NDOW relocated 21 bighorn sheep from Lander County to Pyramid Lake, Monday.
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Nevada wildlife officials say the biggest threat to the state’s desert bighorn sheep is bacterial pneumonia, which continues to kill off entire herds statewide.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife says it had to kill several feral dogs that were attacking bighorn sheep in the Virginia Range.
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The Wild Sheep Foundation Convention is back in town for the 27th year. We have a look inside to see what Reno is hosting...
Nevada wildlife officials are waiting anxiously to see if their decision to slaughter a diseased herd of bighorn sheep earlier this year paid off in saving a neighboring herd near the Idaho line.
The Nevada board of Wildlife Commissioners recently set big tame tag quotas for the 2015 hunting season. Due to ongoing drought conditions, an overall reduction was seen for mule deer and California bighorn sheep as well as a reduction in select units for pronghorn antelope.
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Gov. Brian Sandoval, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki and Kirk Clausen from Wells Fargo, joined the Nevada 150 Commission and special guests, to reveal the design and strike Nevada's final sesquicentennial silver medallion. Over 5,000 Nevadans voted to select the final winning design - Great Basin National Park.
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners voted to allow the hunting of female bighorn sheep, saying that reducing the herd numbers will make the animals more healthy.
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners voted in their January/February 2014 meeting to allow bighorn sheep ewe hunting at the recommendation of the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The first ever ewe hunt was a decision of last resort based on several factors of bighorn sheep management.