Staring down bighorns in Inyo

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From a towering rock monolith 150 feet above us, four Sierra bighorn sheep stared down. We homed in with binoculars and a spotting scope. At the lip of the monolith, a big female perched like a hood ornament. When I zoomed in closer, its gaze seemed...
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[Hoyt29]

Me and my grandpa were up in paradise valley up by a mine up there and seen a big group of about 10 bighorns there. I was awesome we watched them from about 75 yards for a couple hours.

 

[Orygun]

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"Selective lion control has certainly benefited the Sierra bighorn. The lions' population hit a low in the late '90s and the sheep population took off. There's a great concern right now because the lion population is back up. People are wondering if we're being adequately effective (in killing problem lions[/b]