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Rocky Mountain Sheep

Categories: STEEL TRAPS AND THE ART OF TRAPPING.

These creatures are natives of the entire range of the Rocky Mountains,

and are especially prized on account of the superior quality of

their flesh as food. They are much larger and more powerful than

the domestic sheep, and the ram is provided with enormous curved

horns. The wool of the animal is intermixed with coarse grey hairs,

and the general appearance of the fur is russet grey, with the

exception of the rump and under parts, which are of a dirty white

color. The animal is generally very wary and retiring, and inhabits

the most secluded and inaccessible mountain regions and rocky cliffs.



They are easily captured by the steel trap (No. 5) set in their

haunts. The dead-fall is also used in some instances. Remove the

skin as described for the deer.



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