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Sheep unit 12 · Washington

Bighorn sheep hunt area — its own geography, not the GMU with the same number. Public land, access, and bighorn sheep harvest below are computed for this boundary.

Sheep unit 12Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

6%

25,052 ac of 426,700 ac

Landlocked public

3,173 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

2%

of public · 415 ac

Bighorn sheep · 2025 · general season

100% success

2 taken by 2 hunters · 19 days afield

Bighorn sheep hunter success · 2017–2025 · 100% → 100%

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Terrain — this boundary, not the GMU’s

Elevation1,310–3,540 ft
Median elevation2,400 ft
Median slope4°

Where the ground sits

1,310 ft3,540 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 28%
E 28%
S 18%
W 26%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Nearby bighorn sheep sheep units

Sheep unit 20 · 3% publicSheep unit 18 · 41% publicSheep unit 13 · 70% publicSheep unit 14 · 66% public

Boundaries from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife bighorn sheep hunt-area layer; ownership from USGS PAD-US; roads from OSM + MVUM. Same open formulas as every unit page — the methodology is published and the code is open.