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Stone sheep

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Stone sheep, Stone's sheep
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a wild sheep found in the Yukon and the northern Rocky Mountains
[after the US naturalist Andrew Jackson Stone, who first discovered the breed in 1896]


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Then legendary gun writer Warren Page invited Bob on a five week hunt for Dall sheep in the Yukon and Stone sheep in British Columbia.
Sure, some of these aren't as sexy as Stone sheep, as thrilling as brown bear, but odds are we'll never hunt the latter anyhow.
Many of the exhibition's early artefacts, such as the stone sheep coffins and large engraved stone slabs from this period, were discovered in this remote desert region of China in the 19th century.
 
 
 
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