Hailed as the first book by a hunter-naturalist to be devoted exclusively to North America's most coveted trophies.

A New York Times bestselling author—and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” (New York Times Book Review)—delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has a surprising confrontation with his demons. An advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend and casually appropriates the image for an advertisement. What he doesn’t realize is that included in the scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences.

This book is a celebration of the return of wild sheep to many of its historical ranges. The remarkable recovery of our wild sheep populations have been documented by two widely-respected wildlife biologists and provides fascinating accounts of the decline and recovery of North American wild sheep.

Wild sheep are found nowhere in the world outside their Great Arc, a range stretching from the western part of North America up through Alaska, across eastern Siberia, and down through Central Asia. Drawing on more than fifty years of experience observing, hunting, and collecting wild sheep, James L. Clark gives complete descriptions of every classified variety including information on pelage color, habitat, body characteristics, behavior, and typical measurements.

The book contains diagrams and detailed explanations of 49 stalks in the 49th State taken by Tony Russ on actual hunts for Dall sheep. Learn to blind-stalk from above, stalk from below, maneuver to get above sheep, approach horizontally, PLUS get within bow range of Dall sheep. Since taking his first Dall sheep in 1978, Tony Russ successfully hunted sheep with a rifle, a pistol, and six times with archery gear in addition to guiding dozens of clients on successful sheep hunts. Sheep Hunting in Alaska, which he wrote in 1994, is the undisputed bible for sheep hunters. With this title, he shows and tells hunters how to stalk within range of Dall sheep with any hunting weapon.Sheep Stalking in Alaska will teach you to analyze: TOPOGRAPHY, THERMAL ACTIVITY, SHEEP ACTIVITY, & THE ODDS OF SUCCESS so you can successfully stalk Dall sheep.