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DESERT (NELSON) BIGHORN SHEEP HERITAGE TAG AUCTION

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DESERT (NELSON) BIGHORN SHEEP HERITAGE TAG AUCTION
If you use a check as payment, payment will need to be received not later than 10 days after auction closes.
Any bid, whether at the silent auction, live auction or by phone or internet, constitutes an UNCONDITIONAL OFFER TO BUY the item in question at the price bid. Unless a higher and subsequent bid is made, your bid creates a binding contract of purchase and obligates you to pay the bid amount.

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• Dates: July 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024 except for units involving Department of Defense Lands (280 – 282, and those portions of Unit 181 on the Naval Air Station) which may only be hunted during their season dates set by the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners.
• Species: Nelson (Desert) Bighorn
• Weapon: Any legal weapon may be used throughout the season.
• Open Units: For 2024, a maximum number of rams harvested by specialty tagholders within each unit group will be set based on the initial unit group quota approved by the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners in May 2024. Those unit groups with a quota of less than 3 tags (residents and nonresidents combined) will be closed to all specialty tagholder harvest, including Heritage tagholders. Heritage tagholders or their licensed guide must call 833-923-0754 each day before hunting to determine if any additional unit groups are closed to specialty tagholder harvest.

Nevada’s 314 mountains are vast, rugged, and naturally suited for wild sheep. Through the vision of wildlife biologists and passionate support from numerous sportsmen groups like Nevada Bighorns Unlimited – Reno, bighorn sheep restoration and water development efforts have helped increase Nevada’s desert bighorn population from its low of 2,500 in 1960 to over 8,000 in 2024. Though total bighorn numbers have been depressed in recent years, there are still great rams scattered across the state. The most recent harvest data from the 2023 season was 188 rams with 11 rams 170+ B&C from 9 different hunt units.

This hunt will be subject to a 3% surcharge if paid by credit card.