Regulated big-game hunting produces roughly 520 million pounds of edible wild meat—or 1.4 billion meals—each year in the United States. Yet its contribution to food security, nutrition, and sustainable food production is largely missing from the national conversation.

For generations, hunters have invested directly in wildlife through licenses, excise taxes, conservation organizations, and grassroots fundraising. The result is a wildlife economy that funds science, restores habitat, rebuilds populations, and helps keep wild places—and wild sheep—on the landscape.

High-elevation hunting. To the uninitiated, it might sound postcard-perfect, but for those who've tasted the raw, unfiltered reality of a mountain hunt without adequate prep, it's a stark reminder of a brutal showdown with Mother Nature herself.

Researching Habitat, Nutrition, and the Future of a Northern Icon

In 2025, specialists from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan established the Wild Sheep Partnership for Central Asia (WISPA-CA), an international regional network focused on the study, monitoring, and conservation of wild sheep populations across Central Asia.

Two hundred fifty years after America’s founding generation wrote hunting and fishing into the laws of a new nation, Colorado voters, and perhaps soon Oregon, are confronting those questions again.

Know the Issue, Make Your Voice Heard. Wildfire, forest management, public access, wildlife habitat and the future of millions of acres of public land have all become part of the discussion as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers rescinding a rule that has been in place for 25 years.

As the Wild Sheep Foundation prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, a new youth learning station will be introduced at the Youth Wildlife Conservation Experience (YWCE) during the upcoming Sheep Show in Reno.

When Parker Moton was in fifth grade, he had never hunted. In fact, hunting was not part of his family’s outdoor tradition. But a simple opportunity to learn archery at his elementary school would eventually set him on a path that, four years later, would lead to his first successful big-game hunt.