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Units / Wyoming / Sheep area 18

Douglas Creek · Sheep area 18 · Wyoming

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

Sheep area 18Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public hunting land

51%

754,779 ac of 1,472,594 ac

Landlocked public

18,145 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

8%

of public · 59,661 ac

Walk-in access

76,017 ac

private land opened to hunting

Bighorn sheep · 2025 · success = harvest ÷ hunters

100% success

3 taken by 3 hunters · 38 days afield

3 rams (rams only) · 0 lambs

Res 100% success

Bighorn sheep hunter success · 2021–2025 · 0% → 100%

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Wyoming bighorn sheep draw odds — 1 hunt here →

3 tags drawn on this sheep area last season.

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Terrain — this boundary, not the elk area’s

Elevation6,590–12,000 ft
Median elevation7,860 ft
Median slope4°

Where the ground sits

6,590 ft12,000 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 27%
E 22%
S 25%
W 25%

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 areas

Encampment River · Sheep area 21 · 71% publicLaramie Peak · Sheep area 19 · 29% publicFerris-Seminoe · Sheep area 17 · 66% publicBennett Mountain · Sheep area 26 · 54% public

Boundaries from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department bighorn sheep hunt-area layer; ownership from USGS PAD-US; access from the state walk-in program; roads from OSM + MVUM. Same open formulas as every unit page — the methodology is published and the code is open.