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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Elk eating hay in Montana.

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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.

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Man Photographs Mutant Miniature Deer in His Backyard

A wildfire in Texas is killing quail.

Wildlife Management

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.

Wildlife Management

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

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

wolves wisconsin

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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.

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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

Kansanans culling jackrabbits during a Dust Bowl rabbit drive.

Wildlife Management

The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America

By Natalie Krebs

A mountain lion jumps over a man standing below.

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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

High fence deer could hold the key to CWD resistance.

Wildlife Management

Here’s What Top Chronic Wasting Disease Researchers Can’t Say on the Record

By Andrew McKean

A hunter in camo secures a tag around the antlers of a nice elk.

Wildlife Management

Why Everybody Loves to Hate Nonresident Elk Hunters

By Andrew McKean

A hunter sits beside a dall ram, and looks into a steep alpine basin.

Wildlife Management

Welcome to the New, Uncertain Era of DIY Sheep Hunting

Chase Cominsky sits on a curb and talks to police.

Wildlife Management

Walleye Tournament Cheater’s Deer Poaching Charges Dropped

A grizzly bear walks over dead timber in the woods.

Wildlife Management

Montana Man Killed a Grizzly, Threw Its GPS Collar in the River, and Hid Its Claws in a Hollow Tree, Feds Allege

New York poacher Kevin Butler was caught on trail camera.

Wildlife Management

Poachers Posed as Photographers, Hikers in ‘Elaborate Scheme’ to Kill Big Urban Bucks

A grizzly bear walks through a snowy forest in Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife Management

After 31 Years, Feds Move Ahead with Plans to Introduce Grizzlies to Bitterroot Mountains

A mountain lion tom peeks through some branches.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Cancels April Mountain Lion Season Amid Anti-Hunting Opposition

poachers with redacted faces pose with a pile of wood ducks

Wildlife Management

Poachers Who Shot 100-Plus Wood Ducks Over Bait Get Caught After Posting to Social Media

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

cooper's hawk on a branch

Wildlife Management

Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Legalize Killing Hawks Because One Snatched His Constituent’s Cat

megalodon tooth next to great white shark tooth

Wildlife Management

Deep-Sea Expedition Turns Up Ancient Megalodon Tooth in Historic Discovery

mule deer seedskadee national wildlife refuge

Wildlife Management

Conservation vs Preservation: What’s the Difference?

mule deer buck yellowstone national park

Wildlife Management

First Case of CWD Confirmed in Yellowstone National Park

hunter in western mountains

Wildlife Management

Colorado Sportsmen Fight Back Against Proposed Mountain Lion and Bobcat Hunting Ban

By Andrew McKean

big pile of animal teeth

Wildlife Management

An Inside Look at the Wildlife Lab That Ages 10,000 Animals Every Month

wyoming proposal unlimited elk permits for ranchers

Wildlife Management

Lawmaker Proposes ‘All-You-Can-Kill’ Elk Permits for Wyoming Ranchers

minnesota wolf with whitetail fawn

Wildlife Management

Where Northwoods Wilderness Is Lost, Wolves Kill More Fawns

grayling fishing reopens michigan

Wildlife Management

Grayling Fishing Returns to Michigan After a Nearly 100-Year Absence

buck with red, bulging eyes

Wildlife Management

A Landowner Killed This Bug-Eyed Buck in South Carolina. What Was Wrong With It?

hunter holding dead nutria and gun; overhead view of boat in muddy river

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Hunting Nutria with the Rat Pack in Louisiana

By Gerry Bethge

A bison looks into the camera withe elk on the hillside behind her.

Wildlife Management

After More Than a Century of Conservation Efforts, Why Can’t We Recover America’s Buffalo?

By Andrew McKean

What Is the Biggest Snake in the World?

Wildlife Management

What Is the Biggest Snake in the World?

whitetail deer scat

Wildlife Management

What Does Deer Poop Look Like?