Record count of Bighorn Sheep

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 2025 bighorn sheep survey, completed by recounting lambs in March, revealed a record 378 bighorn sheep in the badlands of western North Dakota, up 8% from 2024 and 10% above the five-year average.The 2025 survey was the fifth record count in the past six years.Brett Wiedmann, Department big game biologist, said 104 rams, 234 ewes and 4...

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