Unit 162 - 163 (Hot Creek Range, Morey Peak and Hunts Canyon)
Nevada Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Units 162 - 163 cover about 3,123 square miles of Nye and Eureka counties, between US Highway 50 on the north and US Highway 6 on the south. NDOW's desert bighorn sheet puts most of the sheep in Unit 163's Hot Creek Range, especially from Morey Peak south to Warm Springs, with smaller numbers in Unit 162. Camping is mostly primitive.
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Bighorn Sheep Hunting in Unit 162 - 163
Units 162 - 163 cover about 3,123 square miles of Nye and Eureka counties, between US Highway 50 on the north and US Highway 6 on the south. NDOW's desert bighorn sheet puts most of the sheep in Unit 163's Hot Creek Range, especially from Morey Peak south to Warm Springs, with smaller numbers in Unit 162. Camping is mostly primitive.
Where to Find Desert Bighorn Sheep in Units 162 - 163: Morey Peak to Warm Springs in the Hot Creek Range
The Hot Creek Range in Unit 163
Most of this group's desert bighorn live in Unit 163, in the Hot Creek Range. NDOW says the highest densities run from Morey Peak south to Warm Springs on the east side of the range. Its suggested starting point is the south end of the unit, around Rawhide and Warm Springs.
Two other areas hold good numbers of sheep on a regular basis. One is the entire length of Hot Creek Canyon. The other is the Box Canyon area on the west side of the Hot Creeks. Between those and the Morey Peak to Warm Springs stretch, you have most of the sheep country the sheet describes.
Hunts Canyon, Horse Heaven and Salisbury Wash in Unit 162
Unit 162 holds fewer sheep. NDOW lists the Hunts Canyon and Horse Heaven area and Salisbury Wash, plus the west side of Box Canyon on occasion. The sheet doesn't say which range those places sit in, so find them on a map and check them against the unit line before you build a hunt around them.
The season is late, opening near the end of November and running to New Year's Day. The sheet doesn't describe how sheep shift through that window, so its named areas are where your glassing time should go.
The ground NDOW draws for this tag
A bighorn sheep tag for this group is good in units 162 and 163, about 3,123 square miles measured on NDOW's own boundary, in Nye County and Eureka County. The named ranges inside the line are Red Mountains, Hot Creek Range, McKinney Mountains, Antelope Range, Park Range and Monitor Range. The highest named points are Table Mountain (10,633 ft), Summit Mountain (10,443 ft) and Tulle Mountain (10,364 ft), and the lowest named ground sits near 5,586 feet. We don't print a land-status split for Nevada groups, because the figures we held didn't come from BLM's surface-management data; check BLM's current map for private parcels before you cross a fence or a cattle guard. GNIS names 168 springs inside it, Paroni Spring, Flask Spring, Studhorse Spring and Hot Creek Valley Spring among them.
Unit 162 - 163 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Monitor Range (10,885 ft), Table Mountain (10,633 ft), Summit Mountain (10,443 ft), Tulle Mountain (10,364 ft)
Holding ground: Danville Pass (10,398 ft), Scuffe Pasture (9,601 ft), Big Flat (9,258 ft)
Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.
How to Hunt Desert Bighorn Sheep in Units 162 - 163: Hot Creek Canyon, Six-Mile Canyon and Morey Canyon
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
Any ram, any legal weapon: 1 of 2 hunters afield (50%). Figures are NDOW's own, from its 2025 Big Game Hunt Data.
Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — Late Season ram only (resident) | 2 | 198 | 1.0% | — |
| Rifle — Late Season ram only (nonresident) | 1 | 268 | 0.4% | — |
| Archery — Mid Season ram only (resident) | 1 | 16 | 6.3% | — |
Data from 2025 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.
Open in Draw Odds EngineFrom NDOW's 2025 Big Game Hunt Data. Demand is NDOW's count of tags awarded plus first-choice applicants who did not draw; its draw rate is tags over demand.
- Any ram, any legal weapon — Residents: 198 demand for 2 tags, a 1.0% draw rate.
NDOW's hunt data publishes no points-required figure, so none is given here.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-25.
- Hunt Information Sheet — Desert bighorn sheep, 162, 163 — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Access, Recommended hunting areas, Biologist comments · accessed 2026-10-25
- 2025 Nevada Big Game Hunt Data — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Seasons, quotas and tags issued, Demand and draw rate by residency, Hunters afield, successful hunters and hunter success, Days hunted · accessed 2026-10-25
- NDOW Hunt Unit Boundaries — unit groups (ArcGIS) — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Units 162 - 163, 3,123 square miles · accessed 2026-10-25
- Geographic Names Information System — named features inside the group — U.S. Geological Survey · supports: Red Mountains, Hot Creek Range, McKinney Mountains, Table Mountain 10,633 ft, Summit Mountain 10,443 ft · accessed 2026-10-25