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A whitetail buck in a grassy field.

Wildlife Management

Oklahoma Plans to Combat CWD by Releasing Captive-Bred Deer into the Wild

A booking image of Kyle Tate.

Florida HOA President Arrested for Allegedly Pulling a Gun on Kids Fishing in His Neighborhood, Throwing Away Their Tackle

A female grizzly on a snow-covered ridge.

Shed Hunter Kills Charging Grizzly with a Handgun in Montana

A gray wolf in the midwest.

Policy & Legislation

House Votes to Delist Gray Wolves, Block Lead Ammo Bans, End Boundary Waters Protections, and Overturn BLM Rule

An angler holds up a record-sized yellow perch.

Indiana Fisherman Catches State-Record Yellow Perch During Local Fishing Derby

A Texas game warden inspects a boat.

Texas Game Wardens Seize $100K Worth of Stolen Boats and Motors at Amateur Bass Tournament

California Guide’s Roosevelt Elk Is a New World Record. It’s Not His First

Dead salmon fry at a fish hatchery in Oregon.

‘Senseless’ Vandal Poisons Oregon Fish Hatchery, Killing 18,000 Salmon with Liquid Bleach

A close-up of an alligator in Florida.

Florida Man Runs Over Gator to Save His Neighbor

Ryan Watson with his wife and family in Oklahoma.

Big Game Hunting

Deer Hunter Faces 12 Years in Prison for Accidentally Bringing Ammo on Vacation to Turks and Caicos

Two fisheries biologists hold up a lake sturgeon.

A Lake Sturgeon Swam 651 Miles from Wisconsin to Illinois in ‘Longest-Known’ Migration Down Mississippi River

An unknown man holds up a gray wolf.

Gray Wolf Trapped in Colorado Was from Great Lakes Population, Feds Confirm

A truck at a gas station; a passenger of the truck inside the gas station.

Someone Released 25 Turkeys on Public Land in Nevada. Officials Want to Find Out Who

A fossil hunter with a shark's tooth; the fossil hunter recovers in the hospital.

Fossil Hunter Fights Off Gator Attack, with a Screwdriver, While Trapped Underwater

A Louisiana black bear in a field.

Louisiana Establishes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season Since 1987

Two poached elk found in Tennessee.

Tennessee Man Loses Hunting Privileges and Firearms After Admitting He Left Elk to Rot

A black bear in the forest.

Oregon Black Bear Euthanized After Confronting Woman at Her Door and Passing Out on Nearby Porch

An order of fishing gear delivered by Walmart.

Walmart Now Delivering Live Bait Directly to Your Door (or Nearby Boat Ramp)

A flock of wild turkeys forages in a field.

Wildlife Commissioner Cited for Hunting Turkeys Over Bait Says He Didn’t Know the Crickets Were There

Dead fish in the Nishnabotna River.

Midwestern Fertilizer Spill Kills Nearly Every Single Fish in 60-Mile Stretch of River

A California sea lion tries to steal fish from spearfisherman.

Watch: Spearfisherman Gets in a Vicious Fight with Sea Lion That Tries to Steal His Fish

Two brothers who were attacked by a mountain lion in California.

Shed Hunter Killed in California Mountain Lion Attack Died Protecting His Brother

The aftermath of a boat wreck at a bass fishing tournament in Florida.

Watch: Pro Bass Anglers ‘Could Have Been Killed’ in Crash While Speeding Back to Weigh-In

A brown bear runs down the street in a village in Slovakia.

Brown Bear Identified with ‘Biometric Drone’ Killed 10 Days After It Attacked 5 People in a Slovak Village

A Wyoming bull in Yellowstone National Park.

Big Game Hunting

Elk Hunters Had a Phenomenal Season in Wyoming While Idaho Saw the Worst Elk Harvest in a Decade

Angler with a giant striper-white bass hybrid.

Watch: Giant Hybrid Bass Caught on Fly Could Set a New World Record

A trail camera of two golden eagles, a coyote, and a deer carcass.

Rare Trail Cam Photos Capture a Coyote Fighting Golden Eagles

Large elephant herd walking in Botswana.

Big Game Hunting

Botswana President Bashes UK’s Proposed Trophy Import Ban, Calls It a Return to ‘Colonial Conquest’

A gray wolf and a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park.

Federal Judge Restricts Wolf Trapping in Idaho to ‘Protect’ Grizzly Bears

A pair of desert bighorn sheep.

Big Game Hunting

Arizona Will Stop Auctioning Big-Game Tags to the Wealthiest Hunters

A buck's head on a game warden's tailgate; a 9mm round lies on the roadway in a cemetery.

Wildlife Management

Poacher ‘Made a Poor Choice’ When He Shot a Trophy Buck While Driving Through a Cemetery

A man fells a tree.

Foraging & Gardening

How to Fell a Tree

Skeleton of a buck pulled through the ice.

Watch: Ice Fishermen Snag an Entire Buck Skeleton in ‘Coolest Catch of My Life’

A Wisconsin angler with a golden bowfin.

Bowfisherman Harvests Uber-Rare Golden Bowfin in Wisconsin

A Florida panther that was spotted in southwest Florida on Monday.

Watch: Turkey Hunter Calls in Florida Panther to 10 Yards

Thieves are sawing antlers off skulls and selling them to shed buyers.

Thieves Are Stealing More and More Racks From Hunters in the West — and Their Profits Keep Growing

kody king idaho record tiger trout

State-Record Tiger Trout Disqualified Because Angler Didn’t Have a Fishing License

A Canadian man in a hospital bed.

A Hiker Says He Was Attacked by a Cougar. Officials Say It Never Happened

Sandbar sharks fight over a hooked red snapper.

Saltwater Fishing

Watch: Snapper Fishermen Work Up a Shark Feeding Frenzy off Florida Coast

A miniature whitetail deer stands in a backyard.

Wildlife Management

Man Photographs Mutant Miniature Deer in His Backyard

A fisherman wearing 3D goggles holds up a bass.

Watch: YouTuber Syncs Apple Vision Pro with LiveScope

Two dead sawfish found dead in Florida.

Saltwater Fishing

Endangered Sawfish Are Dying in the Florida Keys and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

A gray wolf walks through the snow in Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife Management

Montana Authorities Are Investigating a Suspected Wolf Poaching Near Yellowstone

A search and rescue training operation

Wilderness Survival

Hikers and Backpackers in the American West Hit Their Garmin InReach SOS Button Most Often

A group of anglers with an all-white (leucistic) sailfish.

Saltwater Fishing

Anglers Catch All-White ‘Billfish Unicorn’ Off the Coast of Guatemala

Angler releases giant king salmon in Argentina.

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Watch: ‘Absolute Beast’ of a King Salmon Proves Why the Next World Record Will Come from Argentina

Biologists investigate a dead shark found on a Florida beach.

Did Anglers Accidentally Kill the 15-Foot-Long Great White Shark That Washed Up in Florida?

A Connecticut angler holds up a big bluefish.

Saltwater Fishing

Anglers Disqualified from Bluefish Tournament Lose $32K, Say Mandatory Polygraphs Are B.S.

A drone-mounted camera shows a wounded buck in the woods.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Man Convicted of Wildlife Crimes for Trying to Help Undercover Game Wardens Recover a Deer with His Drone

A coyote walks across the snow in Canada.

Wildlife Management

Coydog, Coywolf, or Coyote? A Complete Guide to Eastern Canids

A pack of hogs in Texas as seen through a drone-mounted thermal imaging camera.

Wildlife Management

Mississippi Has a Wild Hog Problem. Lawmakers Think Legalizing Drones for Hunting Them Will Help

Illustration of caribou, hunter, and blizzard

Wilderness Survival

Miracle on the Tundra: How One Caribou Hunter Survived a 5-Day Blizzard

A snarling mountain lion leans on a fallen tree.

Four Mountain Bikers Overpowered the Cougar That Nearly Killed Their Friend

Two hunters in Texas with a plains zebra.

Wildlife Management

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

Story by Dac Collins, Photographs by Jeff Wilson

An x-ray image of a crappie with ball bearings in its gut.

Crappie Fishing

Investigation Reveals Kansas Record Crappie Was Stuffed with Ball Bearings

A white crappie caught in Kansas.

Panfish Fishing

“I Caught That Fish Legally and Honestly.” Kansas Officials Seize State-Record Crappie, Strike It From Record Books

Wildlife biologists and houndsmen with a cougar they fitted with a GPS collar.

Wildlife Management

Utah Mountain Lion Makes 1,000-Mile Journey to Colorado, Where It’s Killed by Another Cougar

A mountain lion jumps over a man standing below.

Wildlife Management

Watch: A Biologist Darts a Mountain Lion. It Nearly Attacks Him

Ammunition on a shelf in a California gun shop.

California Law Requiring Background Checks for Every Ammo Purchase Reinstated After Just Six Days

By Dac Collins, Natalie Krebs

Two trail runners kneel next to a dog that was attacked by a mountain lion.

My Running Buddy and I Charged the Mountain Lion That Was Trying to Kill His Dog

By Pete Deneen, as told to Dac Collins

Two anglers from Quebec pose with a giant Atlantic halibut they caught through the ice.

Quebec Anglers Catch Giant Atlantic Halibut Through the Ice

A mountain lion tom peeks through some branches.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Cancels April Mountain Lion Season Amid Anti-Hunting Opposition

A composite image of screenshots from a video that shows a cougar dragging a whitetail deer into the woods.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Michigan Cougar Kills a Deer in Rare Trail Cam Footage

A mature whitetail buck sniffs the air in Tennessee.

Deer Hunter Success Rates Vary as Southeast Hunters Punch Tags, Northeast Hunters Eat Tag Soup

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