"Hunting and hands-on conservation are inseparable. We have focused our conservation goals as a company on tangible projects that have a direct impact on creating future hunting opportunities." Brendan Burns, KUIU Director of Conservation.

KUIU Conservation Direct is a first-of-its-kind conservation initiative. Entirely company and customer funded, every dollar invested goes toward a tangible conservation project that contributors and volunteers can see. No one involved with Conservation Direct gets paid — all dollars and volunteer hours go toward the current project we're pursuing.

CONSERVATION DIRECT TOTALS FOR 2026

No private company in history has had a greater direct impact on wild sheep conservation than KUIU under the Conservation Direct banner.

Since March 2020, KUIU Conservation Direct has contributed $779,000 in direct funding toward real on-the-ground sheep conservation projects.

• Translocated 368 Rocky Mountain, California, and Desert bighorn sheep across 13 projects in five western states (MT, ND, UT, AZ, NV)
• Funded and manned the largest wild sheep capture and transplant in history — the 2025 Muddy Mountains project that moved 139 sheep
• Created the first public sheep hunting opportunities ever funded by a private company, including four tags in 2025 on Antelope Island (UT) and opportunities with the Three Affiliated Tribes (ND)
• Established or augmented 5 new huntable sheep populations in Utah, North Dakota, and Nevada, with additional populations scheduled to come online in the next 4–5 years
• Executed the first all company- and customer-funded sheep transplant in history (2020)
• Became the only private-sector hunting company to fully fund an entire state sheep program budget (Arizona, 2021)
• Purchased 149 GPS collars ($298,000 value) through matched customer donations (as of June 2025)
• Funded and built a sheep water catchment in Nevada
• Funded and built the first all-metal sheep guzzler in California

139 Sheep, Six Days – KCD9

In June 2025, KUIU Conservation Direct and Grand Slam Club/Ovis (GSCO) partnered with the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) to complete the largest wild sheep capture and transplant on record.

KUIU Conservation Direct Arizona – KCD8

Follow along as Conservation Direct and partners reach a milestone of moving over 200 Bighorn Sheep since the inception of Conservation Direct.

KUIU Conservation Direct California – KCD7

As Conservation Direct’s first project in California, watch as the team joins California Wild Sheep and builds a water guzzler, expanding habitat for neighboring Desert Bighorn Sheep herds.

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