More from Dac Collins (Page 4)

A grizzly bear in Glacier national park looks up in a field of wildflowers.

A Shed Hunter Shot and Killed a Charging Grizzly Bear in Montana

An angler with a 153-pound alligator gar.

This Pending World-Record Gar Is the Heaviest Freshwater Fish Ever Caught on 2-Pound Test

A home on private land in Pennsylvania.

Wildlife Management

Game Wardens Can Surveil Private Land with Trail Cams. But That’s Now Being Challenged in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court

A flock of mallards and a lone pintail on a river in winter.

Waterfowl Hunting

Kansas Gov. Vetoes Bill to Limit Nonresident Waterfowlers to Hunting Just 3 Days a Week

Kathleen Sgamma testifies in a public hearing.

Public Lands & Waters

Oil-Industry Pick to Lead the BLM Withdraws Amid Revelations She Once Criticized the President

A shoulder mount on display at an outdoor show in Wisconsin.

This 49-Point Buck Was Promoted as a New State Record. Critics Say It Was Pen Raised

Breeder bucks stand inside a pen in Texas.

Wildlife Management

This Bill Would Give Deer Breeders a Free Pass to Ignore Alabama’s CWD Laws

A great white shark surfaces.

Massachusetts Just Banned Most Shark Fishing from Land, Blaming Anglers Who Want ‘That Viral Video’ with a Great White

A charter captain yells at another angler on the water.

Saltwater Fishing

‘You Wanna F-ing Go?!’ Watch Raging Charter Captain Board Kid’s Boat, Threaten to Fight Him

A Mexican wolf stands in tall grass.

Wildlife Management

‘The Situation Is Not Tolerable.’ New Mexico County Declares State of Emergency Over Mexican Wolves Killing Livestock, Pets

Wild horse herd in Wyoming.

Wildlife Management

Feds Planning to Gather Whole Herds of Free-Roaming Horses in Checkerboard Region of Wyoming

Coolers, buckets, and bags full of dead fish seized from poachers.

Wildlife Management

Oregon’s 7-Hour Fishing Season Ends with 2,500 Pounds of Illegally-Caught Smelt Seized by Police

A bull elk grazes in a field.

Big Game Hunting

Deer and Elk Hunters in Washington State Can No Longer Hunt Over Bait

A USFWS employee runs an airboat across Tule Lake.

Policy & Legislation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Rehire Fired Employees with Backpay

A grey wolf moves across a winter landscape.

Wildlife Management

Wolves Ranged into 14 Colorado Counties Even as Petition to Halt Reintroduction Advances

A velvet mule deer rack and other antlers seized by Utah wildlife officials.

Wildlife Management

Poached Bucks Up for Auction in Utah, Along with Hundreds More Skulls and Hides

A bush plane on snow; a wrecked plane in a frozen lake.

Wilderness Survival

Alaska Bush Pilot Community Rallies to Find, Rescue Family Whose Plane Crash-Landed on Frozen Lake

A still image showing a drone operator using a drone to help rescue a deer.

Wildlife Management

Watch Police Use a Drone to Rescue a Doe and Two Fawns from an Icy Lake

Two workers look over an open-pit mine.

Public Lands & Waters

New Executive Order Aims to Make Mining the Primary Use of Public Lands at ‘As Many Sites As Possible’

Football star Travis Hunter holds up a bass.

This Heisman Trophy Winner Would Rather Be Bass Fishing

A tract of public land in the Pahrump Valley in Nevada.

Public Lands & Waters

Plan to Sell Off ‘Underutilized’ Federal Land for Affordable Housing Is Ineffective and Inefficient, Experts Say

A coyote and a badger hunt together

Predator Hunting

Fascinating Trail Cam Videos Show Coyotes and Badgers Hunting Prairie Dogs Together

A Texas lawmaker poses with a whitetail deer.

Wildlife Management

Texas Lawmaker Who Breeds Deer Wants to Abolish the State Wildlife Agency That Regulates Deer Breeders

A smallmouth bass with a sucker lodged in its throat.

Wildlife Management

A New Plan to Flush Smallies Out of the Grand Canyon Seems to Be Working. Some Western Lawmakers Want to Squash It

A photo collage of the new pending world-record bull

The Real Story Behind the Casey Brooks Bull, the Pending World Record Elk

By Natalie Krebs, Dac Collins

Researchers unearth a mammoth tusk in West Texas.

Climate & Environment

‘I Couldn’t Believe It.’ Deer Hunter Finds Prehistoric Mammoth Tusk on West Texas Ranch

A kayak angler's perspective of rescuing dogs from an icy river.

Wilderness Survival

Watch a Kayak Fisherman Save Two Dogs from Drowning in an Icy River

A hunter glasses for game from atop a snowy ridge.

Policy & Legislation

Utah Wants to Prevent Anti-Hunter Takeover by Requiring All Wildlife Board Members to Have a Hunting License

A kayak angler casts out into a lake.

‘No One’s Immune.’ Tariffs Set to Wallop the U.S. Fishing Gear Industry

A BLM firefighter works a line.

Policy & Legislation

Federal Judge Rules Firing Public-Land Workers Was Illegal, Agrees It ‘Will Inflict Immediate, Foreseeable Harm’ to Habitat and Wildlife

A Massachusetts teenager holds up a state-record bass.

‘That Ain’t No Crappie.’ Watch This 13-Year-Old Catch a State-Record Largemouth Bass Through the Ice

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What Do Wild Turkeys Eat?

A pod of hippos in a river in Colombia.

Wildlife Management

Hundreds of ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Are Terrorizing Colombia. This Biologist Has Agreed to Help Track Them Down

A whitetail doe stands in the shadows.

Wildlife Management

Texas Wardens Uncover Black-Market Whitetail Breeding Ring that Smuggled ‘Ghost Deer’

A commercial fishing boat at sea.

Saltwater Fishing

Man Pretending to Be Captain Arrested After Stealing $8-Million Fishing Boat with the Crew Still Aboard

A side-by-side comparison of largemouth and smallmouth bass, held up by an angler.

Largemouth Bass

A Guide to Largemouth Bass vs Smallmouth Bass

By Dac Collins, Derek Horner

Australian angler Paul Barning, who was lost at sea, holds up a flag.

Tournament Angler Pulled Overboard by Giant Shark Remains Lost at Sea

A grouper bitten by a shark.

Saltwater Fishing

Nearly Half of All Florida Anglers Are Losing Fish to Sharks, Study Shows

can you eat carp, common carp on ice

Can You Eat Carp?

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Muskie vs Pike: Which Is the Top Game Fish?

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

The Biggest Fish Ever Caught

A close-up of a Gore-Tex label on a rain jacket.

Gore-Tex Used ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Its Gear and Lied to Customers About It, ‘Greenwashing’ Lawsuit Alleges

A Florida panther is collared and looked over by wildlife biologists.

Wildlife Management

This Florida Panther Is the Fattest Cat Ever Captured in the State

A Florida poacher busted for killing a protected tundra swan.

Wildlife Management

Florida Man Who Shot a Tundra Swan in Front of Birdwatchers Gets Lifetime Hunting Ban

A Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep stands atop a ridge.

$1.3 Million Bighorn Sheep Tag Sets Record for Most Expensive Auction Tag Ever

Two hunters walk up a canyon trail.

Policy & Legislation

Wyoming Senators Demand 50 Million Acres of Federal Land. It’s Part of a Coordinated Land-Grab by Western States

A sunset over Holloman Lake.

Waterfowl Hunting

After Record Levels of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Were Found in a New Mexico Lake, Hunters Are Urged to Contact Their Doctors

Anti-poaching rangers perform demonstration in Kruger Park.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: How to Wage War on Poaching, According to a Former South African General

A pile of dead vultures found in the Gulf.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Fishing Guide Who Rescued Drowning Vultures in the Gulf Says They Must Have Fallen from the Sky

A juvenile steelhead trout from a southern California creek.

Climate & Environment

As L.A. Wildfires Burn, Fish Rescuers Use Buckets, Backpacks to Save 271 of the Last Remaining Steelhead in SoCal Creek

A whitetail buck in the South.

Wildlife Management

Georgia Confirms Its First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

Two photos of duck hunters after successful mallard hunts.

Survival Skills

Stranded Hunters Survive Freezing Night on the Water by Building a Fire with Duck Decoys in Their Cooler

Colorado officials stand over a wolf crate in the dark.

Climate & Environment

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Releases Second Batch of Wolves Amid Threats, Rumors, and Growing Controversy

A field ranger in South Africa holds a radio.

Wildlife Management

Hunting for Poachers Amid South Africa’s Bloody Wildlife War

A mule deer buck in snowy woods.

Big Game Hunting

Wyoming Lawmakers Want to Quadruple Hunting License Application Fees

A steelhead in California.

Climate & Environment

L.A. Wildfires Torched One of SoCal’s Last Remaining Steelhead Streams

A grizzly bear walks through the snow in Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife Management

Grizzly Bears Will Remain on Endangered Species List, Feds Say

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

Public Lands & Waters

Feds’ Expansion of Okefenokee NWR Could Help Prevent a Proposed Mine There — If It Sticks

A rancher walks across a snowy prairie past a carcass of a dead cow killed by a wolf.

Wildlife Management

Ranchers Submit $582K Bill for Colorado Wolf Damages, Which Could Drain the State’s Depredation Fund Entirely

A cleaning table full of pikeminnows; a man fishes from a powerboat.

Pacific Northwest Angler Earned $164K for Catching Pikeminnow, Shattering the Payout Record

Football players get ready for the snap.

Patriots Hall-of-Famer Caught Turkey Hunting Behind Stadium Says ‘I Hunted that Property Forever’

A bowhunter with a giant Rocky Mountain bull elk.

Bowhunter with 86 Bulls to His Credit Tags a Pending World-Record Elk

A collage of big bucks from 2024.

The Biggest Bucks of 2024

CJ Alexander buck, poached in ohio

Wildlife Management

CJ Alexander to Serve Time, Pay $43K for Poaching Giant Ohio Buck and Trying to Cover It Up

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