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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

Any Legal Weapon

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

Nov 20 - Jan 1

2

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

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

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

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*

Any Legal Weapon

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

Any Legal Weapon

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

Any Legal Weapon

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

Any Legal Weapon

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

Any Legal Weapon

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

Any Legal Weapon

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

Any Legal Weapon

Unit Group

Season Dates

2022 Quota

102A

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/