More from Dac Collins

A wolf strolls along a hillside.
Conservation

The Wolf Pack Responsible for the Majority of Livestock Depredations in Colorado Will Be Relocated, Not Killed

By Dac Collins

Two college fishermen hold up bass at a Bassmaster tournament.
Bass Fishing

Podcast: Why Today’s College Anglers Are Tomorrow’s Bass Pros

By Dac Collins

Game wardens wearing body cameras.
Conservation

Should All Game Wardens Wear Body Cams? Washington State Thinks So

By Dac Collins

Two fishing buddies hold up black crappies.
Crappie Fishing

West Virginia Fishing Buddies Break State Crappie Record Twice in One Morning

By Dac Collins

Two college anglers hold up bass.
Bass Fishing

The Best Bass Fishing in America Is Happening on the College Circuit

By Dac Collins

A wolf near the Dalton Highway.
Animal Attacks

Wolf That Attacked and Bit Two People on Alaska Highway Still on the Loose, Troopers Say

By Dac Collins

A bowhunter shoots a bull elk.
Big Game Hunting

Watch: Utah Officials Reject Elk Hunter’s Claim that a Sheriff’s Deputy Stole His Bull Illegally

By Dac Collins

Houses with mountains in background.
Conservation

Don’t Let Politicians Convince You That Selling Public Lands Is the Solution to America’s Housing Affordability Crisis

By Dac Collins

Mountain Lion atop a Rocky Outcrop Looking Ahead into the Trees
Conservation

A Big Cat Hunting Ban Would Cost Colorado More Than $60 Million, Study Shows

By Dac Collins

Fox hunters in the UK.
Hunting

UK Group Says Hunters Are an ‘Ethnic Minority’ in Need of Protection

By Dac Collins

black bear walks through the woods
Animal Attacks

Officials Track Down and Kill the Black Bear They Say Attacked a 3-Year-Old Girl in Her Tent

By Dac Collins

A greater prairie chicken on the prairie.
Climate & Environment

A 7,100-Acre Solar Farm Is Slated for What’s Left of Wisconsin’s Best Prairie Chicken Habitat

By Dac Collins

Six month old Irish Setter Pointer in action during the duck hunting at the Lakeshore.
Hunting

Sportsmen’s Group Sues Feds Over New Dog Import Rule, Says It Will Cripple Breeders in Canada and Europe

By Dac Collins

Watch: Snake Hunters Find Giant Python Being Eaten Alive by Ticks
Conservation

Watch: Snake Hunters Find Giant Python Being Eaten Alive by Ticks

By Dac Collins

Wade fishermen on Gulf Coast.
Fishing

Texas Fisherman Dies from Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Wade-Fishing in Flip Flops

By Dac Collins

Yusuf Dikeç at Paris 2024 Olympics.
Guns

Turkish Pistol Shooter Casually Takes Silver at the Olympics and Becomes an Internet Legend

By Dac Collins

Man shoots muskie in old-school photo.
Concealed Carry

Wisconsin to Repeal Outdated Gun Law Designed to Prevent Fishermen from Shooting Muskies

By Dac Collins

A whitetail buck in the woods.
Conservation

Instead of Banning Lead Outright, Feds to Try Paying Hunters to Use Non-Toxic Ammo on Certain Wildlife Refuges

By Dac Collins

A grizzly bear walks into a clearing.
Animal Attacks

Canadian Cyclist Fights Off Grizzly Attack by Punching Bear in the Face

By Dac Collins

A breaching whale lands on a boat.
Fishing

Watch: Humpback Whale Capsizes Boat, Launching Two Fishermen Overboard

By Dac Collins

A mountain lion in a tree.
Conservation

Wade Lemon, the Utah Outfitter Who Infamously Guided Donald Trump Jr., Will Do Prison Time for Running ‘Canned’ Mountain Lion Hunts

By Dac Collins

A bull moose in velvet.
Big Game Hunting

Software Glitch Wrongly Awarded Tags to 738 Hunters in Washington State’s Special Permit Draw

By Dac Collins

A bear in a forest in Romania.
Conservation

Brutal Bear Attack on 19-Year-Old Hiker Prompts Romanian Government to Cull Hundreds of Brown Bears

By Dac Collins

A wire booby trap found on a trail in Colorado.
Conservation

Wire Booby Traps Found on Public Trail Were Put There to Injure OHV Riders, Say Law Enforcement

By Dac Collins

Spearfisherman with fish; aftermath of shark attack.
Animal Attacks

Spearfisherman Attacked by Bull Shark Says It’s a ‘Blessing’ He Kept His Hand

By Dac Collins

A bluetick hound sniffs the base of a tree.
Animal Attacks

Two Hunting Dogs Were Attacked by Wolves in Wisconsin Just Days into Summer Training Season

By Dac Collins

A grizzly bear in a meadow.
Bear Hunting

Alberta Brings Back Grizzly Hunting, But Only for ‘Problem’ Bears

By Dac Collins

A man snaps a young angler's fishing rod in half.
Fishing

Watch: Irate Homeowner Confronts Boys Fishing Private Pond, Snaps Their $200 Rod

By Dac Collins

A family of loons in Washington State.
Conservation

Officials Offer $6K Reward to Find the Poacher Who Shot a Family of Loons in Washington State

By Dac Collins

William shatner flips off the camera.
Conservation

First Nations Group Demands Apology After William Shatner Tells Salmon Farmers to ‘F*ck Off’

By Dac Collins

Georgia landowner confronts kayak fisherman.
Conservation

Watch: Landowner Tells Kayaker There’s No Fishing Allowed on ‘His’ Side of the River

By Dac Collins

A polar bear in Canada.
Conservation

Grizzlies and Polar Bears Are Breeding in Canada. This Is Why Hybrids Might Become More Common

By Dac Collins

Black bears getting too close to people in Tennesee.
Animal Attacks

Watch: Black Bears Are Swiping at People and Stealing Food in This Tourist Town

By Dac Collins

collage of record bass snapshots
Bass Fishing

The Biggest Bass Ever Caught

By Ken Perrotte, Dac Collins

A screenshot of a video of a grizzly bear that looks like a black bear.
Bear Hunting

Idaho Hunter Avoids Charges for Killing Grizzly Because State Wildlife Officials Misidentified the Bear, Too

By Dac Collins

CJ Alexander buck 2
Conservation

CJ Alexander Pleads Not Guilty to 23 Criminal Charges as Poaching Trial Begins in Ohio

By Hayden Sammak, Dac Collins

Two fishermen with a boatload of hunting dogs.
Hunting

Crappie Fishermen Save 38 Dogs from Drowning in Mississippi’s Grenada Lake

By Dac Collins

A wolf runs through a field in Colorado.
Conservation

Colorado Green-Lights Lethal Management of Gray Wolves, Under Certain Conditions

By Dac Collins

A grizzly sow and yearling male.
Animal Attacks

Idaho Man Kills Grizzly Bear in His Yard as It Charges His Girlfriend

By Dac Collins

Three men with a hog they caught during a contest.
Hunting

6 Louisiana Men Arrested for Allegedly Cheating in Two Hog Hunting Contests

By Dac Collins

Coast guard rescuers pull sea kayakers from bay.
Survival

Coast Guard Rescues Family of Capsized Sea Kayakers Just Before Hypothermia Set In

By Dac Collins

An owner and his dog; the owner being rescued.
Survival

This Good Dog Ran 4 Miles for Help After Owner Rolled Truck into Ravine

By Dac Collins

An italian angler with one of the biggest Wels catfish ever caught.
Fishing

The Biggest Fish Ever Caught

By Dac Collins

A mule deer doe stands in tall grass.
Animal Attacks

Man Shoots Deer that Attacked His Pregnant Daughter in Her Own Backyard

By Dac Collins

A lone hunter walks a ridge.
Big Game Hunting

Hunters of Color Is on a Mission to Make the Outdoors More Accessible to Minorities — Whether the Hunting Community Is Ready or Not

By Dac Collins

A black bear paw.
Animal Attacks

A Bear Killed and Ate an Elderly Woman in Her Home. It’s the First Fatal Black Bear Attack in California’s History

By Dac Collins

A black bear swats an alligator mid-river.
Conservation

Watch: Black Bear Fights Off Two Gators While Swimming Across a Florida River

By Dac Collins

Close-ups of two trophy mule deer.
Conservation

Former Utah Wildlife Commissioner Under Investigation for Baiting Mule Deer on Outfitted Ranch

By Dac Collins

Biologists process euthanized deer.
Conservation

Texas Officials Kill Off Deer Breeder’s Entire Herd, Ending Yearslong Legal War Over CWD Management

By Dac Collins

Measuring and releasing a piebald lemon shark.
Fishing

Watch: ‘Incredibly Rare’ Piebald Shark Caught and Released in Florida

By Dac Collins

Bass pro Matty Wong with a giant bass he caught in front of a cop.
Bass Fishing

Watch: Pro Fisherman Risks a Ticket, Catches Giant Bass in Front of the Cops

By Dac Collins

Watch: Fisherman Catches 7-Pound ‘Perch of His Dreams’ and Can Hardly Contain Himself
Fishing

Watch: Fisherman Catches 7-Pound ‘Perch of His Dreams’ and Can Hardly Contain Himself

By Dac Collins

Grizzly bear attack victim in the woods and in the hospital.
Animal Attacks

Hiker Attacked by Grizzly Says He Only Survived Because the Sow Bit His Bear Spray Canister

By Dac Collins

A man jumps off a boat and tries to body slam an orca.
Conservation

Watch: New Zealand Man Fined for Trying to Body-Slam a Killer Whale

By Dac Collins

A brown trout caught on a cicada fly.
Bass Fishing

How to Fish the 2024 Cicada Hatch

By Dac Collins

A wildlife photographer in Alaska.
Animal Attacks

Alaska Wildlife Photographer Killed by Cow Moose Died ‘Doing What He Loved Most,’ Family Says

By Dac Collins

A grizzly bear in the woods near Elkford, BC.
Animal Attacks

B.C. Black Bear Hunter Hospitalized After Killing a Grizzly in Self Defense

By Dac Collins

Two dead muskies that tried eating each other.
Fishing

Watch: Two Big Muskies Found Dead, with One Lodged in the Other’s Mouth

By Dac Collins

A collared wolf in a snowy forest.
Conservation

One of Colorado’s Reintroduced Wolves Was Found Dead. It Was Probably Killed by a Mountain Lion

By Dac Collins

Two wolves walk over a hill in Yellowstone.
Conservation

Nevada’s First Wolf Pack Sighting in 100 Years Was Actually a Group of Coyotes, Officials Confirm

By Dac Collins

A Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency vehicle.
Conservation

Tennessee Judges Rein in Game Wardens, Declaring Warrantless Searches on Private Land Unconstitutional

By Dac Collins

A Texas fisherman reels in a bull shark from the Guadalupe River.
Fishing

Watch: Fisherman Catches Bull Shark in a Texas River, Sends Internet Into a Panic

By Dac Collins

A grizzly bear; Campbell and his doberman that saved him from a grizzly.
Animal Attacks

‘I’m About to Be Killed.’ Dog Defends Canadian Hiker from Charging Grizzly Bear

By Dac Collins

Two mule deer stand in the middle of a road.
Conservation

California Confirms Its First Two Cases of Chronic Wasting Disease

By Dac Collins