The world of wild sheep conservation hit a new milestone in January, when a single New Mexico bighorn tag sold for $1.3 million at auction during the 2025 Sheep Show. This is the highest price ever ...
The reported ease of recordkeeping and accuracy of Electronic Identification (EID) tags mean many sheep producers in Montana are utilizing the technology, according to producer feedback at the recent ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) - A Boise man’s name was selected in a drawing Wednesday as the recipient of a “hunt of a lifetime.” The Idaho Department of Fish and Game held a drawing for its 29 th annual ...
Branden Bartholomew has enjoyed some memorable hunting trips, including moose in Alaska, but the Grand Forks man says it will be difficult to top the bighorn sheep hunt he experienced last September ...
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 ...
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The Idaho Wild Sheep Foundation held the 31st Annual Bighorn sheep lottery tag drawing on July 29, and Paul Donaldson out of Montana is the lucky recipient of a bighorn ...
Electronic tagging of sheep will be mandatory for UK farmers from 31 December 2009 as part of a European Union ruling to help combat disease outbreaks such as foot and mouth. The EU regulations ...