Hard Truths of Conservation - Keeping Sheep On The Mountains

Wild sheep are one of, if not the most-iconic species of big game in North America. Their resilience to survive in some of the most rugged, yet picturesque places has drawn hunters in from around the world. However, like many conservation issues today, wild sheep are not immune to trouble in the areas they call home.

In this episode, Dan Cabela travels to the northern wilderness of British Columbia to hunt stone sheep. However, where this episode really shines is in the work being done on the mountain outside of hunting season. We partnered with the Wild Sheep Foundation and local scientists/biologists to conduct a capture this past winter to learn more about the issues stone sheep in this area are facing. It was a true team effort which yielded some incredible research and extremely cinematic footage of real conservation.

Don’t miss this new episode airing tomorrow, Saturday, August 24th at 9:00am EST in the outdoors block on the History channel. And in case you missed it, there will be an encore presentation of last week’s episode, ”Great Britain’s Deer”, immediately following at 9:30am EST.