Nebraska Bighorn Sheep BHS-LOTTERY — Bighorn Sheep Lottery (regular season)
Bighorn Sheep Lottery (regular season)
- What you may take
- Bighorn Sheep Lottery (regular season) (ram)
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Season (2026)
- Dec 1–22, 2026
- Resident tags (2025)
- 1
- for 3,111 first-choice applicants
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Nebraska draws this hunt for residents only — there are no nonresident results to show. The numbers below are the resident draw.
Your odds — 2025 draw · 2026 draw pending — showing 2025 odds
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice resident applicant. 1 tag, 3,111 first-choice applicants. Source: Nebraska 2026 Big Game Guide · p. 28.
| Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|
| <1% | — | — |
Tags ÷ applicants. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publishes no per-level applicant counts for this hunt. How we compute these.
What it costs (2025 resident fees)
$29 a year buys a 1-in-3,115 chance at the 2025 odds. At those odds most applicants never draw it.
Next application window: opens Apr 20, closes Aug 7, 2027 (expected). Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
No points in this draw — every applicant has the same chance each year, so there is nothing to build toward.
Seasons (2026)
Year by year
The standard draw for residents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | — | — | Commission Order C014: Mountain... · C14 (Aug-2025 redline, 2026 column): ... |
| 2025 | 1 | 3,111 | 3111.0 | Nebraska 2026 Big Game Guide · p. 28 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3,685 | 3685.0 | Nebraska 2026 Big Game Guide · p. 28 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3,524 | 3524.0 | Nebraska Big Game Guide 2024 · p. 29 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3,904 | 3904.0 | Nebraska Big Game Guide 2024 · p. 29 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3,664 | 3664.0 | Nebraska 2026 Big Game Guide · p. 28 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3,172 | 3172.0 | Nebraska 2026 Big Game Guide · p. 28 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2,723 | 2723.0 | Nebraska 2026 Big Game Guide · p. 28 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1,762 | 1762.0 | Nebraska 2026 Big Game Guide · p. 28 |
Legal cartridges for bighorn sheep in Nebraska
From the Nebraska hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.
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How to read these numbers
Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance any applicant would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas and applicant numbers change every year. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.
Not an application service
Draw rules, quotas, fees and deadlines are set by each agency and change by commission action. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications.