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Unit 044 bighorn sheep,any legal weapon season
Season Any Legal Weapon Nov 20–Jan 1·Units: 044·5 tags in 2025·Who can apply: residents
Answer card2025 draw · Resident
5 tags, 819 applied, under 1% drew in 2025. 134th hardest of 214 Nevada bighorn sheep draws in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
<1%
5 of 819 drew
Harvest success
80%
Range, 2025
Tags · 2025
5
Rams / 100 ewes
31
182, 044, 2024
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Who | Applicants | Drew | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Resident | 819 | 5 | 5 |
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
- 5 (2025)
- Who can apply
- Residents
- Land ownership
- BLM 71.2%, Private 19.2%, DOD 7.5%, Other 1.1%, FWS 1%
Season dates, 2025
- Any Legal Weapon: Nov 20–Jan 1
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, 656
2025–20252580%
2025: 4 taken by 5 hunters.
Other bighorn sheep hunts in Unit 044
- 607 · 0 of 922 drewSuccess 100%
- 8375977 · 1 of 36 drewSuccess 0%
- Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep Any Ram | Any Legal Weapon | 044, 182 | Nov 20 - Jan 01 · 5 of 819 drew
- Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep Any Ram | Archery | 044, 182 | Aug 15 - Oct 01 · 1 of 36 drew
- Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep Any Ram | Archery | 044, 182 | Oct 01 - Oct 31 · 1 of 35 drew
- Nelson (Desert) Bighorn Sheep Any Ram | Archery | 044, 182 | Oct 20 - Nov 14 · 2 of 49 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