Bighorn Sheep
Nelson (Desert), California, & Rocky Mountain (NAC 502.345)
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B 181 East - That portion of Unit 181 east of State Route 839 C 181 West - That portion of Unit 181 west of State Route 839 * There are portions of Unit 181 in Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon where public access is restricted. To hunt in the NAS portions of Unit 181, the tagholder is required to attend a NAS hunter safety briefing. ** Mature ram numbers and distribution are unknown in this unit. *** Portions of Hunt Units 280, 281, and 282 are within the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) where public access is restricted. Hunters and everyone in their respective hunting parties, must comply with all Nevada hunting requirements and all NTTR safety and security requirements including the following: 1) consent to and pass a criminal history background check, 2) be at least 14 years old on opening day of the respective hunting season, 3) attend the Nellis Air Force Base hunter safety briefing, and 4) within the NTTR Hunt Units 280, 281, and 282 limit party size to 5 including tagholder. Additional party members may complete background check and safety briefing, but only maximum of 5 party members including tagholder may be present within the NTTR Hunt Units 280, 281, and 282 at any given time. *** Hunters and members of their parties who fail to comply with these requirements may be denied access to the NTTR. Hunters and members of their parties may not access the NTTR after a tag is filled and animal has been removed and in possession of tagholder. No pets are allowed on NTTR. It is the hunter’s responsibility to meet and/or comply with all NTTR eligibility requirements. In some units there may be adjustments to season dates to accommodate Department of Defense operations. The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners hereby delegates authority to the Nevada Department of Wildlife to adjust season dates to accommodate Department of Defense operations so long as there is no change to the overall length of the season. |
Resident |
Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep |
Any Ram |
Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
045 |
Sept 15 - Oct 15 |
2 |
131, 132 |
Sept 15 - Jan 1 |
1 |
134, 251 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
161 |
Sept 15 - Jan 1 |
3 |
163, 162 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
173 |
Sept 1 - Jan 1 |
1 |
181 East*B |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
4 |
181 WestC |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
182, 044 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
5 |
183, 153 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
9 |
184 |
Oct 15 - Nov 15 |
6 |
202 |
Oct 15 - Nov 15 |
5 |
204 |
Sept 15 - Nov 15 |
2 |
205 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
206, 208 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
6 |
207 |
Sept 15 - Jan 1 |
2 |
211 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
212 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
213 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
4 |
223, 221 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
241 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
4 |
243 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
4 |
244 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
6 |
245, 133 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
253 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
5 |
Any Legal Weapon (Continued) |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
254 |
Nov 1 - Jan 1 |
4 |
261 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
262 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
263 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
5 |
264, 265, 266 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
267 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
8 |
268 Early |
Nov 16 - Dec 8 |
30 |
268 Late |
Dec 10 - Jan 1 |
30 |
271, 242** |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
272 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
280*** |
Dec 19 - Jan 3 |
5 |
281*** |
Dec 19 - Jan 3 |
4 |
282*** |
Dec 19 - Jan 3 |
1 |
283, 284 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
286 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
Archery |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
182, 044 |
Aug 15 - Oct 1 |
1 |
184 |
Sept 1 - Oct 1 |
1 |
202 |
Sept 15 - Oct 14 |
1 |
267 |
Oct 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
268 |
Jan 5 - Feb 20 |
9 |

Resident |
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Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep |
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Management Ram – Any Ram* |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
164 Early |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
New Hunt |
164 Late |
Nov 1 - Dec 31 |
New Hunt |
* 1) a separate hunt category, 2) no bonus points awarded to unsuccessful applicants per NAC 502.4187, 3) a once-in-a-lifetime hunt based on successfully drawing a tag and therefore has no waiting period eligibility. |
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Resident |
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Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep |
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Management Ram – One Horn* |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
262, 263, 264, 265, 266 |
Jan 5 - Feb 20 |
3 |
267, 268 |
Jan 5 - Feb 20 |
4 |
* The shortest horn must be less than half the length of the longest horn. * Management Ram Hunt - 1) a separate hunt category, 2) no bonus points awarded to unsuccessful applicants per NAC 502.4187, and 3) a once-in-a-lifetime hunt based on successfully drawing a tag and therefore has no waiting period eligibility. |
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Resident |
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Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep |
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Any Ewe* |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
268 |
Oct 20 - Nov 15 |
90 |
* Successful applicants for a bighorn sheep ewe tag must complete a sex identification course before receiving their tag. Bighorn sheep ewe hunters are not required to have their harvest physically inspected at a Department office but must submit a hunt survey questionnaire. |
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Nonresident |
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Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep |
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Any Ram |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
181 WestC |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
182, 044 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
183, 153 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
184 |
Oct 15 - Nov 15 |
1 |
205 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
243 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
253 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
263 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
267 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
268 Early |
Nov 16 - Dec 8 |
3 |
268 Late |
Dec 10 - Jan 1 |
3 |
283, 284 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
C 181 West - That portion of Unit 181 west of State Route 839 |
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Nonresident |
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Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep |
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Any Ewe* |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
268 |
Oct 20 - Nov 15 |
10 |
* Successful applicants for a bighorn sheep ewe tag must complete a sex identification course before receiving their tag. Bighorn sheep ewe hunters are not required to have their harvest physically inspected at a Department office but must submit a hunt survey questionnaire. |
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Resident |
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep |
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Any Ram |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
091 |
Sept 1 - Nov 30 |
New Hunt |
102 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
2 |
115B |
Nov 15 - Feb 20 |
1 |
B That portion of Unit 115 outside of the Great Basin National Park. |
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Resident |
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California Bighorn Sheep |
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Any Ram |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
011, 013 |
Sept 1 - Nov 10 |
New Hunt |
012 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
3 |
014 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
New Hunt |
022* |
Sept 1 - Nov 10 |
2 |
031A Double Hs |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
2 |
032B Pine Forest, Pueblos |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
4 |
033, 032C SNWR, McGee Mtn |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
3 |
034 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
4 |
035D Jacksons |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
8 |
035E Bloody Runs |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
051 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
2 |
068 Early |
Aug 20 - Sept 30 |
New Hunt |
068 Late |
Oct 1 - Nov 10 |
New Hunt |
* Access to public land to hunt bighorn sheep is limited across private land. A That portion of Unit 031 south of State Route 293/Thacker Pass Road (Allows hunting in the Double H Mountains but excludes the Montana Mountains). B This unit excludes that portion of Unit 032 west of the Craine Creek/Knott Creek Ranch Road and south of State Route No. 140 (Allows hunting in Pine Forest Range and Pueblo Mountains but excludes McGee Mountain). C This unit includes that portion of Unit 032 west of the Craine Creek/Knott Creek Ranch Road and south of State Route No. 140 (Allows hunting in Unit 033 and McGee Mountain of Unit 032). D That portion of Unit 035 west of the Bottle Creek Road from the north boundary of State Route 140 to the south boundary of the Jungo railroad crossing (Allows hunting in Jackson Mountains). E That portion of Unit 035 east of the Bottle Creek Road from the north boundary of State Route 140 to the south boundary of the Jungo Road and west of U.S. Highway 95 (Allows hunting in Bloody Run Hills and Slumbering Hills). |
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Resident |
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California Bighorn Sheep |
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Management Ram – Any Ram* |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
066 Early |
Sept 1 - Sept 30 |
New Hunt |
066 Mid |
Oct 1 - Oct 31 |
New Hunt |
066 Late |
Nov 1 - Nov 30 |
New Hunt |
* 1) a separate hunt category, 2) no bonus points awarded to unsuccessful applicants per NAC 502.4187, 3) a once-in-a-lifetime hunt based on successfully drawing a tag and therefore has no waiting period eligibility. |
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Nonresident |
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California Bighorn Sheep |
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Any Ram |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2025 Quota |
032B Pine Forest, Pueblos |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
034 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
035D Jacksons |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
068 Early |
Aug 20 - Sept 30 |
New Hunt |
B This unit excludes that portion of Unit 032 west of the Craine Creek/Knott Creek Ranch Road and south of State Route No. 140 (Allows hunting in Pine Forest Range and Pueblo Mountains but excludes McGee Mountain). D That portion of Unit 035 west of the Bottle Creek Road from the north boundary of State Route 140 to the south boundary of the Jungo railroad crossing (Allows hunting in Jackson Mountains). |
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