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trapping wisconsin
Wildlife Management

Meet the Wisconsin Kids Who Are Keeping the Trapping Tradition Alive

By Tony Hansen

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 lone bison grazing in Montana.
Wildlife Management

Podcast: Here’s Why the Plan to Recover Wild Bison Has Become So Controversial

By Dac Collins

Animal rights activists hold a sign that reads "go vegan." Activists in Oregon are pushing for a ballot initiative to ban all hunting, fishing, livestock production.
Wildlife Management

Animal-Rights Activists Are Attempting a Ban So Absurd That It Would Affect ‘Every Oregonian’

By Natalie Krebs

public land duck hunting
Wildlife Management

Duck Hunting’s New Reality: It Will Keep Getting Tougher for the Workaday Waterfowler

By Alex Robinson

Composite photos of body cam footage and a group of duck hunters.
Wildlife Management

‘Textbook Rally, Shoot, Kill.’ Game Wardens Catch Waterfowl Guide Rallying Sea Ducks on Video

By Dac Collins

sheep rescue
Wildlife Management

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

By Kris Millgate

Wisconsin trapper with furs, which will last longer than meat from game.
Wildlife Management

Hunting for Meat Is Widely Accepted. Wearing Fur from the Predators You Hunt and Trap Should Be, Too

By Skye Goode

Two gray wolves
Wildlife Management

Utah Confirms It Killed 3 Gray Wolves for the First Time in 16 Years

By Christine Peterson

6.8 western cartridge
Wildlife Management

Wisconsin Sharpshooter Is Fined $10,000 After Deer Culling Violations

By David Zeug

An illustrated collage of scenes from deer hunting.
Wildlife Management

I Watched the Glory Days of Mule Deer Hunting Rise, Then Slip Away. I’m Still Hopeful for What Comes Next

By Jim Zumbo

A screenshot from body cam footage of a hunter being arrested in South Carolina.
Wildlife Management

Video: A Hunter Was Arrested for Glassing a Dummy Buck During a Poaching Sting. Now He’s Suing the DNR for Abuse of Power

By Dac Collins

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 fish cleaning table with halibut and pacific cod hanging.
Wildlife Management

Former Alaskan Guide and Convicted Poacher Found Guilty of Commercial Fishing Fraud

By Dac Collins

Mallards in flooded corn.
Wildlife Management

Has Hot Cropping Ruined Duck Hunting? Here’s What the Data and Biologists Say About How Flooded Corn Affects Waterfowl Migration

By Natalie Krebs

A photo of three wolves in Wyoming
Wildlife Management

Podcast: USFWS Director Brian Nesvik on the Future of Refuges and Wildlife Conservation

By Andrew McKean

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

A view of the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in central Oregon.
Wildlife Management

Interior Department Plans to Open All Its Public Land to Hunting and Fishing — Unless Specifically Closed by Site Managers

By Andrew McKean

A trapper with a beaver.
Wildlife Management

Why America Needs Trapping More Than Ever

By Skye Goode

A bull moose wades in an Idaho stream.
Wildlife Management

Idaho Man Gets Lifetime Hunting Ban for Roping a Bull Moose

By Dac Collins