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Stumberg Sheep

Stumberg Sheep (Ovis musimon x Ovis ammon) - In 1969, the owner of the Patio Ranch took 5 European mouflon ewes to a facility in Oklahoma that had a lone argali ram with no females.  Five offspring were born the following winter.  The females of those offspring were returned to the same facility the next year and bred back to their father.  The progeny of that male and these mouflon ewes were the start of the hybrid sheep herd on the Patio Ranch.  A number of years later, a member of the hunting community in Texas coined the term “Stumberg Sheep” to name these hybrids and the term took hold.  The argali sheep are the largest of the world’s wild sheep.  The hybrids have coloration very similar to European mouflon, but have much larger bodies and greater horn size reflecting the argali influence.  The largest ram to date is over 45” on the curl with bases of over 12”.

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