(Table 1). Both bighorn sheep
rams and male mountain goats decreased time spent
foraging and lying from the pre-rut to the rut as previously
reported (Pelletier 2005; Mainguy & Coˆ te´
2008), and increased significantly time spent in the
three other behaviours (Table 1 and Fig. 1; that were
considered as time spent rutting once regrouped).