California State Sheep Records
Compiled by the California Deer Association
Wildlife Records Committee

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This list only represents the top ten ranked Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis Nelsoni) in the State of California. For a more comprehensive list, plus the photos and stories that go with them you can purchase the California Deer Association California State Wildlife Record Book.



Minimum Score 160

     
Length of Horn
Circ. of Base
Circum. of 3rd Quarter
     
Rank Score Date Right Left Right Left Right Left
Greatest Spread
Tip to Tip Spread
Locality Hunter
1
187 1970 41 4/8 42 4/8 15 4/8 15 6/8 9 6/8 9 2/8
28
28
California Picked Up
2
184 1955 40 1/8 38 7/8 14 6/8 14 6/8 10 1/8 9 7/8
25 4/8
25 4/8
Santa Rosa Mts. Picked Up
3
182 4/8 1963 37 37 4/8 14 7/8 15 2/8 10 10 2/8
22 3/8
21 3/8
Riverside County Picked Up
4
182 2/8 1999 37 7/8 37 1/8 16 16 9 1/8 9 2/8
24 1/8
23 5/8
San Gorgonio Wilderness John Bauder
5
176 6/8 1958 36 3/8 36 1/8 14 1/8 13 6/8 10 5/8 10 7/8
23 3/8
23 5/8
Santa Rosa Mts. Picked Up
6
175 6/8 1951 35 5/8 36 1/8 14 1/8 14 10 2/8 10 4/8
21 2/8
17 5/8
San Diego County Picked Up
7
175 2/8 1996 36 1/8 37 3/8 15 6/8 15 6/8 7 7/8 8 4/8
23 4/8
21 2/8
Riverside County David E. Combs
8
175 1/8 1967 37 1/8 40 13 7/8 13 7/8 8 6/8 9 3/8
20 5/8
22 6/8
Riverside County Picked Up
8
175 1/8 1993 34 2/8 34 7/8 15 2/8 15 2/8 10 5/8 10 1/8
21 6/8
20
San Bernardino County Arthur D. Bailey
9
174 6/8 1941 39 38 4/8 14 6/8 15 2/8 9 5/8 8 7/8
22 1/8
0
Barstow Picked Up
10
173 7/8 1971 36 5/8 37 13 1/8 13 4/8 10 2/8 10 4/8
22 2/8
19 3/8
Anzo Borrego Desert Picked Up

 

 


 

 

 

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