Ewes don’t smash their heads together though ... you’re ready,” I told Frank as we settled in behind our rifles. In my 20 years of hunting Dall sheep in Alaska, I’ve learned many things. One is that ...

. Freezing rain drizzled relentlessly on the drab tans and browns of an Arctic autumn. The clouds and fog made it just as difficult to see our tent 1,000 feet below as it did to see my quarry, a ...

Dall sheep season opens in Alaska on Aug. 10 and ... Additionally, pregnancy rates are often lower after hard winters, when ewes do not have sufficient energy reserves to carry young.