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A porta-potty blind and a haybale blind.

Wildlife Management

Texas Game Wardens Are Too Smart for Porta-Potty Poachers and Hay-Bale Blinds

By Phil Bourjaily

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 wolf in the snow in Wyoming

Wildlife Management

A Bill That Would’ve Outlawed Running Over Wolves, Coyotes with Snowmachines Failed in Wyoming

By Christine Peterson

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

Great Lakes wolves

Wildlife Management

Wisconsin, Colorado Lawmakers Move to Delist Gray Wolves Across the Lower 48

By Natalie Krebs

A screenshot of Don Jr. or Donald Trump Jr. beside a ruddy shelduck.

Wildlife Management

An Anti-Hunting Politician Accused Donald Trump Jr. of Shooting a Protected Duck in Italy. Here’s the Backstory

By Natalie Krebs

A truck bed with 54 dead ducks in it.

Wildlife Management

Poachers Caught with 3X Legal Limit Said ‘This Was More Ducks Than They’d Seen All Season’

By Kris Millgate

Caribou with antlers feeding on snow-covered tundra with oilfield pipeline in background

Wildlife Management

Trump Orders Resource Development on Alaska Public Lands ‘to the Fullest Extent Possible,’ But May Also Restore Hunting Opportunities

By Natalie Krebs

A herd of mule deer, likely about to bolt.

Wildlife Management

Trump’s Order to Pause Federal Grants Causes Chaos in the Conservation World

By Andrew McKean, Natalie Krebs

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 group of bull elk stand in the snow.

Wildlife Management

Conservation Groups, Hunters Fight Off Bill That Would Have Let Wyoming Landowners Sell Their Big-Game Tags for a Profit

By Kris Millgate

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 mule deer buck in Wyoming.

Wildlife Management

Hunting Big Bucks Year After Year Helps Curb Chronic Wasting Disease, Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

A road with public land BLM sign

Wildlife Management

Here’s What Hunting and Conservation Groups Are Asking of the Trump Administration

By Andrew McKean

A whitetail buck in the South.

Wildlife Management

Georgia Confirms Its First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

A large herd of elk congregate at a feedground on a snowy landscape.

Wildlife Management

CWD Discovered at Wyoming Elk Feedground, Raising More Concerns Over the State’s Supplemental Feeding Program

By Alice Jones Webb

A herd of Roosevelt elk in Washington.

Wildlife Management

With Increasing Influence from Anti-Hunters, Washington’s Wildlife Commission Is Now ‘Dysfunctional,’ According to a University Report

By Andrew McKean

A field ranger in South Africa holds a radio.

Wildlife Management

Hunting for Poachers Amid South Africa’s Bloody Wildlife War

Sandhill cranes coming in for a landing

Wildlife Management

In Wisconsin, Home of the Sandhill Crane Recovery, Legislators Are Now Considering a Hunt

By Andrew McKean

A treed mountain lion

Wildlife Management

Anti-Hunters Seek to Ban All Hunting with Hounds in Arizona

By Natalie Krebs

A steelhead in California.

Wildlife Management

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

A bull elk bugles on the side of a hill behind two cows.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Is Switching Its Big-Game Draw. Here’s Why Hunters with Preference Points Are Short-Changed

By Natalie Krebs

Dead deer hit by a car lying by the road with motion blurred vehicle, U.S. Highway 14, Wyoming, USA.

Wildlife Management

The Ultimate Guide to Eating and Donating Roadkill

By Christine Peterson

A pencil drawing of a timber wolf pinning down a hunter who is scrabbling for his rifle.

Wildlife Management

I Was Attacked by a Timber Wolf

Four deer lit up with a thermal on a prairie.

Wildlife Management

Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech

By Andrew McKean

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

Wildlife Management

Grizzly Bears Will Remain on Endangered Species List, Feds Say

Three wolves stand together on the top of a snowy hill.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Wolves Will Be Delisted, Public-Land Transfer Attempts Will Fail, and Other 2025 Predictions

By Andrew McKean

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

Eighteen large black bass are lined up on the tailgate of a pickup truck along with spearfishing gear.

Wildlife Management

Poachers Caught with 76 Pounds of Illegally Speared Bass in Urban Texas Lake

By Alice Jones Webb

Bison feed along a spring in the snow.

Wildlife Management

Montana Sues Yellowstone National Park for Having ‘Utterly Failed’ to Manage Its Bison Herd

By Natalie Krebs

rooster pheasants

Wildlife Management

A Manhattan Legislator Aims to End New York’s Pheasant Stocking Program. Here’s Why All Bird Hunters Should Be Concerned

By Alex Robinson

whitetail does in snow

Wildlife Management

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

A blacktail buck in velvet.

Wildlife Management

The New Blacktail Deer Foundation Aims to Conserve These Underrated Deer Subspecies

By Andrew McKean

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

A monarch butterfly on thistle.

Wildlife Management

Feds Propose Listing the Monarch Butterfly Under the Endangered Species Act

By Andrew McKean

A gray wolf stalks its prey in Europe.

Wildlife Management

European Union Relaxes Protections for Livestock-Killing Wolves as Shepherds, Others Demand Action

By Andrew McKean

A coho salmon swims upriver in a California stream.

Wildlife Management

Salmon Are Returning to the Undammed Upper Klamath River Even Sooner than Expected

A wolf trotting on trail camera.

Wildlife Management

California’s Third New Wolf Pack This Year Discovered in the Sierra Valley

A furry, brown bear suit with metal claws laid out on a wood floor.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Insurance Companies Paid Out Thousands After a Bear Broke in to Luxury Cars. It Was Clearly a Person in a Bear Suit

By Alice Jones Webb

taxidermied green-winged teal in flight

Wildlife Management

Researchers Build ‘Zombie Duck Drones’ and Robot Pheasants Out of Taxidermied Birds

By Alice Jones Webb

A herd of mule deer in a residential yard.

Wildlife Management

Officials Say Man Who Went on Urban Deer-Poaching Spree Also Killed … a Cow?

A cow moose stands in the snow.

Wildlife Management

Montana Hunters Were a ‘Tremendous Workforce’ in 10-Year Moose Study that Showed Stable Populations Statewide

mountain lion on a rock

Wildlife Management

Coloradans Vote Down a Big Cat Hunting Ban in a Massive Win for Hunters and Conservationists

Two anglers hold up red snappers.

Wildlife Management

Florida Voters Pass ‘Right to Fish and Hunt’ Amendment

By Natalie Krebs

wolf released in colorado

Wildlife Management

Colorado’s Wolf Reintroduction Has Cost Taxpayers Double What They Expected When They Voted to Approve it

Wildlife Management

Here’s What a Second Donald Trump Presidential Term Could Mean for Outdoorsmen, Gun Owners, and Conservationists

By Andrew McKean

Grizzly 399 with cubs in Grand Teton National Park.

Wildlife Management

Grand Teton’s Famous Mother Grizzly 399 Was Killed by a Vehicle

By Alice Jones Webb

A Burmese python swallows a full-sized whitetail deer whole.

Wildlife Management

Scientists Photograph Giant Python Swallowing a Full-Sized Whitetail Whole in First-of-Its-Kind Discovery

Wildlife Management

Here’s What a Harris-Walz Administration Might Mean for Outdoorsmen, Conservationists, and Gun Owners

By Andrew McKean

A hunter and his dog kneel behind a crowd.

Wildlife Management

Colorado’s Prop 127 Is an Attack on Modern Wildlife Management and the Science that Guides It

A grizzly sow and cub in Montana.

Wildlife Management

Montana’s New Grizzly Bear Plan Says It’s Ready to Take Back Management from the Feds

tim walz hunting

Wildlife Management

How (and Why) We Cover Politics at Outdoor Life

By Alex Robinson

Three deer stand in the middle of a gravel road in Wisconsin.

Wildlife Management

‘Senseless’ Poaching Ring Allegedly Killed ‘Well Over 100 Deer’ in Wisconsin and Harassed, Abused Other Wildlife

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.

Wildlife Management

CJ Alexander Pleads Guilty to 14 Charges Related to Poaching Giant Ohio Buck

A pronghorn antelope, crawls under a barbed wire fence.

Wildlife Management

‘I Turned My Antelope Hunters Away.’ Wyoming Wildfires Have Been Devastating. They’re Also an Opportunity to Fix Fencing for Wildlife

Troy Landry of Swamp People failed to properly tag an American alligator.

Wildlife Management

‘Swamp People’ Star Troy Landry Charged in Gator Sting Operation

A screenshot of body-cam footage from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Wildlife Management

‘I Slashed His Tires.’ Body Cam Footage Shows Game Warden Running Down Salmon Thieves Who Broke into a Hatchery

Cow elk jump over a barbed wire ranch fence.

Wildlife Management

Film: Public-Land Elk Hunters and Ranchers Can Be Good Neighbors. Here’s How

By Andrew McKean

A giant hybrid sheep that was bred illegally in Montana.

Wildlife Management

Montana Man Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Smuggling, Cloning, and Breeding Giant Hybrid Sheep

A bull elk raises his head near a feeding cow.

Wildlife Management

Should Idaho Restrict Hi-Tech Hunting Gear? State Officials Want to Know

By Andrew McKean

A close-up of a gray wolf in the woods.

Wildlife Management

Wisconsin Duck Hunter Shoots, Kills One of Five Gray Wolves That Surrounded His Blind

A backyard view of a lake in Pennsylvania.

Wildlife Management

Lawsuit Accuses Pennsylvania Officer of Snooping on Private Property, Seeks to Limit Powers of the Fish and Boat Commission

A mule deer in the trees.

Wildlife Management

A Blind Mule Deer Tested Positive for the Plague in Idaho