This Rocky Mountain Big Horn ram, at the mouth of American Fork Canyon, was most accommodating as he posed very close to the road. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has a project to restore the Big Horn in Central Utah. On April 6th there was a spring snow storm and the canyon road was snow covered, plowed and salted. Upon entering the canyon, this ram and three ewes were close to the road. Even at some time they ventured onto the road to lick the salt covered ice there. This fellow posed unconcerned with traffic. The fresh snow provided an excellent white background. The females all carried a radio transmitter around their necks, presumably for tracking by the DWR. These images were shot with a 70-200 lens.
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