The plan would utilize hunters to remove the herd of about 20 sheep by offering more licenses and ewe tags that would require hunters to take female sheep in Unit B1 of the southern Badlands, said Jeb Williams, wildlife chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Bismarck.
Details are a work in progress, but the North Dakota Game and Fish Department is exploring an expanded bighorn sheep season in the southern Badlands to remove a struggling herd south of Interstate 94 and replace it with healthier sheep from the Missouri Breaks region of central Montana.
The plan would utilize hunters to remove the herd of about 20 sheep by offering more licenses and ewe tags that would require hunters to take female sheep in Unit B1 of the southern Badlands, said Jeb Williams, wildlife chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Bismarck.