Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep stands atop a ridge. (Photo by MelissaMN / Adobe Stock) The world of wild sheep conservation hit a ...

HUNTING — The secrecy protecting deep-pocket bidders at trophy big-game hunting tag auctions mysteriously stepped up around 2013 after the record bid was made for a bighorn sheep tag. A February New ...

ROCKY BOY’S RESERVATION, Montana — For the herd of bighorn sheep, the rocky cliffs were a safe place, with 360-degree views and plenty of nooks to blend into the gray rocks. The ground was sprinkled ...

It’s expensive to hunt sometimes. States across the country use hunting and fishing licenses to raise money for their local wildlife programs. This money can be used for a variety of conservation ...

For the Arizona hunter whose ticket was pulled for the 28th annual Bighorn Sheep Tag Lottery, it represents the hunt of a lifetime. For Idaho Fish and Game, it means more than $109,000 in funding will ...

Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced this week that electronic identification for Irish sheep would become mandatory, producing a divided opinion among the Republic’s ...

Maybe dad should have bought a lottery ticket that day, too. Deran Dexter will get a chance at age 12, what most hunters never get in an entire lifetime. He drew a tag that lets him shoot a Rocky ...

Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has admitted costs associated with EID (electronic identification) tagging are a major issue for sheep farmers and must be resolved following ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Some big game tags bring big bucks to biologists in Oregon. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is excited for what researchers can do with the $345,000 they’re ...

Bryan Moore of Boise won the raffle drawing for the hunt of a lifetime, an Idaho bighorn sheep tag raffled by the Idaho Wild Sheep Foundation. The 22nd annual raffle raised $86,115 that will be spent ...

This story, “My Toughest Hunt Ever,” appeared in the August 2006 issue of Outdoor Life. When my editor suggested I write a column about my toughest hunt ever, I immediately took it for a tall order.