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Chronic wasting disease hunter head dropoff container

Wildlife Management

Viral Articles Claim Two ‘Hunters Died After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison.’ Here’s What Really Happened

A bull elk bugles in the woods.

Wildlife Management

Wisconsin Hunters Will Get More Chances to Hunt Elk This Fall

Shed elk antlers on the National Elk Refuge.

Wildlife Management

Shed Antler Poacher Busted with More Than 1,000 Pounds of Rack. He’s Now Banned from Wyoming Federal Lands

Gray Wolf pack howling taken in Yellowstone NP

Wildlife Management

As Wolf Management Debate Reaches a Fever Pitch, the Interior Department Hires a National Mediator

By Andrew McKean

Two poached elk found in Tennessee.

Wildlife Management

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

A wild turkey gobbles in a field.

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Youth Turkey Hunters in Missouri Break 7-Year Harvest Record

States Continue to Cut Turkey Hunting Opportunities Amid Population Declines

Wildlife Management

States Continue to Cut Turkey Hunting Opportunities Amid Population Declines

A bobcat attacks a mule deer.

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Watch: Bobcat Takes Down Adult Mule Deer on Trail Camera

A whitetail buck flags its tail in a field.

Wildlife Management

Indiana Taxidermist Helps Identify State’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

A black bear in the forest.

Wildlife Management

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

A wrecked tanker truck is towed from the crash scene.

Wildlife Management

Truck Full of Salmon Smolts Crashes in Oregon, Spilling 77,000 Fish into Nearby Creek

A Canada goose stares at a camera.

Wildlife Management

Alabama Man Tells Son to Poach a Goose, Shoots Witness, Court Documents Say

A wolf stands in a snowy forest.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Wolf Kills Calf in the Same County Where Reintroduction Occurred

A pair of coyotes stand in brushy cover.

Wildlife Management

Michigan Is Getting Sued for Shortening Its Coyote Season

Researchers are leaving vaccine treat balls in ag fields for deer.

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Wildlife Managers Are Hiding Meds in Alfalfa to Vaccinate Wild Deer

A robotic dog patrols the Fairbanks airport.

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Watch: $70K Robotic Dog Disguised as a Coyote Will Haze Wildlife at Alaska Airport

An Eastern coyote stands in the snow.

Wildlife Management

Vermont Tones Down an Animal Rights Overhaul of Its Wildlife Board After Hunter Pushback

Two bedded Shiras bulls.

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Nevada’s First-Ever Moose Season Excites Hunters as Big-Game Applications Open

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

Wildlife Management

Rare Trail Cam Photos Capture a Coyote Fighting Golden Eagles

A grizzly bear walks through a forest.

Wildlife Management

Grizzly Bear Reintroduction in the North Cascades Plows Ahead

Large elephant herd walking in Botswana.

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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.

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

A pair of eagle talons and a feather.

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Man Pleads Guilty to ‘Killing Spree’ of Thousands of Eagles, Accomplice Still at Large

A pair of desert bighorn sheep.

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

Three wild burros feed on BLM land.

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2 Men Charged for Killing 3 Wild Burros with Night Vision, Unregistered Short-Barreled Rifles in California

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 coyote bites a man's hand in a parking lot.

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Watch: Skier Sticks His Hand in a Coyote’s Face, Seems Surprised When It Bites Him

A nice buck in a field.

Wildlife Management

Congress Killed Our Last Big Conservation Package Because It Was Too Expensive. This Politician Says His Bill Is Cheaper and Better

By Andrew McKean

A big trophy mule deer buck.

Wildlife Management

Auction vs. Raffle Tags: Should States Stop Selling Big-Game Tags to the Highest Bidder?

By Andrew McKean

A trio of Dall sheep on a ridge, which nonresidents must hunt with a guide.

Wildlife Management

California Man Charged with 48 Alaska Game Violations After Allegedly Falsifying License Info, Hunting Bears, Sheep, and Goats Without a Guide

A broomed bighorn ram in South Dakota.

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Deadly Pneumonia Hits Bighorn Sheep in Prime South Dakota Unit

A white shark nicknamed LeeBeth surfaces in the water.

Wildlife Management

Great White Shark Makes Record 2,000-Mile Journey from South Carolina to Mexico Border

Elk eating hay in Montana.

Wildlife Management

States Want to Issue Lots of Transferrable Big-Game Tags to Landowners. Regular Hunters Want to Stop Them

By Andrew McKean

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

Wildlife Management

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

A bighorn sheep was poached and beheaded.

Wildlife Management

Reward for Intel on Oregon Bighorn Poacher Hits $4,500 as Conservation Orgs Chip in

A flock of Canada geese takes off from a snowy river bank.

Wildlife Management

A Stretch of the Yellowstone River Long-Closed to Waterfowl Hunting Might Reopen Soon. Some Hunters Aren’t Thrilled

A miniature whitetail deer stands in a backyard.

Wildlife Management

Man Photographs Mutant Miniature Deer in His Backyard

A wildfire in Texas is killing quail.

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The Biggest Fire in Texas History Will Help Quail Someday. Right Now It’s Killing Them

Wildlife Management

The onX Effect: Digital Mapping Apps Have Changed the Way We Hunt. Now What Will They Do With All Our Data?

By Christine Peterson

Two dead sawfish found dead in Florida.

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

Two men paddle a canoe across Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Wildlife Management

Feds Say Mining Company Can’t Divert 1.4 Million Gallons Water per Day from Georgia Wildlife Refuge

A wildlife biologist next to a breeding ball; holding up a Burmese python.

Wildlife Management

Florida Python Trackers Remove Two Giant Mating Balls in Record Day of Snake Hunting

By Natalie Krebs

An orca swims by itself.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Orca Kills and Eats Great White Shark on Its Own, Stunning Scientists

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

Wildlife Management

Montana Authorities Are Investigating a Suspected Wolf Poaching Near Yellowstone

Poached deer antlers rest on the hood of a police vehicle.

Wildlife Management

Tennessee Man Who Poached 20 Deer from the Road, Threatened to Kill a Landowner Gets Lifetime Hunting Ban

By Outdoor Life Staff

A deer disease like arterial worm makes this deer have puffy cheeks.

Wildlife Management

9 Deer Diseases Every Hunter Should Know

Screenshots of a hawk being attacked by muscovy ducks and a guy rescuing them

Wildlife Management

Watch: “The Hawk’s Gotta Die,” Man Tells Buddy Who Breaks Up Bird Fight

By Natalie Krebs

A giant white sturgeon lays on a dock.

Wildlife Management

Oregon Man Does Jail Time for Poaching 7-Foot White Sturgeon, Estimated to Be 80 Years Old

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

Wildlife Management

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

A bull moose in a field in Denali National Park.

Wildlife Management

Two Men Poached a Moose in Denali National Park, Then Abandoned the Meat Because They Were Scared of Bears

A bull elk looks across grassy plains.

Wildlife Management

Man Busted for Allegedly Killing 42 Elk, Selling Meat for Cash at a Rest Stop

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Retired Game Warden Under Investigation After Shooting a Collared Wolf in Wisconsin. He Claims Self Defense

Dead snow geese with avian influenza are frozen into a lake.

Wildlife Management

The Story Behind the Snow Goose Mass Die-Off Video

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

Wildlife Management

Minnesota Congressman Posts Viral Video of Wolf Killing Deer at Logging Site. Calls for Delisting

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 dead mountain lion was discovered in Arkansas.

Wildlife Management

A Dead Cougar Was Found in Arkansas for the First Time in a Decade. Experts Aren’t Sure What Killed It

Michel Beaulieu poses with a shed bighorn sheep horn.

Wildlife Management

A Hunting T.V. Show Host Who Says He Didn’t Know the Regs Just Got Fined $31K for Poaching Violations

A flock of Marco Polo sheep rest on a hillside.

Wildlife Management

Montana Man Charged for Illegally Cloning and Breeding Marco Polo Sheep from Central Asia

A mountain lion jumps over a man standing below.

Wildlife Management

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

A black bear sits in a green field.

Wildlife Management

Florida Rep Cites ‘Crack Bears’ in Effort to Legalize Killing Black Bears in Self Defense

A man interacts with Kodiak bear cubs in Florida.

Wildlife Management

Body Cam Footage: Kodiak Bear Cubs Found Wandering Down Road in Florida, Thousands of Miles from Native Range

By Outdoor Life Staff