Bighorn Sheep Hunts
Nelson (Desert), California, & Rocky Mountain (NAC 502.345)
NOTE: Changes to regulations are marked in blue.
Resident Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep – Any Ram |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2022 Quota |
045, 153 |
Sept 15 - Oct 15 |
2 |
131*, 132, 164* |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
4 |
134, 251 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
161 Early |
Sept 15 - Oct 15 |
8 |
161 Late |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
7 |
163, 162 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
7 |
Sept 15 - Jan 1 |
3 |
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Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
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181** |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
23 |
182, 044 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
18 |
183 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
7 |
184 |
Oct 15 - Nov 15 |
5 |
202 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
204 |
Oct 15 - Nov 15 |
1 |
205 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
6 |
206, 208 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
4 |
207 |
Oct 15 - Nov 15 |
3 |
211 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
10 |
212 Early |
Nov 15 - Dec 8 |
9 |
212 Late |
Dec 9 - Jan 1 |
7 |
213 Early |
Nov 15 - Dec 8 |
6 |
213 Late |
Dec 9 - Jan 1 |
6 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
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241 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
4 |
243 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
5 |
244 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
245, 133 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
4 |
252*** |
Nov 19 - Dec 11 |
2 |
253 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
5 |
254 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
261 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
262 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
263 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
4 |
264, 265, 266 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
267 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
8 |
268 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
33 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
6 |
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272 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
280*** |
Dec 17 - Jan 1 |
3 |
281*** |
Dec 17 - Jan 1 |
4 |
282*** |
Dec 17 - Jan 1 |
1 |
283, 284 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
3 |
286 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
Archery |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2022 Quota |
163, 162 |
Oct 20 - Nov 14 |
1 |
182, 044 |
Oct 20 - Nov 14 |
2 |
202 |
Oct 20 - Nov 14 |
1 |
211 |
Oct 20 - Nov 14 |
1 |
212 |
Oct 20 - Nov 14 |
2 |
213 |
Oct 20 - Nov 14 |
2 |
Resident Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep – Management Ram – One Horn* |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2022 Quota |
241, 243, 271 |
Jan 5 - Feb 20 |
1 |
223, 245, 133 |
Jan 5 - Feb 20 |
1 |
253, 254, 261 |
Jan 5 - Feb 20 |
2 |
262, 263, 264, 265, 266 |
Jan 5 - Feb 20 |
3 |
267, 268 |
Jan 5 - Feb 20 |
4 |
283, 284, 286 |
Jan 5 - Feb 20 |
1 |
Resident Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep – Any Ewe |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2022 Quota |
161 |
Oct 20 - Nov 15 |
45 |
268 |
Oct 16 - Nov 15 |
36 |
Nonresident Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep – Any Ewe |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2022 Quota |
161 |
Oct 20 - Nov 15 |
5 |
268 |
Oct 16 - Nov 15 |
4 |
Nonresident Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep – Any Ram |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2022 Quota |
161 Early |
Sept 15 - Oct 15 |
1 |
161 Late |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
163, 162 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
181** |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
182, 044 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
2 |
183 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
184 |
Oct 15 - Nov 15 |
1 |
205 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
207 |
Oct 15 - Nov 15 |
1 |
211 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
212 Early |
Nov 15 - Dec 8 |
1 |
212 Late |
Dec 9 - Jan 1 |
1 |
213 Early |
Nov 15 - Dec 8 |
1 |
213 Late |
Dec 9 - Jan 1 |
1 |
244 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
253 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
263 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
267 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
268 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
5 |
271, 242* |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
283, 284 |
Nov 20 - Jan 1 |
1 |
Resident California Bighorn Sheep – Any Ram |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2022 Quota |
011, 013 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
012 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
2 |
014 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
021, 022 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
2 |
031 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
6 |
032A |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
9 |
032B, 033 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
2 |
034 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
8 |
035C |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
8 |
051 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
2 |
068 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
5 |
Nonresident California Bighorn Sheep – Any Ram |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2022 Quota |
012 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
032A |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
034 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
035B |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
068 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
Resident Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep – Any Ram |
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Any Legal Weapon |
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Unit Group |
Season Dates |
2022 Quota |
102 |
Sept 1 - Oct 31 |
1 |
114* |
Aug 1 - Feb 20 |
1 |
115B |
Nov 15 - Feb 20 |
2 |
Bighorn Sheep Seminar 2022
Those that are successful in drawing a bighorn sheep ram tag are strongly encouraged to attend this seminar to better learn: aging and scoring of rams, trophy care, bighorn biology and habitat use, and hunt and land-use regulations. We are offering in-person seminars in 2022 that are scheduled for 6-8:30 p.m. August 11 in Reno at 6980 Sierra Center Pkwy and August 18 in Las Vegas at Clark County Shooting Complex, 11357 N. Decatur Blvd. We will again hold a virtual bighorn hunt seminar August 25 from 6-8:30 p.m. All tagholders will be contacted in July with the two venue locations and the virtual seminar invitation. We will provide an on-line recorded seminar option beginning in late August.
Mandatory Bighorn Ewe and Mountain Goat Identification Course
Hunters who draw either a bighorn sheep ewe tag or a mountain goat tag must complete a mandatory sheep and goat gender identification course prior to receiving their tags. The Nevada Bighorn Ewes Identification Course is online and available at hunter-ed.com/nevada-sheep-id/