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California Wild Sheep

Hunt stories, conservation work and chapter news from every issue of the chapter’s newsletter since 2014.

2026

  • Q2 2026

    Summer 2026

    • Letter from the Editor
    • President’s Letter
    • RAMS: A Privilege With Pressure
    • My Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunt
    • Future RWWS Installations Scheduled
    • No Points, But I Drew It
    • Max Points, Max Reward
    • Ram in a Million
    • Fundraiser Recap
    • FY 25/26 Year In Review
    • Election
    • Dream Hunt to Tajikistan for Bukharan Markhor and Bukhara Urial
    • New Zealand Adventure
    • Governmental Affairs
    • California Department of Fish and Wildlife Update
    • 2026 Chapter and Affiliates Meeting
    • Death Averted
    • Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep
    • The Cady Mountains: A Brief History of California’s Tenth Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zone
    • The Politics of Conservation

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  • Q1 2026

    Spring 2026

    • From the Editor’s Desk
    • President’s Letter
    • 2026 CDFW Fundraising Permits
    • My First Big Game Harvest
    • Annual Fundraiser – For the Kids Too
    • A Memory Thirty Years in the Making
    • New People on the Team!
    • BC Moose Hunt
    • Spain Beceite Ibex Hunt
    • CAWSF Board Elections Coming Up in June – Nominees Sought
    • One Lucky Family!
    • How Hunting Makes Me a Better Businessman
    • The Katie Martin Drinker in the Cady’s
    • Six Day Slam
    • Continued GALAD Success: SL82 Flat Top
    • California Fish and Game Commission Meeting Update
    • CDFW Update Region 6
    • Governmental Affairs Update
    • The Southern Bristol Mountains: A Brief History of California’s Ninth Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zone
    • The Politics of Conservation
    • 2026 CAWSF Fundraiser Sponsorship Opportunities!

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2025

  • Q4 2025

    Winter 2025

    • From the Editor’s Desk
    • President’s Letter
    • California Dreamin’
    • What a Journey, What a Hunter
    • Waiting on the Bull
    • What a Croc! Zambia Hunt
    • Where the Northern Lights Are South – A True Arctic Adventure
    • Mountain Goats, Brown Bears and Meat Care
    • Two Members Reach Milestone
    • Current Status of California Desert Bighorn
    • Water Development in the Desert
    • An Historical Account of Opening California’s 8th Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zone: The White Mountains
    • GALAD – State Lands Installation Success – Confirmed
    • The Politics of Conservation
    • California’s AB 1127: A Backdoor Striker-Fired Handgun Ban
    • Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing? California Bill Carries Potential Consequences for Dog Breeders, Owners

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  • Q3 2025

    Fall 2025

    • From the Editor’s Desk
    • President’s Letter
    • Eagle Eye
    • The “A” Team
    • Ram Down!
    • Steve Hornady’s California Desert Bighorn Hunt
    • My Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunt
    • The Newberry Crew Keeps Going and Going
    • How to Hunt Sheep Every Year!
    • Government Issues Update
    • Desert Bighorn Sheep Program Update
    • Water Development in the Desert
    • California’s Seventh Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zone: The Sheep Hole Mountains (Part II)
    • Two New Wildlife Crossings Proposed in the Morongo Basin
    • The Politics of Conservation

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  • Q2 2025

    Summer 2025

    • From the Editor’s Desk
    • President’s Letter
    • Patience, Perseverance, and the Perfect Shot!
    • California Wild Sheep Summit XXXVI
    • How Many Chances
    • Beyond the Hunt – A Girlfriend’s Journey on the Once-in-a-Lifetime Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunt
    • Annual Fundraising Dinner Update
    • One Country, Two Chamois Species, Three Days (Part 1)
    • Argentina Red Stag
    • Government Issues Update
    • Desert Bighorn Sheep Program Update
    • Future RWWS Installations Scheduled
    • California’s Seventh Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zone: The Sheep Hole Mountains (Part I)
    • The Way of Things
    • Genetic Analysis of 2024 Desert Bighorn Capture Samples in Southeastern California
    • The Politics of Conservation

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  • Q1 2025

    Spring 2025

    • From the Editor’s Desk
    • President’s Letter
    • California Wild Sheep Summit XXXV
    • Desert Bighorn Sheep December 30th 2024!
    • Snail
    • Canada Moose
    • The Secret to My Successful Sheep Hunt
    • Photos from the Field
    • Annual Fundraising Dinner Update
    • “Aurora” First State Lands Wildlife Water System Completed
    • Government Issues Update
    • R10 Fay Dee Water Haul and (3rd) Tank Installation
    • The San Gorgonio Wilderness Hunt Zone: Brief History and Additional Notes on California’s Sixth Bighorn Sheep Hunt Unit
    • The Politics of Conservation

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2024

  • Q4 2024

    Winter 2024

    • From the Editor’s Desk
    • President’s Letter
    • Dreams to Memories: The Story of a Dall Sheep Hunt
    • Alaska Hunting — Moose, Goat, and Deer
    • Photos from the Field
    • Live On
    • 6 Points
    • Success at Last – State Lands Guzzler Launches New Era
    • Kuiu Helps Wild Sheep in California as Part of Their “Conservation Direct” Projects
    • Government Issues Update
    • California Fish and Wildlife Update
    • The Orocopia Mountains: A Brief History of California’s Fifth Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zone
    • The Politics of Conservation
    • Registering Harvested and “Pick Up” Wild Sheep & Plugging, State by State

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  • Q3 2024

    Fall 2024

    • From the Editor’s Desk
    • President’s Letter
    • Against All Odds
    • Desert Dreaming
    • Recap of the July 20, 2024 DBH Hunter Orientation
    • Tips from the July 2024 DBH Hunter Orientation
    • State Lands Project – Game On!
    • Government Issues Update
    • The Way of Things
    • CDFW Wildlife Branch Update
    • The East Chocolate Mountains: A Brief History of California’s Fourth Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zone (Part III)
    • The Politics of Conservation
    • Last Campfire

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  • Q2 2024

    Summer 2024

    • From the Editor’s Desk
    • President’s Letter
    • A Divine Ram
    • Old Desert Warriors
    • Sheep Summit XXXIV (34) Recap
    • Jim Shockey’s Hand of Man Museum
    • CRANKER
    • 2024 Annual Banquet / Fundraiser Update
    • Aoudad/Barbary Sheep in Morocco
    • Ibex Grand Slam
    • Water Development Work in the Desert
    • Government Issues Update
    • The Way of Things
    • California Fish and Wildlife Update
    • The East Chocolate Mountains: A Brief History of California’s Fourth Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zone (Part II)
    • The Politics of Conservation

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  • Q1 2024

    Spring 2024

    • RAMZILLA
    • 2023 Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunt in the Marble/Clipper Mountains
    • WSF Grassroots Award for CAWSF Member
    • Meet Your New Director: Matt St. Martin
    • 2023 AK Mountain Goat Hunt
    • 2024 Annual Banquet / Fundraiser Preview
    • GSCO Convention Recap
    • Water Development Work in the Desert
    • U.S. Marines Help Airlift Water Tanks
    • Sheep Scouting
    • Government Issues Update
    • SB31 Bearclaws Repairs
    • CDFW Update and White Mountain Survey
    • San Gorgonio 2023 Sheep Count
    • The East Chocolate Mountains History (Part I)
    • The Politics of Conservation
    • Get Better Field Photos

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2023

  • Q4 2023

    Winter 2023

    • My 2023 California Dream Sheep Hunt
    • Alaska Extreme
    • Meet Your New Director: John Oldenkamp
    • First Hunt
    • Who’s the Luckiest Member This Year?
    • 2022 Alaska Dall Ram Rifle Hunt
    • California Wild Sheep Summit XXXIII (33)
    • 2024 Annual Banquet / Fundraiser Preview
    • My Stone Sheep and Mountain Goat Hunt
    • Bighorn Sheep Capture in the Panamint Mountains
    • CAWSF Member Receives the Aldo Leopold Conservation Award
    • Time-Lapse Photography: A New Focus on Wildlife
    • Government Issues Update
    • CDFW Update and White Mountain Survey
    • Kingston Range and Clark Mountain: A Brief History of California’s Third Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zone (Part II)
    • The Politics of Conservation

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  • Q3 2023

    Fall 2023

    • My Clark Kingston Mountain Range Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunt
    • Joy and Sorrow
    • Newberry, Rodman, and Ord Mountains Desert Bighorn
    • Old Man Mountain
    • 2024 Annual Banquet / Fundraiser Preview
    • Scotland Ireland Hunt
    • State Lands Scouting Effort
    • R12 Little Fargo “Hot Shots”
    • Vermin Water Haul
    • Government Issues Update
    • CA Fish and Wildlife Update and White Mountain Survey
    • 2021-22 Annual Report for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Recovery Program
    • Kingston Range and Clark Mountain: A Brief History of California’s Third Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zone (Part I)
    • Sky Valley Ecological Reserve Drinker Repairs with Quail Forever
    • 2022 Greenland Muskox Adventure
    • The Politics of Conservation

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  • Q2 2023

    Summer 2023

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • First Loser
    • My Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunt
    • The Old Warrior
    • 2023 Annual Fundraiser & Annual Banquet – Wow What a Night!
    • Wyoming Bighorn Hunt
    • Colty the Billy Goat
    • Board of Directors Slate
    • Board of Directors Ballot
    • Recognizing Our Partners at USMC
    • Breathing New Life Into Old Systems: Guzzler Repairs
    • Government Issues Update
    • California Fish and Wildlife Update
    • A Bullet Train, a Solar Plant, and Bighorn Sheep
    • Don’t Wait
    • F&G Commission Adopts 2023/2024 Wild Sheep Regs

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  • Q1 2023

    Spring 2023

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Lance Young’s California Ram
    • Sindh Ibex Hunt in Pakistan
    • The Hard-Working Man’s Ram
    • Nubian Ibex December 2022 Hunt
    • 2023 Annual Fundraiser & Annual Banquet Update
    • Wyoming Supertag Soup
    • What Does AI Have to Say About Hunting and Conservation?
    • HUGE News for Desert Bighorn in California
    • SCBS Secures Lease of State Lands
    • Government Issues Update
    • California Dept of Fish and Wildlife Update
    • Bighorn Sheep Conservation in California: Further Historical Insights
    • Successful Repair at R5 Chuckwalla (Ship Creek)
    • CAWSF Policy Team at Work to Keep You on the Mountain

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2022

  • Q4 2022

    Winter 2022

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • The Gregg Bell Ram
    • The Biggest Bighorns in the Book
    • Is There One More DIY Hunt in Me? You Bet!
    • 2023 Annual Fundraiser & Annual Banquet Update
    • Two Great Opportunities at One Great Event!
    • Yukon Doubleheader
    • 2022 Antelope Hunt
    • Government Issues Update
    • Wildlife Professionals Continue Close Watch of Desert Bighorn Connectivity Along CA I-15
    • CA Fish and Wildlife Update
    • CAWSF Sponsored Breakfast for D14 Zone Clean-Up
    • Some Thoughts on Feral Equids, and a Few Asses
    • Mylar Menace
    • New Favorite Gear
    • Significant Majority of Americans Support the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
    • 2021/2022 Legislative Session Nears Conclusion

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  • Q3 2022

    Fall 2022

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • My Number 1
    • Ralph’s Last Ram
    • Desert Sheep Fever (Sub-Strain of Sheep Fever)
    • 2023 Annual Fundraiser & Annual Banquet – We Need You!
    • Cowboy Caviar
    • California Fish and Wildlife Update
    • Government Issues Update
    • How to Write a Story About Your Hunt
    • ‘Mature’ and ‘Legal’ Are Not Synonymous Terms: Implications for the Regulatory Process
    • Good News in the East Mojave
    • Bighorn Sheep Hunting in California: The First 35 Years (Continued)
    • 2021/2022 Legislative Session Nears Conclusion

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  • Q2 2022

    Summer 2022

    • From the Editor
    • CAWSF Board Elections
    • President’s Message
    • This Is Not the Ram I Wanted — But I’ll Take It!
    • CA Wild Sheep Summit XXXI
    • “Heavy Metal” Ram 2021
    • Annual Fundraiser Review: Photos, Awards, and More
    • Kaylee’s First Big Game Animal
    • Director Biographies
    • Election Ballot
    • GALAD Update
    • Favorite Gear
    • CAWSF — 2021 in Review
    • Just the Beginning
    • CA Fish and Wildlife Update
    • Governmental Affairs Update
    • Water Development in the Mojave Desert
    • Water 4 Wild Wool “W4WW”
    • Bighorn Sheep Hunting in CA: The First 35 Years
    • First Lamb at Rasor Ranch Tank: (GALAD) Success!
    • 2022 Legislative Session

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  • Q1 2022

    Spring 2022

    • From the Editor
    • CAWSF Board Elections
    • President’s Message
    • “The Ghost” CA Desert Bighorn
    • Helicopter Coues Deer Hunt
    • RRS Binocular Tripod Adapter
    • First-Come, First-Serve NV Bighorn
    • Fun and Inspiration From Icons of Sheep Hunting
    • Management Beceite Ibex
    • CDFW Update
    • Water Development in Our Challenging Environment
    • 2022 Annual Fundraiser & Annual Banquet Update
    • Fundraiser Registration
    • CA Wild Sheep Summit XXX
    • Bighorn Sheep Habitat Management at Old Dad Peak (Part II)
    • Wiggy Waders
    • The Problem With Sheep Hunting
    • 2022 Legislative Session Off & Running

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2021

  • Q4 2021

    Winter 2021

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Proof of “SD Tank” Water Haul Success
    • Who Knew — South Africa Has Hot Archery Hunting!
    • Bighorn Sheep Habitat Management at Old Dad Peak
    • Unprecedented Dry Season and Water Haul Efforts
    • Governmental Affairs Update
    • CAWSF — 2021 State Legislative Session Wraps

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  • Q3 2021

    Fall 2021

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • My Dream Come True
    • Team Tiburón
    • CAWSF Election Results
    • Oregon Bighorn Sheep Hunt
    • “Anniversaries” to Be Celebrated at 2022 Fundraiser
    • California WSF Life Members
    • CA DFW, Region 6 Update
    • Bighorn Sheep Habitat Management in the Marble Mountains
    • Wild Sheep Summit, Optimism and Concern
    • Governmental Affairs Update
    • Desert Water Developments 2021

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  • Q2 2021

    Summer 2021

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Jan 5-14, 2021 Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunting Story
    • Update from California Department of Wildlife
    • The Orocopia Hammer
    • One More for Four
    • In Honor of Andrew M. Pauli (1953–2021)
    • CAWSF — 2020 in Review
    • Central European Mouflon
    • 2021 Election Slate and Ballot
    • 2021 Annual Fundraiser Recap
    • Wild Sheep Summit XXIX
    • Governmental Affairs Update
    • Last Campfire — Bill Pritchard
    • Water Development Work in the Desert

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  • Q1 2021

    Spring 2021

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Desert Sheep Hunting at Age 77
    • WSF Hunt Report: Tian Shan Argali and Mid Asian Ibex, Kyrgyzstan
    • Q&A With Member Brad Peters
    • 2021 Sheep Week
    • Member Spotlight: Peggy Lee
    • CAWSF 2021 Fundraiser
    • Wild Sheep Summit XXVIII
    • Maintaining Momentum for Conservation
    • Oro Belle Guzzler Now Providing “Liquid Gold” to Wildlife
    • Update From CDFW
    • Governmental Affairs Update
    • Working Both Sides of the Ball

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2020

  • Q4 2020

    Winter 2020

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • One Special Hunt
    • Inyo Fire Stops White Mtn Hunts
    • “Dome” Fire Destruction in Mojave National Preserve
    • Bonking
    • Who Is the Luckiest Member?
    • 20th Anniversary CAWSF Fundraising Banquet
    • Wyoming Goat Hunt
    • Gray Wolf Delisting Update
    • The Desert at Night
    • Fire and Bighorn Sheep in the San Gabriel Mountains: Forty Years of Lessons Learned
    • Gear Review
    • CDFW BHS Program Update
    • Governmental Affairs Update
    • Chip Hollister Last Campfire

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  • Q3 2020

    Fall 2020

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Did I Win? “Y”
    • Why Do We Hunt
    • First a Bow, Then a Rifle, Hunt
    • The Quit Moment
    • Historic Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities
    • El Groupo
    • Old Guy Sheep Shape
    • Sportsmen Deliver Wildlife for the 21st Century, Volume VI
    • Anniversary Ram
    • A Tale of Two Goats
    • Special Thanks to CAWSF Members
    • Desert Bighorn Sheep Program Update
    • Last Campfire: Cliff McDonald

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  • Q2 2020

    Summer 2020

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • The 18 Year Journey
    • Spanish Ibex Grand Slam
    • A Thanksgiving Capra Hunt
    • 2020 Annual Virtual Event
    • Habitat Selection by Bighorn Sheep in the San Rafael Mountains
    • YOUR Membership Matters!
    • In Appreciation of Robert L. Vernoy (1926–2020)
    • Governmental Affairs Update
    • Castle Mine Guzzler
    • CAWSF — Working to Keep You in the Field
    • Five Thought Experiments on Bighorn Sheep and Minerals

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  • Q1 2020

    Spring 2020

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Friends and Family Made This Hunt Special
    • The Grand Adventure
    • CAWSF Membership Renewals Due
    • Poquito Macho Grande (aka “Little Big Buck”)
    • Setting Goals
    • 2020 Annual CAWSF Banquet
    • In Appreciation of Leon Lesicka (1932–2019)
    • He Quit on the Mountain
    • California Wild Sheep Summit XXVI
    • Governmental Affairs Update
    • CAWSF — Working to Keep You in the Field
    • The Way of Things
    • Fundraiser Registration

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2019

  • Q4 2019

    Winter 2019

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Twenty-Two Years Later
    • Mid Asian Ibex Hunting in Kazakhstan
    • Success Can Be Yours, If You Can Dream, Imagine, Believe
    • Smoked Out and Snowed Out: My 32-Year Quest
    • 2020 Annual CAWSF Banquet
    • Science Report: 7th World Mountain Ungulate Conference
    • Wyoming Rocky Mountain Sheep Deja Vu
    • This Generation’s Political and Social Movement in Hunting, Fishing and the Shooting Sports
    • Desert Bighorn Sheep Water Developments at Old Dad Peak Rebuilt
    • Desert Bighorn Sheep Helicopter Survey Results
    • Some Thoughts on Wildlife and Livestock Management

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  • Q3 2019

    Fall 2019

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • The Mountains Are Calling Me
    • A Two Mile High Desert Bighorn Ram
    • 2020 Annual Banquet
    • Hunt Report – Altai Argali, Mongolia, 2019
    • Hunting Stone Sheep in BC – Keep Both Eyes Wide Open
    • Harvest Strategies, Record Books, and Mountain Sheep: Results of Recent Research
    • SAAM™ for My Ladies
    • Evaluation of Gene Flow Among Desert Bighorn Sheep
    • Summer Field Work
    • San Gorgonio Bighorn Sheep Disease Update
    • Governmental Affairs Update

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  • Q2 2019

    Summer 2019

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Lightning Strikes Twice
    • 2019 Fundraiser Recap
    • 2019 Fundraiser Photos
    • Wild Sheep Summit XXV
    • Sheep on the Cheap
    • Outdoor Adventures to Heroes
    • 2019 Election Bios and Ballot
    • New Desert Sheep Hunt Zone
    • Abnormal Coloration in BHS
    • Photos from the Field
    • GALAD Update
    • Washington DC Fly-In
    • The Desert Sheep of the Newberry Mtns
    • 2018 Year in Review
    • CAWSF Working to Keep You in the Field
    • Desert Bighorn Council Meeting

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  • Q1 2019

    Spring 2019

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Cady Mountains Sheep Hunt
    • Lopside and the White Ewe
    • One for the Money
    • Fundraising Banquet Final Update
    • Macro-Elements, Micro-Elements, and Mountain Sheep
    • CA Wild Sheep Summit XXIV
    • Consider an Illuminated Reticle Scope
    • Cadiz Water Project Update
    • Latest GALAD Installation
    • Federal Governmental Affairs Update
    • Working to Keep You in the Field
    • Bighorn Sheep Are (Again) Dying in the California Desert

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2018

  • Q4 2018

    Winter 2018

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Hunting with the Stars!
    • Alaska Mountain Goat — A Kenai Peninsula Draw Hunt
    • Papa’s Pride and Joy
    • BC Moose Adventure
    • 2019 CA Wild Sheep Foundation Banquet and Fundraiser Update
    • The Fish Are Really Biting
    • Yukon Stone Sheep Hunt
    • DFW Update
    • Desert Bighorn Update
    • The Future of Bighorn Sheep Conservation
    • White Coloration in Bighorn Sheep Is a Widespread Phenomenon
    • Will I Ever Get a Bighorn Sheep

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  • Q3 2018

    Fall 2018

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • The Gambler Ram
    • British Columbia Stone’s Sheep
    • California Lightning Strikes — Again!
    • Chapter & Affiliates Meeting XI
    • 2019 Fundraiser Preview
    • DFW Update
    • And Then There Were None
    • Hunting Photography Part 3
    • Thoughts and Ideas on BHS Habitat in the Information Age

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  • Q2 2018

    Summer 2018

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • One and Only Chance
    • New Year’s Ram
    • Chamois in the Carpathian Mountains
    • Photos from the Field
    • 2017 – A Year in Review
    • DFW Update
    • Fundraiser Recap
    • Election Slate Biographies
    • Director’s Ballot
    • Desert Bighorn Update
    • Recruit – Retain – Reactivate
    • Hunting Photography Part 2

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  • Q1 2018

    Spring 2018

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • New Mexico Aoudad
    • Caprinae Safaris Pakistan Hunt
    • Cady Mountain Warrior
    • Photos from the Field
    • Fundraiser Update and Registration
    • Passover No More
    • Hunting Photography
    • Cadiz Water Project Update
    • Desert Bighorn Update
    • Horn Size Study, Part 3
    • Sheep Show Recap
    • Effects of Minerals on BHS

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2017

  • Q4 2017

    Winter 2017

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Two Women and a Desert Sheep in Mexico
    • White Mountains Desert Bighorn
    • Role of Harvest: Part II
    • Desert Bighorns Capture and Release
    • WSF Affairs Committee Goes to Washington
    • Photos from the Field
    • Bison Hunt Story
    • Armenian Mouflon
    • The Cadiz Water Project

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  • Q3 2017

    Fall 2017

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • And Some Days the Bear Gets You
    • My South Bristols Sheep Hunt
    • BC Black Bear Bonanza
    • Lone Star Luck
    • Photos from the Field
    • Annual Banquet Update
    • Washington DC Legislative Fly In
    • Understanding Role of Harvest
    • Chapter and Affiliate Meeting Report
    • Historical Indifference

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  • Q2 2017

    Summer 2017

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Saving the Best for Last
    • Hunting Muskox with the Cup’ig Eskimo
    • Cady Mountains Spot and Stalk Bighorn
    • The Clipper Mountain Warrior
    • Photos from the Field
    • CAWSF Director Candidate Biographies for 2017
    • Annual Fundraiser Recap

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  • Q1 2017

    Spring 2017

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Monarchs and Badasses
    • Big B
    • Photos from the Field
    • 2016: A Year in Review
    • Annual Banquet Update
    • California Bighorn Dreamin
    • Sheep Show Recap
    • Tule Elk of the Gabilan Mountains
    • Mountain Goat
    • Sindh Ibex, Pakistan

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2016

  • Q4 2016

    Winter 2016

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Ultima Thule Dall Sheep Adventure
    • Photos from the Field
    • When ‘Max Points’ Wasn’t
    • Dan Smith III California Bighorn Sheep Hunt
    • Wilderness First Aid
    • 2017 Fundraiser Update
    • Pamir Marco Polo Adventure
    • A Life Changing Visit to the Sheep Show

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  • Q3 2016

    Fall 2016

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • My First Desert Bighorn Sheep
    • Photos from the Field
    • WSF Meeting Report
    • Mojave Desert Bighorn Sheep Program
    • Fundraiser Update
    • Hangay Argali – Mongolia
    • Traveling Without a Firearm on a Hunt
    • Hunting in the Human Way
    • What Drives Habitat Selection by Bighorn

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  • Q2 2016

    Summer 2016

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • My Desert Sheep Hunt
    • Dall Sheep Hunt
    • Sometimes You Win and Sometimes
    • The Moment
    • Romanian Black Bear Hunt
    • Director Candidate Biographies and Ballot
    • Dodging Disease During Recovery
    • Fundraiser Photos
    • Annual Awards
    • A Year in Review

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  • Q1 2016

    Spring 2016

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Quest for the Tule Elk
    • Conservation and Hunting: A Life Turning Point
    • Dr. Garfinkel Gold Speaking at Annual Fundraiser
    • My California Desert Sheep Hunt
    • Surprise! Arizona Desert Sheep Hunt
    • Mexico Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunt
    • Top of the World Rams
    • 2016 Live Auction Preview

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2015

  • Q4 2015

    Winter 2015

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Weekend on the Stewart Ranch with Arrow Five Outfitters
    • Bighorn Hunt
    • Sheep Summit XVIII: Magnificent Rams (and Ewe) in a Yet to Be Surveyed CA Range
    • Piute Mountain “FNAWS Ram”
    • Roads, Routes, and Rams
    • Airlifting Bighorn Sheep Back Into Nevada’s National Parks
    • Supporting SCBS with Drinker Installation
    • Nevada Dream Desert Ram
    • Photos from the Field

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  • Q2 2015

    Summer 2015

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Patience, Persistence, and Candy Bars
    • Not a “Bad Hunt” in Asia
    • Photos from the Field
    • A Hunt of a Lifetime
    • 2014 in Review
    • So You Want to Be a Sheep Hunter

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  • Q1 2015

    Spring 2015

    • From the Editor
    • President’s Message
    • Wanderings of a Sheep & Goat Hunter
    • Elk Hunting in California – What a Wonderful Experience
    • Dall’s Sheep Hunt
    • Photos from the Field
    • All the Best
    • Unexpected & Unprepared: A Mountain Goat Story – Part 1
    • Lightning Strikes Twice in Pacifica, California for Father and Son

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