“I told (Nick), I said, ‘You arguably just shot the greatest hunting trophy in North Dakota’s history,’ ” Wiedmann said.

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 ...

Fifty-five bighorn sheep from the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation were transferred to North Dakota and Utah in January in a unique, privately funded project. Touting the work as a new example of ...

For Routt County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Caughey, a big game trophy has never been measured in inches or pounds. Instead, ...

While many of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep herds continue to struggle with disease, 2024 was a better year for the state animal. Andy Holland, a big game manager at Colorado Parks and ...

Less than two weeks before the deadline for permit applications, state big-game officials have closed a bighorn sheep hunting district near Plains because of a disease outbreak. A helicopter ...

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BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota's Game and Fish Department is resuming bighorn sheep hunting this fall after concluding that a disease that sparked a large die-off in the western badlands herd two years ...