The “Old West” lives on at Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, which includes rocky canyons, homesteads and numerous species of wildlife found only in the Great Basin. Rolling hills covered with sagebrush sagebrush
The western United States’ sagebrush country encompasses over 175 million acres of public and private lands. The sagebrush landscape provides many benefits to our rural economies and communities, and it serves as crucial habitat for a diversity of wildlife, including the iconic greater sage-grouse and over 350 other species.
Learn more about sagebrush and mountain mahogany stretch to the horizon. This remote and rugged refuge also is home to a rich variety of wildlife, including large herds of wintering pronghorn antelope and scattered bands of California bighorn sheep. A few lucky hunters each fall can draw the limited tags for mule deer, pronghorn and bighorn sheep at the refuge. While tags are few, hunting is usually highly successful. The 500,000-acre refuge is in one of the most inaccessible and least inhabited areas in the contiguous United States. Hunters should be prepared with plenty of supplies and a reliable vehicle. Hunters who do not draw a big game tag can still experience good hunting at the refuge for chukar and quail. A limited number of tags are offered annually for sage grouse hunting.
State and Federal hunting regulations apply with addition to specific information about Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, which includes:
(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We allow hunting of goose, duck, and coot on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following condition: We allow only portable blinds and temporary blinds constructed of synthetic material.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow hunting of quail, grouse, and chukar on designated areas of the refuge.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow hunting of deer, antelope, and bighorn sheep on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow ground blinds, and you must not construct them earlier than 1 week prior to the opening day of the legal season for which you have a valid State-issued hunting permit.
(ii) You must remove blinds within 24 hours of harvesting an animal or at the end of the permittee's legal season (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(iii) You must label blinds with your State hunting license and permit numbers.
Source: Code of Federal Regulations