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Unit 161 bighorn sheep,any legal weapon season
Season Any Legal Weapon Sep 15–Jan 1·Units: 161·3 tags in 2025·Who can apply: residents
Answer card2025 draw · Resident
3 tags, 224 applied, 1% drew in 2025. 165th hardest of 214 Nevada bighorn sheep draws in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
1%
3 of 224 drew
Harvest success
100%
Range, 2025
Tags · 2025
3
Rams / 100 ewes
31
161, 2024
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Who | Applicants | Drew | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Resident | 224 | 3 | 3 |
Nevada prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Legal animal
- Desert Bighorn Sheep Any Ram
- Weapon
- Any Legal Weapon
- Tags
- 3 (2025)
- Who can apply
- Residents
- Land ownership
- BLM 50.6%, USFS 46.4%, Private 3%
Season dates, 2025
- Any Legal Weapon: Sep 15–Jan 1
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, 544
2025–202525100%
2025: 3 taken by 3 hunters.
Other bighorn sheep hunts in Unit 161
- Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep Any Ewe | Any Legal Weapon | 161 | Oct 01 - Oct 20 · 38 of 892 drew
- Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep Any Ewe | Any Legal Weapon | 161 | Oct 20 - Nov 15 · 36 of 712 drew
- Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep Any Ram | Any Legal Weapon | 161 | Nov 20 - Jan 01 · 0 of 93 drew
- Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep Any Ram | Any Legal Weapon | 161 | Oct 21 - Dec 01 · 0 of 78 drew
- Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep Any Ram | Any Legal Weapon | 161 | Sep 10 - Sep 30 · 2 of 191 drew
- Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep Any Ram | Any Legal Weapon | 161 | Sep 15 - Jan 01 · 3 of 224 drew
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Before you apply
- Tag fee
- “Nonresident bighorn sheep tag......................................................................... 1,200”
- Points
- “may electronically submit an application for a bonus point for that species or category of species”
Rules for 2026.
Source: NDOW