October 25, 2016

Bighorn sheep season opens after pneumonia sweeps badlands

Bighorn sheep season opens after pneumonia sweeps badlands

By Jack Dura
Farmer Staff Writer

Twenty-three bighorn sheep grazed on sagebrush and milled around the scoria road leading to the CCC Campground south of Watford City.
Under an overcast sky, a rambunctious ram chased and charged several ewes around a grassy knob before laying down in the dirt.
Come Saturday, Oct. 28, the regular hunting season opens on these animals.

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