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Posted on Feb 7, 2025 The world of wild sheep conservation hit a new milestone in January, when a single New Mexico bighorn tag sold for $1.3 million at auction during the 2025 Sheep Show. This is the highest price ever paid for a big-game auction tag in North America, replacing the previous record of $725,000 for a mule deer tag that was set at the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo in 2023.
The auction tag that sold at the show in Reno on Jan. 18 is for one Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in New Mexico. It allows the hunter to choose from any open unit in the state, and to hunt there from Aug. 1 through Dec. 31. The name of winning bidder has not been made public on the Wild Sheep Foundation’s website, but a video shared to social media shows the level of excitement in the room when the winning bid was announced"
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