Aoudad sheep are joining the short list of animals Texas lawmakers allow to be shot from a helicopter, along with coyotes and ...

Senate Bill 1245 was signed into law in May, adding aoudads to the list of species hunters can shoot from the sky.

Texas has approved a new law for hunting invasive Aoudad sheep from helicopters, addressing their overpopulation and impact on local ranchers.

A couple dozen bighorn sheep in the Muddy Mountains are moving across state lines to help regrow the population in Utah.

VALLEY OF FIRE — Blindfolded, sedated and dangling 100 feet above the ground in a net off a helicopter, dozens of bighorn sheep are less than a day away from a new beginning — if they make it at all.

Seventy years later, farmers and ranchers say the sheep is an invasive species, munching up all the vegetation and competing for resources with native Texas grazers, like bighorn sheep or mule deer.

Seventy years later, farmers and ranchers say the sheep is an invasive species, munching up all the vegetation and competing for resources with native Texas grazers, like bighorn sheep or mule deer.