I hope I can prey on your knowledge. I'd like to know which states in the US have rocky mountain bighorn tags available for non-residents (and non-resident aliens if that distinction is made). According to wildsheep.org the following states allow rocky mountain bighorn hunting, but they fail to mention which have non-resident tags.



Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah



We must have somebody from every state on this forum. If you know the bighorn hunting rules, please chime in. It saves me from going through all the individual websites/regulation booklets.



Does any of these states have tags available that are NOT on a draw (like in Alberta and BC)?



Thanks, I'm writing an article for a german magazine on my recent bighorn hunt, and they'd like this info in a short sidebar. I'm looking specifically at Rocky Mountain Bighorn, so no Desert, or California Bighorn



Frans

Frans,

Colorado has a small proportion of nonresident bighorn tags available in many sheep units-but not in all of the units available to residents.

More information available on the Colorado Division Of Wildlife website at wildlife.state.co.us .

Casey

Thanks Casey!



My son was playing on his Nintendo, and my wife was doing...something...so I had some time to check things out.



I found that there are at least 13 states with offer RM bighorn hunting, North Dakota was not on the wildsheep.org list.



So were looking at:



No non-resident hunts in: ID, NE, NV, SD



Non-resident tags available in:

NM: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/index.htm

MT: http://fwp.state.mt.us/default.html

CO: http://wildlife.state.co.us/

WY: http://gf.state.wy.us/

ND: http://www.state.nd.us/gnf/

WA: http://wdfw.wa.gov/huntcorn.htm

OR: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/

UT: http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/hunting/

AZ: http://www.azgfd.com/



Did I miss or misinterpret any?



Frans

Frans,

Also check California. I know at one time there were a few sheep permits available. Most of the sheep in the southern and central Sierras (on both the California and Nevada sides) were considered (California variety/subspecies) Desert Bighorns, but I vaguely recall that some populations may have been considered RM Bighorns. I know, beginning in the mid 90's the California subspecies have taken a big "hit" in the southern and central Sierras for various reasons. Nevada used to have nonresident permits available until the recent decline (I believe).

Casey