More from Dac Collins (Page 2)

A Virginia opossum in the grass.

Wildlife Management

To Target Pythons, Florida Researchers Are GPS-Tracking Possums and Waiting Until They Get Eaten

A Mexican wolf in a crate.

Wildlife Management

‘No Wolves Are Being Released in Texas,’ Officials Say After Facebook Post Sparks Panic

A black rhino stands in the brush in South Africa.

An Anti-Poaching Ranger Was Gored to Death by the Animal He Lived to Protect

fitting a gray wolf with a gps collar

Wildlife Management

Wisconsin Will Stock Fewer Fish, Track Fewer Wolves, and Do Less Habitat Work. Budget Problems Are to Blame

A colorado fisherman casts into a pool.

Colorado’s Trout Fishing Forecast Is Grim After Minimal Snow Pack and Record Heat. These Are the Bright Spots

An Atlantic salmon jumping over a waterfall.

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Salmon Swim Harder and Live Longer When They’re on Cocaine, Study Shows. But There’s a Catch

A bass boat runs in the San Francisco Bay Delta.

Boat Crash at High-School Fishing Tournament Injures Six, with One Adult Still Hospitalized

A photo illustration of two captive deer in the context of oklahoma releasing wild deer.

Wildlife Management

Another Pen-Raised Deer Was Just Released in Oklahoma. Officials Aren’t Exactly Sure Where

a kid fishing in the bwca.

It’s a Dark Day for the Boundary Waters and the Future of Public Lands. Here’s How We Got Here

A man hops in a canoe in the BWCA

Public Lands & Waters

‘Call Your Senators, It’s Go Time.’ The Senate Will Likely Vote on Boundary Waters Protections This Week

By Natalie Krebs, Dac Collins

Screenshots from a video showing a python regurgitating a bird.

Wildlife Management

This Footage of a Puking Snake Is a Gross Reminder of Why Python Control Is So Important

A bass angler with a big Toledo Bend largemouth.

Bass Angler Who Lied About Where He Caught a 12-Pounder Now Facing 10 Years in Jail

A composite photo of pen-raised deer and an Oklahoma lawmaker.

Wildlife Management

Oklahoma Is Now Releasing Pen-Raised Deer into the Wild as Part of a Vast CWD Experiment

A ghost wolf on a beach in Texas.

Wildlife Management

Texas Is Working to Save Its Remaining ‘Ghost Wolves,’ Which Carry Extinct DNA

A wolf exits its crate in Colorado.

Wildlife Management

More Than Half of Colorado’s Reintroduced Wolves Are Dead. Can the Program Survive Another Year?

A caribou herd in the Yukon.

Wildlife Management

If Corporations Can Be Considered ‘People,’ Why Not a Caribou Herd?

An aerial view of a wakeboat towing a wakesurfer.

Policy & Legislation

Kentucky Wildlife Officials Want to Restrict Wakeboats. State Lawmakers Won’t Let Them

Louisiana Wildlife Enforcement Agent prepares to patrol the Ouachita River

Wildlife Management

Former Head of Louisiana Wildlife Agency Pleads Guilty to ‘Conspiring to Defraud the United States’

A wolf looks at the camera in eastern Europe.

A Wolf Attacked a Woman in Germany Just Weeks After Politicians Push to Legalize Wolf Hunting There

SAR personnel training in the Grand Canyon.

Wilderness Survival

Watch: Epic Rescue Footage Shows Hiker Dangling from a Helicopter Over the Grand Canyon

An English setter points a planted pigeon.

‘Planting Birds for Your Pointer, That’s Gone.’ A Vague Provision in the Farm Bill Would Make It Impossible to Train Your Hunting Dog

An aerial view of an ice-fishing derby in Saskatchewan.

Walleye Fishing

An Ice Fisherman Was Booted from a Canadian Walleye Derby Over Cheating Accusations. There Was $100,000 on the Line

A table with green felt with Bark River Knives laid out on top of it.

Michigan Knifemaker Closes Shop After Admitting to Using Chinese Steel and Labeling It USA-Made

A guide hauls decoys back to a trialer.

Waterfowl Hunting

One of Canada’s Best Duck-Hunting Provinces Is Now Restricting Nonresidents. Here’s Why

A bull elk in the backcountry.

Policy & Legislation

Roadless Areas Provide 10 Times Better Elk Hunting and Support the Best Trout Streams in the West, Study Shows

An Idaho angler with a state-record cutthroat trout.

Idaho’s Deepest Lake Kicks Out Another State-Record Trout

Dan chops firewood in the BWCA.

Podcast: We Lived in the Boundary Waters for an Entire Year

A fishing guide holds up a stud rainbow in front of a client.

We Got in a Full-Blown Feud with a Rival Fishing Lodge. It Ended with a State Trooper Sting

A bighorn sheep on a grassy knoll.

Wildlife Management

Oregon Has Found a New (and Clever) Way to Fund Wildlife Conservation

A bald cypress grows out of the swamp in the Okefenokee.

Climate & Environment

This Unique Blackwater Swamp Could’ve Been a Mine. Now It’s Becoming a Wildlife Management Area

An angler and a fisheries biologist with a massive muskie.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Pending State-Record Muskie Rejected Over a Border Dispute

Whitetail deer stand in the railway.

Wildlife Management

‘Dead Deer All Over the Place.’ Corn Spill on Minnesota Railroad Lures 100-Plus Whitetails to Their Deaths

Many asian swamp eels crawl over each other

Climate & Environment

This Air-Breathing Swamp Eel Is Quietly Taking Over the Florida Everglades

donated venison in a metal bin

Wildlife Management

Deer Processor Caught Selling Donated Venison Meant for Local Food Pantries

Angler Arrested at Fishing Tournament for Allegedly Stuffing Bass with Weights

Two ice fishermen stranded on Lake Erie.

Stranded Ice Fishermen Rescued a Mile Offshore After Ice Sheet Splits from Mainland

An illustration of two men escaping from a crashed plane as the pilot remains strapped in.

Wilderness Survival

I Should Have Died in a Floatplane Crash

By Casey West, As told to Dac Collins

A snake hunter with a massive Burmese python.

Wildlife Management

What It’s Like to Get Dragged Through a Florida Swamp by a 200-Pound Python

Close up of coyote fur.

Policy & Legislation

Colorado Advances Fur Ban, Contradicting Public Opinion and Biologist Recommendations

A deer blind set up along a field edge.

Wildlife Management

Man Who Parked Directly in Front of Hunter’s Deer Blind Told Game Wardens He ‘Was Out There to Be a Pain’

Team U.S.A.'s hockey goalie fishing on a lake.

The Backstory Behind Olympian Connor Hellebuyck’s Bass-Covered Goalie Helmet

An aerial view of sockeye salmon swimming in a lake.

Climate & Environment

Trump Administration Defends the Pebble Mine Veto in a Win for Wild Salmon

A team of bass anglers holds up novelty checks.

The Dual Threat Fishing League Might Be the Biggest Scam in the History of Bass Tournaments

A kayak fisherman holds up a giant bass.

Largemouth Bass

This California Mega Bass Might Not Qualify as a Record Because of a Weird Technicality

Two Labrador retrievers in a dog box.

Quick-Thinking Guide, Volunteer Firefighters Rescue 30 Bird Dogs from a Burning Kennel

An entry sign in the Superior National Forest.

Policy & Legislation

The Forest Service Wants to ‘Streamline’ How Your Public Lands Are Managed by Giving You Less Opportunity to Comment

An illustration of an eastern mountain lion.

Wildlife Management

An International Group Wants to Reintroduce Mountain Lions in Vermont. State Officials Say Not So Fast

A bison grazes with snow flurries.

Policy & Legislation

‘Affirmative Action for Cattle.’ Tribes Challenge Fed’s Plan to Revoke Bison-Grazing Leases on Public Land

Two anglers on a flats boat in Florida.

Policy & Legislation

‘These Are Billionaire Executives Looking to Silence Public Criticism.’ Proposed Florida Law Would Limit Conservationists from Disparaging the Sugarcane Industry

A group of fisherman with a huge Atlantic halibut.

Huge Halibut Caught Through the Ice in Quebec Is a New Scientific Record

A lone bison grazing in Montana.

Public Lands & Waters

Podcast: Here’s Why the Plan to Recover Wild Bison Has Become So Controversial

Competitors at a Bassmaster Classic event.

The World Series of Pro Bass Fishing Is Coming This Fall, Along with the Biggest Payouts in the Sport’s History

Composite photos of body cam footage and a group of duck hunters.

Wildlife Management

‘Textbook Rally, Shoot, Kill.’ Game Wardens Catch Waterfowl Guide Rallying Sea Ducks on Video

An angler holds up a huge Texas bass.

Largemouth Bass

This Fisherman Just Caught the Same 14-Pound Bass from the Same Dock for the Third Time in 4 Years

A herd of bison graze on a hillside in Montana.

Policy & Legislation

BLM Says American Prairie’s Bison Can No Longer Graze on Public Lands

A screenshot from body cam footage of a hunter being arrested in South Carolina.

Wildlife Management

Video: A Hunter Was Arrested for Glassing a Dummy Buck During a Poaching Sting. Now He’s Suing the DNR for Abuse of Power

An angler with a big muskie caught from Green Bay.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Wisconsin’s Muskie Record Was Broken 3 Times in 2025. This One Took the Crown

A fish cleaning table with halibut and pacific cod hanging.

Wildlife Management

Former Alaskan Guide and Convicted Poacher Found Guilty of Commercial Fishing Fraud

An elk hunter with a giant Alaska bull.

I Traveled to Alaska for My First-Ever Elk Hunt and Tagged a Pending Record Bull on Opening Day

Paddling a tandem canoe across a lake in the Boundary Waters.

Public Lands & Waters

Trump Administration and Congress Are Attempting an ‘Unprecedented Maneuver’ to Roll Back Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Protections

By Dac Collins, Alex Robinson

A crew of anglers with the Virginia record bluefin tuna.

‘The Most Amazing Bite I’ve Ever Had.’ Monster Bluefin Tuna Smashes State Record That Was Just Hours Old

A bull moose wades in an Idaho stream.

Wildlife Management

Idaho Man Gets Lifetime Hunting Ban for Roping a Bull Moose

A herd of bison graze on Antelope Island, Utah.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Just Opened the Door to Its First Wild Bison Hunt in More Than a Century

A National Guard helicopter lands in Montana.

Wildlife Management

National Guardsman Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Using a Military Chopper to Grab Elk Sheds from Montana Ranch

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