The author's custom sheep rifle chambered in 22 ARC. My sheep hunting rifles have looked very similar over the years. When I started as a broke 18-year-old Alaska resident, I took my Remington Model ...

A trio of hunters set out into the Canadian backcountry to search for bighorns. The only problem? The weather, the country, and their horses.

After my own sheep hunt, my wife decided she wanted to tag a big desert bighorn, too, and that I would be her guide.

My respect for bighorn sheep is enormous. As far as I’m concerned, no animal has better eyesight or a greater ability to elude the hunter. The odds on merely seeing a legal ram, much less killing one, ...

If you’ve been recreating out at Smith Rock State Park in Central Oregon long enough, you may have seen a middle-aged man going up and over Misery Ridge, carrying 20 pounds in his backpack. That tired ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks announced Monday that hunting licenses in Missouri Breaks Hunting District 622 have been reduced after population decline that may be related to a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Talk about a short hunting season: Two days after the backcountry bighorn sheep season opened ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Two bighorn rams from hunting district 622 have tested positive for bacteria that cause pneumonia. One sheep was harvested by the hunter in the fall. Another died during spring ...