BIG PREY - The Dall Sheep

The sheep inhabit the subarctic mountain ranges of Alaska, the Yukon Territory, the Mackenzie Mountains in the western Northwest Territories, and northern British Columbia. Dall sheep are found in relatively dry country and try to stay in a special combination of open alpine ridges, meadows, and steep slopes with extremely rugged ground in the immediate vicinity, in order to escape from predators that cannot travel quickly through such terrain.

Male Dall Sheep have thick curling horns. The females have shorter, more slender, slightly curved horns. Males live in bands which seldom associate with female groups except during the mating season in late November and early December. Lambs are born in May.

During the summer when food is abundant, the sheep eat a wide variety of plants. During the winter diet is much more limited and consists primarily of dry, frozen grass and sedge stems available when snow is blown off, lichen and moss. Many Dall Sheep populations visit mineral licks during the spring and often travel many miles to eat the soil around the licks.

The primary predators of Dall Sheep are wolves, coyotes, black bears, and Grizzly Bears; Golden Eagles are predators of the young.

Dall Sheep can often be observed along the Alaska Highway at Muncho Lake and at Sheep Mountain in Kluane National Park and Reserve, as well as near Faro, Yukon (Fannin's Sheep).

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Rams: 150-250 lbs
Ewes: 100-150 lbs

01: 150 lb (ram) / 100 lb (ewe)
02: 155 lb  / 102 lb
03: 160 lb / 104 lb
04: 165 lb / 106 lb
05: 170 lb / 108 lb
06: 175 lb / 110 lb
07: 180 lb / 112 lb
08: 185 lb / 115 lb
09: 190 lb / 118 lb
10: 195 lb / 121 lb
11: 198 lb / 124 lb
12: 200 lb / 127 lb
13: 205 lb / 130 lb
14: 210 lb / 133 lb
15: 215 lb / 136 lb
16: 220 lb / 139 lb
17: 225 lb / 142 lb
18: 230 lb / 145 lb
19: 245 lb / 147 lb
20: 250 lb (ram) / 150 lb (ewe)

Originally from STP Strong