Bighorn Sheep Rut

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Ewe tests pursuers; chase may last a mile or more; from valley to mountain top 1/9 AEZ29417 copy.jpg	Ewe and Suitors 2/9 AEZ29437 copy.jpg	Ewe and Suitors 3/9 AEZ29447 copy.jpg	Ewe and Suitors 4/9 AEZ29458 copy.jpg	Ewe and Suitors 5/9 AEZ29464 copy.jpg
Ewe and Suitors 6/9 AEZ29465 copy.jpg	Ewe and Suitors 7/9 AEZ29471 copy.jpg	Ewe and Suitors 8/9 AEZ29472 copy.jpg	Ewe and Suitors 9/9 AEZ29505 copy.jpg	Ram searching for path to ewes _AEZ50505.jpg
Ram searching for path to ewes AEZ50184 copy.jpg	Ram searching for path to ewes AEZ50188copy.jpg	Climbing ram _EZ49858 copy.jpg	Climbing ram _EZ49859 copy.jpg	Ram pursues ewe in steep rock 1/2 _EZ50171b copy.jpg
Ram pursues ewe in steep rock 2/2 _EZ50172b copy.jpg	Sparring rams 1/6 _EZ50375 copy.jpg	Sparring rams 2/6 _EZ50376 copy.jpg	Young ram tries to use gravity to butt older male from competition 3/6 _EZ50377 copy.jpg	Young ram tries to use gravity to butt older male from competition 4/6 _EZ50378 copy.jpg
Young ram tries to use gravity to butt older male from competition 5/6 _EZ50379 copy.jpg	Young ram tries to use gravity to butt older male from competition, but with little success 6/6 _EZ50380 copy.jpg	Old ram and ewe on isolated ledge about 30 foot cliff 1/7 AEZ50438 copy.jpg	Young ram searches for route to ram and ewe on ledge 2/7 AEZ50228copy.jpg	Young ram approaches pair on ledge for above 3/7 _EZ50193 copy.jpg
Young ram draws closer 4/7 _EZ50234 copy.jpg	Young ram makes break for ewe, while ewe retreats 5/7 _EZ50236 copy.jpg	Young ram gets butted in ribs 6/7 _EZ50237 copy.jpg	Young ram is butted from behind over 30' cliff. 7/7 AEZ50238.jpg	Confrontation _EZ50252 copy.jpg
Ewe leads pursuers _EZ50256 copy.jpg	2 Rams chase ewe _EZ50265 copy.jpg	Ram pursues ewe _EZ50272 copy.jpg	Pursued ewe pauses on very narrow outcropping. 1/6 AEZ50220 copy.jpg	Ewe on tiny outcropping. 2/6 AEZ50220crop copy.jpg
Ram edges closer. 3/6 AEZ50223 copy.jpg	Ram leaps accross gap, forcing ewe to leap forward. 4/6 AEZ50224 copy.jpg	Ram continues pursuit. 5/6 _EZ50225 copy.jpg	Ram continues pursuit. 6/6 _EZ50226 copy.jpg	Rams square-off. AEZ50371 copy.jpg
Rams jostle on loose rock 1/3 _EZ50296 copy.jpg	Rams jostle on loose rock 2/3 _EZ50297 copy.jpg	Rams jostle on loose rock 3/3 _EZ50298 copy.jpg	Ewe leads pursuers 1/6 _EZ50304 copy.jpg	Ewe leads pursuers 2/6 _EZ50314 copy.jpg
Ewe leads pursuers 3/6 _EZ50315 copy.jpg	Ewe leads pursuers 4/6 _EZ50316 copy.jpg	Ewe leads pursuers 5/6 _EZ50318 copy.jpg	Ewe leads pursuers 6/6 _EZ50319 copy.jpg	Rams pursue ewe 1/20 _EZ50325 copy.jpg
Confrontation 2/20 _EZ50326 copy.jpg	Rams spar 3/20 _EZ50328 copy.jpg	Younger ram attempts to butt older from competation 4/20 _EZ50330 copy.jpg	Younger ram attempts to butt older from competation 5/20 _EZ50331 copy.jpg	Younger ram unsuccessfully attempts to butt older from competation 6/20 _EZ50332 copy.jpg
Pursuit continues 7/20 _EZ50337 copy.jpg	Pursuit continues 8/20 _EZ50338 copy.jpg	Pursuit continues 9/20 _EZ50339 copy.jpg	More butting 10/20 _EZ50340 copy.jpg	More butting 11/20 _EZ50341 copy.jpg
Ram with split right horn continues pursuit 12/20 _EZ50342 copy.jpg	Ram with split right horn continues pursuit 13/20 _EZ50343 copy.jpg	Ram with split right horn continues pursuit 14/20 _EZ50344 copy.jpg	Ram with split right horn continues pursuit 15/20 _EZ50352 copy.jpg	Ram with split right horn continues pursuit 16/20 _EZ50353 copy.jpg
Ram with split right horn continues pursuit 17/20 _EZ50354 copy.jpg	More butting 18/20 _EZ50356 copy.jpg	More butting 19/20 _EZ50357.jpg	Young ram unsuccessfully attempts to mount ewe on sloping rock 20/20 _EZ50363 copy.jpg	Rams sparring 1/4 _EZ50366 copy.jpg
Rams sparring 2/4 _EZ50367 copy.jpg	Rams sparring 3/4 _EZ50368 copy.jpg	Rams sparring 4/4 _EZ50369 copy.jpg	Confrontation over ewe 1/8 _EZ50565 copy.jpg	Confrontation over ewe 2/8 _EZ50566 copy.jpg
Confrontation over ewe 3/8 _EZ50567 copy.jpg	Confrontation over ewe 4/8 _EZ50568 copy.jpg	The advantage of gravity in a butting competition 5/8 _EZ50569 copy.jpg	The advantage of gravity in a butting competition 6/8 _EZ50570 copy.jpg	The advantage of gravity in a butting competition 7/8 _EZ50571 copy.jpg
Shoved downhill in loose rock 8/8 _EZ50572 copy.jpg	Young ram waits anxiously while female drinks _EZ50607 copy.jpg	Rams eye ewe 1/16 _EZ50618 copy.jpg	Rams eye ewe 2/16 _EZ50620 copy.jpg	Rams eye ewe 3/16 _EZ50622 copy.jpg
Rams spar 4/16 _EZ50624 copy.jpg	Rams spar 5/16 _EZ50626 copy.jpg	Ram digs horns under second male 6/16 _EZ50627 copy.jpg	Ram lifts second male 7/16 _EZ50628 copy.jpg	Ram lifts second male 8/16 _EZ50629 copy.jpg
Second male is launched downhill 9/16 _EZ50630 copy.jpg	Second male is launched downhill 10/16 _EZ50631 copy.jpg	Second male is launched downhill 11/16 _EZ50632 copy.jpg	The 2 rams return to sparring 12/16 _EZ50633 copy.jpg	Rams continue to spar very near to ewe 13/16 _EZ50634 copy.jpg
Rams continue to spar very near to ewe 14/16 __EZ50635 copy.jpg	Rams continue to spar very near to ewe 15/16 __EZ50636 copy.jpg	Rams continue to spar very near to ewe 16/16 __EZ50637 copy.jpg	Rams and ewes during rut AEZ50122 copy.jpg	Rams and ewes during rut AEZ50128.jpg
Ram pursues ewe in steep rock AEZ50147 copy.jpg	Rams and ewes during rut AEZ50177pan copy.jpg	Rams squareoff with no female in sight. Male at left could easily knock the other down the hill, but decides. AEZ50405 copy.jpg	Rams search for receptive ewes AEZ50476 copy.jpg	5 rams and ewe watch chase on mountainside below. 2 rams breakoff and join chase. AEZ50598 copy.jpg
3 rams bear down on ram and ewe _EZ50657 copy.jpg	Rams jostle near ewe 1/4 _EZ50675 copy.jpg	Ram pins hindquarters of other male to rock. 2/4 _EZ50676 copy.jpg	Second ram rebounds. 3/4 _EZ50678 copy.jpg	Second ram is rid butted into back of female. 4/4 _EZ50681 copy.jpg
Rams wait while ewes rest nearby AEZ50768pan copy.jpg	Rams wait while ewes rest nearby _EZ50761 copy.jpg	Rams wait while ewes rest nearby _EZ50774 copy.jpg	Ram coaxes ewe to stand _EZ50799 copy.jpg	:: more_bighorn_sheep_rut ::

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