Texas Bighorn Society

04/07/2026

TBS family- we'd love your input! 💬💬

As we are planning our upcoming auction and bucket raffles, we want to hear from YOU- our amazing members!

What kind of items, experiences, or prizes would you be most excited to see?
Think fun, unique, practical, or even luxury. 🏝️👛
Drop your ideas in the comments!!

Your feedback helps us make this event even better! 💛

We look forward to seeing you June 12th and 13th at the Kalahari Resorts - Round Rock. Be sure to register before May 21st to receive $25 off your registration fee!
Register here: https://texasbighornsociety.org/

03/31/2026

Clay Brewer, Texas Bighorn Society President, and Corey Mason, Wild Sheep Foundation Chief Operating Officer, presented Jose Etchart, Bighorn Sheep Program Leader with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department a $100,000.00 donation for desert bighorn sheep restoration and management.

03/31/2026

Bring the family and join us for a weekend of fun and Bighorn conservation on June 12th & 13th, 2026 for our 37th Annual TBS Roundup!
Enjoy all of the exciting activities available at the Kalahari Resort! Join us for our Friday night reception, Saturday night banquet, Youth Lifetime Hunting Drawing, raffles, and an auction supporting our year-round Bighorn initiatives!

Register before May 21st and save $25 on your registration fee!
Please register for the Roundup by going to our website texasbighornsociety.org, emailing a registration form from the website to [email protected], or calling 806-745-7783.

Youth Lifetime Hunting License Drawing Initiative:
The Texas Bighorn Society is drawing 30 Youth Lifetime Hunting Licenses to inspire the next generation of hunters and conservationists!
Bring the kids and join the excitement for a chance to win big! This exciting opportunity is designed to get the whole family involved, encouraging young hunters to connect with the outdoors, and support wildlife conservation for years to come.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of something that makes a lasting impact!
** Every child 16 and under is eligible to enter and must be present to win, when accompanied by a registered parent or grandparent attending the Roundup. Be sure to register by May 21st, 2026**

HOTEL INFORMATION
Kalahari Resort: Round Rock, TX
Reservation Cut-Off Date: May 21, 2026
TBS GROUP RATE: (Daily Resort fee of $30.00)
Thursday-Saturday (Double Queen Sofa): $219.00/night
Thursday-Saturday (King Whirlpool Suite): $249.00/night
GROUP CODE BY PHONE ONLY: Texas Bighorn Society
Kalahari Resort 3001 Kalahari Blvd, Round Rock, TX 78865 (877)-525-2427

08/27/2025

Thanks Wild Sheep Foundation for having Clay and Sam on your podcast to talk about Texas Bighorn Sheep!

There are more free-roaming aoudad west of the Pecos River in Texas alone than there are bighorn and desert bighorn sheep in Canada, Mexico, and the United States – over 100,000. Texas was home to more than 1,800 desert bighorn sheep just a decade ago. Now, there are only 400.

Desert bighorns in Texas are in jeopardy of being extirpated for a second time. The cause? Competition for forage and water, as well as disease from the invasive aoudad populations that were first introduced as a hunting species by TPWD in 1957 in the Palo Duro Canyon.

In this episode, Sheep Fever co-host and WSF President & CEO Gray N. Thornton discusses this issue and WSF’s new policy on aoudad with Texan WSF Director and Texas Bighorn Society immediate past president Sam Cunningham, TBS president and former WSF staffer Clay Brewer, and WSF COO and Executive Vice President of Conservation Corey Mason.

This is a great chance to learn about the Texas aoudad issue from some of the very best in the business.

Download or listen at the link below.

https://www.wildsheepfoundation.org/podcasts

08/10/2025

We will never forget the lives and legacies of our dear friends.

08/06/2025

TBS is remembering past President, Dan Pedrotti, who passed away this week. Dan was a life-long supporter of TBS and , and helped keep sheep in Texas in a variety of ways over the years. He will be deeply missed by our organization and many others. Please keep Dan’s family in your thoughts this week!

07/17/2025

Now that Roundup has passed, we are actively looking for content for our social media and magazine! Want to share pics of your latest hunt? Have you adopted a guzzler or made a recent trip to see Sheep in Texas? Or maybe you have other ideas about what content should look like for us? TBS is about bighorns, but it’s also about community! Please feel free to send us a DM or email us at [email protected].

We promise that no idea is too small or silly to be considered, and if you haven’t been involved in the past, no problem! We want to deliver what you guys want to see in this space.

07/14/2025

We saved the best for last - the Saturday night RoundUp Banquet and Auction was the most fun we've had this year! TBS members and supporters pledged $120K in bids for our Live Auction items and paid over $35K in raffle tickets and games! We always know we have the best members in the state of Texas, but nights like this really remind us how lucky we are to know so many people dedicated to sustaining Desert Bighorn Sheep. Special thanks to 4s Fire and team for helping us with our live auction and to Tapatio Springs Hill Country Resort for hosting us! Congrats to all of our winners, and thank you for making this event so special every year. Keep an eye out on this page for details on our 37th annual RoundUp!

07/08/2025

Our scholarship research students presented an update on their current research and findings at this year’s RoundUp! We know so many of you are curious about the science looking into Texas Desert Bighorn Sheep and we are happy to share their presentations in full on our YouTube! Thanks to Masters student Hailey Barton, Dr. Justin French and team at Borderlands Research Institute and to PhD student Chris Carter
, Dr. Warren Conway, and team at Texas Tech University for their hard work and commitment to furthering the research of bighorn sheep! https://youtube.com/

07/04/2025

Thankful for this land we call home. Happy Fourth!

07/01/2025

A bad day of golfing is better than a good day of work, and we don’t think these guys had a bad day! Thanks to all of our golfers for playing a round with us at Tapatio during RoundUp, and congrats to and team on coming back to the clubhouse with the lowest score! (We wont tell you what the final number was, just that it was the lowest of the four teams 😉).

📸 with the amazing pics!

06/29/2025

Conservation planning 🤝 Mother Nature.

Our Franklin Mountain water guzzlers installed on the 2024 Work Project in anticipation of the new herd are finally in action. Bighorn ewes and lambs were seen this week drinking their fill following the moisture received throughout the week.

This moment is possible because of the love and compassion our members have for these sheep! Thank you for continuing to show up and support our efforts!