Canada Sheep Hunting in Alberta Alberta is truly home of the bighorn and has gained a worldwide reputation for producing the very best Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Way back in 1911, the world record ram was shot in Alberta. Since then there have been many other fabulous rams shot in Alberta with a good number of them over 200 points. The older the ram, the better the ram, is a maxim widely accepted by sheep hunters. To the sheep hunter, a 40-inch ram is the Holy Grail.
Bighorn sheep are heavy horned and often broom.
It is very difficult to find an old ram that reaches anywhere near 40 inches long after the loss of the lamb tips from brooming. However, most sheep hunters value a heavy horned old ram as the finest trophy in sheep hunting. The sheep outfitting industry has a long respected reputation in Alberta and bighorn sheep have always been a premier trophy for sportsmen from around the world. Most early expeditions were by pack train in the fabulous ram country adjacent to the Rocky Mountain spine and Banff and Jasper National Parks. That allows plenty of grass for the sheep to stay fat and healthy during the killer moons in March and April when many big game animals suffer after the long winter.