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“Bulls for Billionaires.” Are Montana’s 454 Permits a Step Toward Privatizing the State’s Elk Herd?
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The Rise of Social Science in Wildlife Management: Feds Propose Banning Predator Hunting, Bear Baiting on Alaska Refuge Lands
Remember those days when hunting regulations were simple? Yeah, me neither. Today’s game regulations are complex. In some ways, that’s...
To Bait or Not to Bait: The Impacts of Supplemental Feeding on Deer Behavior and Habitat
Few issues arouse passions among hunters and wildlife managers quite so acutely as supplemental feeding. We’re not talking in-season baiting...
Black Bear Hunting: Forget the Barrel, Use a Limbo Pole to Size Up Bruins
There’s a reason that most hunters end up with a bit of ground shrinkage on their first unguided black bears....
Why Some Hunters Disparage Other Hunters—and Why It’s Dangerous for All of Us
Last week, I had the pleasure of accompanying my dad and two friends on a muskox hunt along the Bering...
How to Make a Trickle Bait Barrel for Hunting Spring Bears
Even here in interior Alaska, bears will soon be rousing from their winter slumber. For many of us, that means...
Ursa Major: A Profile of Bear Hunter Linda Powell
A look at one bear hunter's deep and abiding passion for hunting bruins
Making It: The Head Boat Mate, Jodi Waibel
The Head Boat Mate Jodi Waibel North Branford, CT Even grizzled charter-boat captains will agree that the most critical—and thankless—job...
The 5 Biggest Mistakes Bear Hunters Make at Bait Sites
I love springtime in Alaska. The ice has broken up and flushed out of the rivers, and everything gets greener...
Bear Hunting with Hounds Revisited: Another Referendum on the Horizon
Last October, I traveled to Maine to hunt black bears with houndsman Bob Parker. As you might recall, the Humane...
Fall Black Bear Hunting Tips for Gear, Stands, and Strategies
Northern Minnesota’s Bernie Barringer is black-bear-obsessed. Just 75 yards behind the avid outdoorsman’s rural Brainerd-area home, he maintains a bait...
