Bighorn Sheep Habitat

Bighorn sheep can be found inhabiting alpine meadows, steep mountain slopes, and foothill terrain. They prefer to live in areas that have rocky slopes that they can climb in order to avoid predators. The Bighorn Sheep can be found in the Rocky Mountains from southern Canada to Colorado and parts of Nevada, western Texas and eastern California and northern Mexico. The bighorn changes its home range seasonally. In warm months, it grazes on mountain slopes; in colder months it moves down to valleys. Female bighorns live in groups of five to fifteen sheep made up of ewes and their young. Males live in groups of two to five sheep. In the winter bands of ewes may join together and form large groups of up to 100 sheep. Males will join the female groups during mating season.

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