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Units / Wyoming / Sheep area 26

Bennett Mountain · Sheep area 26 · 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 26Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public hunting land

54%

87,276 ac of 161,157 ac

Landlocked public

756 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

2%

of public · 1,947 ac

Walk-in access

26 ac

private land opened to hunting

Bighorn sheep · 2025 · success = harvest ÷ hunters

100% success

5 taken by 5 hunters · 14 days afield

2 rams · 3 ewes · 0 lambs

Res 100% · Res 100% · NR 100% success

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

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Wyoming bighorn sheep draw odds — 3 hunts here →

9 tags drawn on this sheep area last season.

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Terrain — this boundary, not the elk area’s

Elevation5,850–9,020 ft
Median elevation6,870 ft
Median slope6°

Where the ground sits

5,850 ft9,020 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 27%
E 17%
S 30%
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 areas

Ferris-Seminoe · Sheep area 17 · 66% publicLaramie Peak · Sheep area 19 · 29% publicDouglas Creek · Sheep area 18 · 51% publicEncampment River · Sheep area 21 · 71% 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.