorn ram.
Hunting

11-Year-Old Kid Becomes Youngest Hunter to Harvest a Bighorn Ram in Wyoming

By Bob McNally

An old photo of a hunting guide with a Dall sheep.
Hunting

The Invention of the Grand Slam Killed Sheep Hunting, According to Jack O’Connor

By Jack O’Connor

A pair of Dall sheep illustrated.
Hunting

Carmichel in Alaska: An Odd Way to Die on a Sheep Hunt

By Jim Carmichel

A hunter with a Rocky Mountain bighorn ewe.
Big Game Hunting

Most Hunters Will Never Get the Chance to Chase a Bighorn Ram, but What About Ewes?

By Christine Peterson

hunter with sheep head
Hunting

Can Sheep Hunting in the Yukon Survive Another Century?

By Alex Robinson

A bird hunter walks across the North Dakota prairie
Hunting

Why Do I Hunt? The Answer to Hunting’s Toughest Question

By Jim Zumbo

argali ram with hunters and mongolian flag
Hunting

Hunting Argali Sheep with a Crappy Scope, One Box of Ammo, and No Translator

By John B. Snow

trophy whitetail heads
Hunting

The Case Against Scoring Big-Game Animals

By Andrew McKean

A hunter sits beside a dall ram, and looks into a steep alpine basin.
Hunting

Welcome to the New, Uncertain Era of DIY Sheep Hunting

By Tyler Freel

nebraska ram first female
Big Game Hunting

High School Sophomore Tags Trophy Bighorn in Nebraska

By Dac Collins

An illustration of a deer heart and a fixed blade knife.
Hunting

6 Wild-Game Rituals That Are About Much More Than the Meat

By Gerry Bethge, Josh Dahlke, Tyler Freel, David Karczynski, Ben Long, Andrew McKean

stylized bighorn ram head with topography and hunters adorning it, decorative illustration
Hunting

Hunting a Record Bighorn in Broken Country

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters pose with two trophy-book rams
Hunting

In Case of Death: Two Meat Hunters Decide They Want Record-Book Rams

By Aubrey Taylor, as told to Hiram Savage

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?
Hunting

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?

By Eric Collier

jack o'connor sits and holds rifle
Guns

The Legacy, and Last Years, of Jack O’Connor

By John Madson

A full curl bighorn ram in Montana
Hunting

64 Hunters Drew Montana Sheep and Moose Tags in Error, 7 Get to Keep Them Anyway

By Katie Hill

kid on high elevation summit
Fishing

How Far Should We Push Our Kids in the Outdoors?

By Christine Peterson

A bighorn sheep was poached in western Colorado on Oct. 31.
Conservation

Desert Bighorn Ram Killed and Left by a Poacher in Colorado

By Katie Hill

The Migrations Issue of Outdoor Life Is Here
Hunting

The Migrations Issue of Outdoor Life Is Here

By Alex Robinson

The spectacular Dall ram taken by Jerry Lees
Hunting

Alaskan DIY Hunter Tags the Ram of a Lifetime

By Tyler Freel