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A drake greenhead flying against a blue sky

Wildlife Management

Wisconsin DNR Warns Hunters Not to Eat Mallards Shot in Green Bay. But What Happens When Contaminated Ducks Migrate?

By Alex Robinson

Pintails flying in a courtship dance.

Wildlife Management

Pintail Numbers Increase, Mallards Are Stable, and Other Takeaways from This Year’s Duck Survey

By Jonathan Olivier

Two hunters with a bull moose taken in Alaska.

Wildlife Management

Alaskan Guide Sued for Ripping Off 32 Moose Hunters Has Already Booked Trips for 2025

A big buck stands on the edge of the woods in Michigan.

Wildlife Management

Northern Michigan Lawmakers Want to Secede from the State Game Commission and Form Their Own

The Bloodvein First Nation stands next to a no-trespassing sign aimed at non-Indigenous hunters.

Wildlife Management

This First Nation Just Barred Non-Native Hunters from Its Territory for ‘Overhunting’

A problem bear with an ear tag peeks over a fence.

Wildlife Management

Officials Tried to Haze a Bear That Nearly Burned a House Down. Instead, They Got Mobbed by Activists

Rhino farmer John Hume sits in front of a painting in his office.

Wildlife Management

The World’s Biggest (and Richest) Rhino Savior Was Just Arrested for Trafficking Their Horns

A land for sale sign in the Western U.S.

Wildlife Management

A Sneaky Way Lawmakers Can Sell Your Public Land, and 3 Other Things Insiders Won’t Say on the Record

By Christine Peterson

An antique telephone that was being used as an illegal fishing device.

Wildlife Management

Two Poachers Were Busted Using This Old-School Outlaw Technique to Shock Catfish

A doe stands next to its fawn in the forest.

Wildlife Management

Researchers Just Revealed a Disturbing Way Deer Are Getting Chronic Wasting Disease

Three hunters on horseback in Argentina.

Wildlife Management

Argentina’s Biggest Poaching Bust Involved ‘Weapons of War,’ a Live Puma Cub, and an Outfitter Who Tried Fleeing to Brazil

A screenshot of a strategic marketing plan about Mexican wolves.

Wildlife Management

New Mexico Governor Fires Wildlife Commissioner After Leaked Emails Between Her and Anti-Wolfers

A professional python removal contractor holds up a bunch of snakes.

Wildlife Management

This Wildlife YouTuber Just Became the First Female to Win Florida’s Python Challenge

By Alex Robinson

duck poaching bust

Wildlife Management

The Ducklegger War: How an Undercover Agent Busted a Massive Ring of Market Hunters and Waterfowl Bootleggers

A wake boat in surf mode kicks up a big wave.

Wildlife Management

Wake Boats Aren’t Just Eroding Shorelines. They’re Harming Lake Bottoms, Too

Scarlett Johansson poses for a photo at Cannes Film Festival.

Wildlife Management

The Newest Tool for Hazing Wolves? Scarlett Johansson’s Voice

By Kris Millgate

A government contractor in Arizona whose been threatened and targeted by wild horse advocates.

Wildlife Management

This Cowgirl Is Tackling Our Wild Horse Problem. Activists Want Her Dead

A wild hog walks across a field.

Wildlife Management

Everything You Didn’t Need to Know About the DNR Pig Sting at Ted Nugent’s High-Fence Ranch

A photo of seized deer mounts

Wildlife Management

5 Men Were Busted for a Trophy-Buck Poaching Ring. They Killed 60-Plus Deer

By Natalie Krebs

A gray wolf trots across a sage flat

Wildlife Management

Colorado Suspends Trapping After a Wolf Tripped a Coyote Trap at a Livestock Operation and Died

By Kris Millgate

A free-ranging horse walks across a forest road in Arizona.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Sued, Sabotaged, and Threatened. Meet the Cowboys Caught in the Middle of the West’s Wild Horse Problem

A marsh rabbit sits in the grass in Florida.

Wildlife Management

Florida Just Deployed 40 Robot Bunnies to Trick the Worst Predator in the Everglades

A male sage grouse stands on a lek in Wyoming.

Wildlife Management

Have North Dakota’s Sage Grouse Winked Out Completely?

By Kris Millgate

A collage of screenshots from a viral video of ticks swarming a deer.

Wildlife Management

Viral Video of Deer Crawling with Ticks Is Nightmare Fuel. It’s Also a Warning

By Alice Jones Webb

A waterfowl production area sign.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Are Conservation Groups Spending Our Money Wisely?

By Natalie Krebs

Jay Cutler poses with a common sable antelope he hunted in South Africa.

Wildlife Management

Former NFL Star Bashed by Anti-Hunters and News Outlets Who Can’t Keep Their Antelopes Straight

By Alice Jones Webb

A trail runner heads uphill in the mountains.

Wildlife Management

‘Guess I Gotta Buy a Fishing Permit.’ Trail Runner Stopped in Utah for Not Having a Hunting or Fishing License

By Kris Millgate

A black carp being harvested in a boat.

Wildlife Management

Want to Make Thousands by Fishing? Arkansas Just Put a Bounty on Black Carp

A bear swims in open water with two cubs perched on its back.

Wildlife Management

Watch This Black Bear Ferry Her Tiny Cubs Across a Huge Reservoir

By Alice Jones Webb

Donna Kalil, a contracted snake hunter, with a giant python in the Everglades.

Wildlife Management

19 Weird and Wild Snake Photos from the Florida Python Challenge

By Natalie Krebs

Side-by-side images of poacher Karl Studer posing with mule deer.

Wildlife Management

Helicopter Poacher Involved in Black-Market Tag Scheme Gets $180K in Fines, Lifetime Hunting Ban

By Alice Jones Webb

A side-by-side of two trophy photos of poachers with an illegally-killed Missouri mountain lion

Wildlife Management

Missouri Deer Hunter Illegally Shoots Tagged Mountain Lion That Traveled 800 Miles From Nebraska

By Alice Jones Webb

Wildlife Management

A Photographer Captured These 7 Incredible Images After Placing Cameras Around a Wolf Kill

By Kris Millgate

Three panels showing a red fox and a bald eagle facing off over fish scraps.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Fox and Bald Eagle Battle Over Striper Carcass in Maryland Backyard

By Alice Jones Webb

Washington Wildlife commissioners colluded with anti-hunting organizations.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Sportsmen’s Alliance Uncovers “Bad Government on Steroids” Within Washington Wildlife Commission

By Alex Robinson

A tent set up in a Colorado campground.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Campground Bans Tents After Black Bear Swats One with Kids Inside

The Louisiana flag next to dollar bills.

Wildlife Management

Former Director of Louisiana Fish and Wildlife Agency Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges

Coho salmon swimming upriver to spawn.

Wildlife Management

We Had a Workable Plan to Recover the Northwest’s Salmon Runs. The Trump Administration Just Shut It Down

Three wolf pups run along a dirt road.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Confirms Multiple Wolf Pup Sightings

By Natalie Krebs

A large herd of aoudad move across the Texas landscape.

Wildlife Management

Texas Adds Aoudad to the List of Animals You Can Hunt from Helicopters

By Alice Jones Webb

A nighttime trail cam photo of an adult mountain lion with kittens.

Wildlife Management

Mountain Lion Kittens Were Finally Photographed in Oklahoma. Skeptics Claim the Cats Have Been Breeding There All Along

Three python trackers carry a huge snake.

Wildlife Management

These Snake Trackers Have Removed More than 20 Tons of Invasive Pythons from Florida… and They’re Just Getting Started

A big drop-tine mule deer buck grows his antlers in velvet.

Wildlife Management

11 Fascinating Wildlife Photos from Grand Teton National Park

By Natalie Krebs

kangaroo culling

Wildlife Management

I Hunted with a Professional Kangaroo Shooter in Australia

By Scott Haugen

Anti-hunters line the street holding signs that protest the Florida bear hunt.

Wildlife Management

Anti-Hunters Will Attempt to Sabotage Florida’s Bear Hunt With This Dirty Tactic

By Alice Jones Webb

A red fox dives head-first into a snow bank.

Wildlife Management

11 Incredible Wildlife Photos from Yellowstone National Park

By Natalie Krebs

A side-by-side of a grizzly bear on Texada Island in British Columbia.

Wildlife Management

A Group of Rogue Canadians Is Trying to Relocate a Problem Grizzly Against the Government’s Wishes

By Alice Jones Webb

Two researchers remove a Burmese python from the water.

Wildlife Management

A Bobcat (Probably) Decapitated a Giant Python in the Everglades. That’s a Good Thing

Two depredating wolves caught on trail camera in Oregon.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Officials Euthanize ‘Chronic’ Problem Wolf That Was Killing Livestock

A man comes face to face with a rattlesnake

Wildlife Management

Our Professor Gives Extra Credit for Catching Live Rattlesnakes. That’s How We Stumbled into a Snake Den

By Virgil L. Herin

bottle nose dolphin

Wildlife Management

This Charter Captain Shot Dolphins with School Kids Onboard. Now He’s Going to Jail

Two Ohio game wardens stand next to two sets of antlers seized during a poaching investigation.

Wildlife Management

The Two Game Wardens Who Cracked the CJ Alexander Poaching Case Finally Get to Tell Their Side of the Story

A blue catfish caught by a commercial fisherman.

Wildlife Management

These Photos and Videos Reveal Why Maryland’s Blue Catfish Must Be Killed

Photos by Jay Fleming, Story by Natalie Krebs

A vintage black and white photo of a man darting a bear from a helicopter.

Wildlife Management

16 Incredible Vintage Hunting and Fishing Photos from an Alaska Wildlife Refuge

By Natalie Krebs

Wildlife Management

I Hunted Feral Camels In the Australian Outback

By Scott Haugen

A buck lays down on a Wisconsin deer farm.

Wildlife Management

Minnesota Banned New Deer Farms in Order to Slow CWD. Now Farmers Are Suing

A dumpster and trash cans flipped over by grizzly bear.

Wildlife Management

Yellowstone Officials Kill Grizzly Bear That Was Flipping Over 800-Pound Dumpsters

By Kris Millgate

A grizzly bear crosses the road

Wildlife Management

Proposal to Keep Grizzlies on the Endangered Species List Is ‘Ludicrous,’ Say Western Lawmakers

A dark colored grizzly bear resembling a black bear stands in brush.

Wildlife Management

Idaho Hunter Self-Reports Bear Identification Error After Mistaking a Grizzly for a Black Bear

By Alice Jones Webb

A man wrestled a wild turkey in a cemetery in New Hampshire

Wildlife Management

Watch: Man Wrestling a Wild Turkey in Cemetery ‘Not a Good Look,’ Says Investigating Game Warden

By Natalie Krebs

A deer walks by an arch at Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife Management

Private Land Is Being Developed in the West. National Park Tourists Would Pay to Help Stop It

By Christine Peterson

A pronghorn antelope, crawls under a barbed wire fence.

Wildlife Management

Coloradans Just Tore Down a Bunch of Barbed Wire Fencing to Help Wild Game

A dead elk killed by wolves with blood on the concrete.

Wildlife Management

California Sheriff Declares His County ‘Under Siege’ from Gray Wolves

By Natalie Krebs

Two Ohio game wardens with the award they received from the Pope and Young Club in April.

Wildlife Management

Ohio Game Wardens Who Busted CJ Alexander Honored with Pope and Young Award