Some White Bighorn Sheep

[CouesWhitetail]

I went out to film these bighorn sheep near Roosevelt lake a few months ago. The night before I had seen a group with several nice rams that I hoped to film. However, I couldn't find the big rams the next day, but still got some nice video of a smaller ram and a neat white colored ewe and her pale offspring.

 

I really enjoy watching sheep doing their thing. It is amazing to me how they move and climb around on the rocks. I like how they don't seem to care at all when they slip. It's like they figure they won't fall very far before they get their balance again. All the rocks were very loose and it was very noisy listening to them move around.

 

watch the video:

http://www.coueswhitetail.com/video_clips/...evelt_sheep.wmv

 

 

Some pics:

[Browning'sCustomMeat]

Awesome pictures Amanda, Thanks for sharing.

 

-Jeremy-

[Snapshot]

Greta pics! Its amazing how sure footed those critters are.

[Coach]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing the pix.

[CouesWhitetail]

I talked to some biologists at AGFD about the white ewe and one of them had taken a photo of her as a lamb in 2006. You would think it would be hard to survive being a white ewe, but she seems to be doing fine.

 

Amanda

 

[Muley62]

Very cool! Glad to hear that those sheep are doing well.

[Lance]

WOW! Thats amazing Amanda! Way too Cool! I've seen lots of Verry light colored ones of diferent shades and some like the kid in your pics, but that one is as white as can be! Awesome!

 

Lance

[ajohunter]

That is awesome. I never get tired of looking at desert bighorns! Thanks for posting them Amanda!

[justinspe25]

That is cool. Thanks for sharing.

[GameHauler]

Very cool Amada. sheep and hunting them is like nothing you can describe.

Only way to know that feeling is to be blessed with a tag.

Pray for me to get a Rockie tag this year or at before I am 80.

Hope I am rich to afford a helli to get me up that mountain.

[bonecollector]

Cool pics and video, thanks for sharing!

[CouesWhitetail]

here is the photo that the AGFD biologist (Jon Hanna) took of the white ewe when she was a lamb in 2006.

 

Apparently this colonizing herd is of uncertain origin. There are populations of Rocky Mtn Bighorn and Desert Bighorn that could have contributed to this colonizing herd. Some genetic testing shows that they are more likely Rocky Mtn bighorn than desert. Having the two subpecies so close together could cause mixing of the subspecies that could cause biological problems as well as make the sheep ineligible for B&C recordbooks. I hope that doesn't happen.

 

Amanda

[lucky2hunt]

I'm amazed she has lived 4 years, it seems like she would be an obvious target for any predator. I'm glad she looks so healthy, "You Go Girl"!

Great pictures Amanda!

[tjhunt2]

Thanks for sharing Amanda. She sure is a beautiful ewe. Looks like she's doing pretty good. I could sit for hours and watch them. I once had a baby goat walk within a few feet of me and never knew I was there. It was the neatest thing ever.

 

TJ

[Chef]

Cool pics of that white kid Amanda.

I too enjoy watching sheep/goats and marvel at how well they traverse the terrain they to.

It would certainly make any man cling for life or fall and lose it.