Sheep Hunting (Page 2)

The wildest sheep hunting stories and adventures from Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, and beyond.

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A group of hunters with a bighorn ram.

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

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

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

By Jack O'Connor

A pair of Dall sheep illustrated.

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

By Jim Carmichel

A hunter with a Rocky Mountain bighorn ewe.

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

By Christine Peterson

A bird hunter walks across the North Dakota prairie

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

argali ram with hunters and mongolian flag

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

By John B. Snow

trophy whitetail heads

The Case Against Scoring Big-Game Animals

By Andrew McKean

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

Welcome to the New, Uncertain Era of DIY Sheep Hunting

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

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

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Hunting a Record Bighorn in Broken Country

By Natalie Krebs

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

The spectacular Dall ram taken by Jerry Lees

Alaskan DIY Hunter Tags the Ram of a Lifetime

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Ram of Pilot Mountain: The Story of Jack O’Connor’s Biggest Sheep

By Jack O'Connor

Cami stone sheep

13-Year-Old Texas Girl Becomes Youngest Female Hunter to Complete North American Sheep Grand Slam

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A Classic Dall Sheep Hunt in the Yukon, From the Archives

By Charles Elliott

Granola bar cut up on an Alaska map of Dall sheep country

Stranded in Sheep Country with Bugs, Bears, and No Food

Freel Dall sheep

Does Cartridge Selection Really Matter for Mountain Game?

Freel glasses aoudad

Aoudad in West Texas: Is the “Poor Man’s Sheep Hunt” Really a Sheep Hunt?

Two hunters kneeling behind two white dall sheep.

The Dall Sheep That Almost Killed Me

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20 of Jack O’Connor’s Greatest Quotes on Sheep Hunting

By Natalie Krebs

Back Country Adventures: The Ram of Monaco

By Andrew McKean

World Record Sheep: The Biggest Boone & Crockett Bighorn and Stone’s Sheep

World Record Sheep: The Biggest Boone & Crockett Bighorn and Stone’s Sheep