Watching a small band of Dall sheep ewes with a single lamb, Tommy Levanger recalled seeing a small black speck in his peripheral vision. The speck was a golden eagle in a 50-to-60-degree dive ...

cutting off the alpine tundra that Dall sheep love to snack on. The result: malnourished, leaner ewes with less subcutaneous fat and lower odds of carrying a healthy pregnancy. This contrasted ...

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 ...

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.