Bighorn Sheep... the guys !

One day off, while driving thru an area of valleys, streams, lush meadows & thousands of acres of forest... with no one else around.....

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.....we encountered a small herd of 12 Bighorn Sheep.... all rams ! These photos don't give them credit.....

At first they were leery of us, we stopped, turned off the engine and they relaxed.... just hanging around within 50 yards us. I could have stayed all day watching ! At one point there was a "stare-down" of 3 rams.... including a "butting of the heads moment" ... we could hear the horns hitting and the echo in the valley !!

Driving back thru to the main road, BV spotted another herd ! This time they were all the girls w/ their babies lying down !! They were much farther away & on top of a cliff...... so I didn't get any close-ups, but thanks to eagle eye BV for spotting them !!!