As spring arrives, bighorn sheep 🐑 resume their diet of grasses and clover. (Eating woodier plants like sage and willow in the winter). ☘️ They are ruminants with a 4-part stomach that allows them to eat a lot, then retreat to a cliff, safe from predators, to rechew and digest. They absorb moisture during this digestive process, so they can go without water for long periods of time. / 🎬 @montanamaaike 🙏 | The Ranch at Rock Creek

Cactus: if you’re a desert bighorn sheep, it’s what’s for dinner. But consider this your disclaimer-this diet does come with its hazards… This incredible footage is shared courtesy of the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute (@tamu_nri), as part of an ongoing, binational collaboration to reinstate desert bighorns in Sonora, Mexico via capturing, collaring, translocating, and tracking efforts conducted at Sierra El Alamo (@sierraelalamo). Data gathered from this project will help biologists make

As Bighorn #SheepWeek wraps up, remember that every license, tag, and stamp helps fund conservation for species like the bighorn sheep. Many projects, including annual surveys, captures, translocations, spatial monitoring, disease monitoring, and diet assessment, are directly funded by hunters like you. For more information on bighorn management in New Mexico, check out the Department’s Bighorn Management Document on our website Thank you for supporting wildlife management in New Mexico! PS, bon