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OL contributor Kris Millgate

Kris Millgate

Contributor

About

Kris Millgate is a multimedia journalist based in eastern Idaho. She’s a fly fisher, a bird hunter and an avid seeker of awkward moments. Read and watch more of her work at tightlinemedia.com

More from Kris Millgate

A grizzly bear sow in Yellowstone National Park.
Animal Attacks

Yellowstone Hikers Evacuated by Helicopter After Bear Attack in the Front Country

By Kris Millgate

SGT Zachariah Clark, the only medic on scene, credits training, teamwork, and quick action for saving lives after a bear attack during a land navigation exercise
Animal Attacks

‘They Might Be Dying. I Need to Get to Them.’ An Off-Duty Combat Medic Responded to Alaska Bear Attack

By Kris Millgate

A composite of Kaden Sites and S&R crews.
Turkey Hunting

Search for Missing Colorado Turkey Hunter Enters Sixth Day

By Kris Millgate

Idaho has declared hunting its state sport.
Hunting

Idaho Declares Hunting the Official State Sport, Asks for Help Choosing a State Gun

By Kris Millgate

A big bull elk.
Wildlife Management

Idaho Wildlife Commissioner Charged with Poaching Elk, Trespassing, Says He’ll ‘Voluntarily Postpone’ Duties

By Kris Millgate

A duck hunter smiles in the marsh.
Hunter Recruitment

‘I Was Hooked.’ This Volunteer-Led Program Has Introduced 100,000 New Duck Hunters Across North America

By Kris Millgate

A duck hunter and his dog with a duck in Florida.
Hunting Dogs

Remembering Crown, the Very Good Duck Dog Who Retrieved 42 Species of North American Waterfowl

By Kris Millgate

Pink eye in aoudad
Wildlife Management

Aoudad in Texas Are Getting Pink Eye. The State’s Desert Bighorns Are Safe — For Now

By Kris Millgate

A nile monitor, in its native range. Monitors are one of Florida's problematic invasive species.
Wildlife Management

South Florida’s Newest Invasive Threat Is a 6-Foot-Long Lizard from Africa

By Kris Millgate

A huge florida black bear
Black Bear Hunting

Anti-Hunters Tried to Hijack Florida’s Black Bear Season, But Officials Say the Hunt Was a ‘Success’ Anyway. Here’s the Harvest Data

By Kris Millgate

Two California hunters with a mule deer buck.
Wildlife Management

Hunters and Non-Hunters Decry New Plan to Eradicate Mule Deer from Catalina Island

By Kris Millgate

A big bull elk in Colorado known as Split 5
Elk Hunting

‘Split 5’ Was One of the Most Photographed Bull Elk from Rocky Mountain National Park. A Hunter Tagged Him This Fall

By Kris Millgate

sheep rescue
Wildlife Management

Video: Wildlife Agents Rescue Bighorn Sheep That’s Stuck in Frozen River 

By Kris Millgate

A crew in an airboat comes to the aid of a boat locked in river ice.
Natural Disaster Survival

‘Young Guys Think They’re Invincible.’ Duck Hunters Rescued by Airboat After Becoming Trapped in a Frozen River

By Kris Millgate

Colorado officials look over a wolf in a helicopter.
Wildlife Management

Colorado to Pause Wolf Reintroductions as Feds Apply Pressure and States Balk at Providing Them

By Kris Millgate

A barbed wire fence in North Dakota.
Hunting

Looking for Private Land to Hunt in North Dakota? Check Out This New App

By Kris Millgate

The bronze sheep statue outside KUIU headquarters was stolen.
Conservation

Watch: Thieves Steal Bronze Sheep Statue at Kuiu Headquarters, But Can’t Fit It In the Getaway Car

By Kris Millgate

A mountain lion on red sandstone in the Southwest.
Wildlife Management

Utah Is Culling Cougars to See If It Helps Deer. Houndsmen Aren’t Happy About It

By Kris Millgate

Gray wolves in the midwest would be delisted by this new bill.
Wildlife Management

The House Just Voted to Delist Gray Wolves. Now the Bill Heads to the Senate

By Kris Millgate

A bird dog sits in a passenger seat with an arrow in its armpit.
Hunting Dogs

My Bird Dog Caught a Broadhead Arrow to the Chest While Pointing Quail

By Kris Millgate