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Coyote hunting at night with the aid of an artificial light will be disallowed temporarily in five counties – Dare, Tyrrell, Hyde, Washington and Beaufort – pending the outcome of a lawsuit questioning the temporary […]
Yellowstone grizzly bear deaths for 2012 have tied a 2010 record high of 50. The average number of Yellowstone grizzly deaths has doubled from 21 per year for 2001-2006 to 42 per year for 2007-2012. […]
The Arizona Game and Fish Department has asked that a proposal aimed at designating land in New Mexico and Arizona as critical habitat for the jaguar be withdrawn. The agency recently told the U.S. Fish […]
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reminding hunters that only raw products are legal when using peanuts and peanut products for the supplemental feeding of black bears or when being placed in locations where the […]
OR16 -Oregon Fish and Wildlife- November 2, 2012 OR16 radio-collared in Union County On Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 ODFW biologists radio-collared a new wolf (OR16) in the Wenaha Unit of Northeast Oregon (Union County). The 85-pound […]
Even during the day, a boarded up mansion on Ridgewood Street in Clearwater is like a scene out of a scary movie. The home has been abandoned for years. “It’s completely overgrown,” says Allie Lyon […]
Gun-store owner Mark Chavez says his right to sponsor a mass coyote hunt trumps complaints from any group accusing him of animal cruelty. Chavez is charging two-member teams a $50 entry free for the hunt, […]
Fall is an active time of year for Florida black bears as they stock up on calories for the coming winter. Though black bears don’t really need to put on pounds to survive the state’s […]
With a highly disputed wolf season underway in Wisconsin, the tension between hunters and their opposition is clearly on the rise. Dennis Nitz, a Wisconsin native and one of five people to kill a wolf […]
As black bears make their usual fall showing in neighborhoods around the state, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is reminding residents that feeding those animals is not only a bad idea, it’s […]
A shooting range and gun store has canceled a two-day contest to see who could kill the most coyotes in New Mexico. Will Hogsett, general manager of Calibers Shooters Sports Centers in Albuquerque, said Friday […]
A coalition of groups trying to halt wolverine trapping in Montana filed a lawsuit Thursday that aims to provide new protections for an animal scientists warn will be imperiled by climate change in coming decades. […]
This past weekend, Steve West, founder and host of Steve’s Outdoor Adventures TV (stevesoutdooradventures.com), officially secured the Muzzleloader World Record grizzly bear, eclipsing the previous score by a full three inches, at 26 2/16″ B&C. […]
The hunt will go on. The last legal effort to block Minnesota’s first managed wolf hunt fell short Wednesday, when the Minnesota Court of Appeals refused to grant a petition by two wildlife groups that […]
The body of a man who had been killed and partially eaten by a bear was discovered over the weekend on an island near the southeast Alaska city of Sitka, local police and state officials […]
For a lot of folks on both sides of the wolf debate, it’s something they deal with from a safe distance. But for hunters like Ron Hill, it’s a war being waged in his own […]
A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife marksman has killed five members of the Wedge Wolf Pack, which has been preying on cattle in the area. The wolves were shot Sept. 25 and 26 near […]
An Alaskan forester was mauled to death by a brown bear while making a boat trip to collect groceries for his workmates, police believe. Tomas Puerta, 54, left Peril Strait in a skiff to make […]
Arizona Game and Fish Department officials say outside experts agree with state biologists that a hunter’s trail camera captured an image of a jaguar late last month. Eric Gardner of Game and Fish said in […]
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation along with Safari Club International, the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association, and the United Sportsmen of Wisconsin has filed a motion to intervene in a Wisconsin lawsuit seeking to stop the […]
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has responded to recent legal challenges to the state’s inaugural wolf season. DNR filed a memorandum in opposition to petitioner’s motion for a preliminary injunction on the wolf […]
An 11-year-old girl in need of a heart and liver transplant had her wish come true when she killed a 335-pound black bear. Taken out on one of the last bear hunts of the season […]
In Arizona and New Mexico, a state-led Jaguar Conservation Team (JAGCT) is working to protect and conserve a species that many people do not even know is native to the United States. Created in 1997, […]
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Wednesday banning the use of dogs to hunt bears and bobcats, a move some Tahoe residents proclaim as a major step forward to make hunting more humane. […]
Wildlife investigators in eastern Idaho were unable to find a grizzly bear wounded a day earlier by elk hunters as they tried to retrieve a six-point bull elk carcass in the Island Park area west […]
When Clayton archery hunter Rick Pearce found himself surrounded by six wolves last Friday, September 7, he was glad he had a couple of wolf tags. The wolf pack was aggressive enough that he wishes […]
A grizzly bear attacked an out-of-state archery hunter Thursday after he and his partner attempted to locate a bull elk they’d shot the evening before near Sheridan Creek west of Shotgun, in Clark County, according […]
A 350-pound female grizzly bear has been found dead a short distance from the spot where a hunter was attacked on Tuesday in Alberta, Canada. Brendan Cox, a spokesman for Alberta Solicitor General and Public […]
Guide Jim Webber knows he’s got a bunch of big black bears visiting his bait sites. In fact, he figures that of the 22 sites he’s maintaining this bear season, about 15 of them are […]
Under legislation introduced by California State Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), bear and bobcat houndsmen would no longer be able to use dogs to pursue their prey in California; a practice which animal welfareadvocates believe to be inhumane, […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has topped $400,000 in grants and pledges to advance the science of wolves, wolf interactions with elk and other wildlife, and wolf management overall. The total includes more than $200,000 […]
Swiss biologists are testing a sheep collar wolf-warning device that registers heart rate changes and alerts shepherds to attacks via text message, while simultaneously emitting a repellant.The envisioned collar is in its preliminary phase, and […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation commended the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for returning management of the growing gray wolf population to Wyoming. Beginning Sept. 30, the state will manage wolves in Wyoming under […]
A man who had abused his ex-girlfriend and then plotted to kill her and make it look like she had been mauled by a bear was sentenced to prison for trying to hire someone to […]
Coyotes at a golf course in western Canada had sports fans howling this week, chasing balls, chewing broadcast cables and generally creating havoc at the CN Canadian Women’s Open. Television crews preparing for the tournament […]
Removal of the Wyoming gray wolf from endangered list is based in sound science, achieves long-term management objectives for the species Calling it a “victory for responsible wildlife management,” the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership roundly […]
Cooler mornings and shorter days are reminders for people that fall will soon arrive. Colorado Parks and Wildlife advises everyone that black bears notice the subtle change in seasons too, and will soon begin their […]
Applications for Minnesota’s first-ever regulated wolf hunting and trapping season are being taken now through Thursday, September 6, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Individuals may apply for only one license from […]
When a state Game, Fish & Parks Department officer killed a 9-month-old mountain lion in Spearfish last Sunday, it was the 96th confirmed lion mortality this year. That is already a yearly record in GF&P […]
With wolf hunts slated to launch in Wisconsin and Minnesota this fall, a third Great Lakes state could soon open a season on wolves as well. Michigan House Bill 5834, introduced last week by Rep. […]
The state Department of Natural Resources told the Chippewa Indian tribe they can have 85 of the 201 wolf hunting permits the state plans to issue as part of a wolf hunt scheduled for this […]
As more and more states place restrictions on hunters—or eliminate types of hunting like the proposed ban on using hounds to hunt bears and bobcats in California—it is apparent that big predators like wolves and […]
On Wednesday, August 8th a coalition of animal rights groups filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in an attempt to stop the state’s upcoming wolf hunt. The hunting season, which […]
The judge presiding in a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government over the 2010 mauling of an Illinois man by a grizzly bear in Wyoming has cancelled a trip to the site because too […]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has launched a new website that makes it easy for citizens who spot Florida panthers to share the information online. The site – https://Public.MyFWC.com/hsc/PantherSightings/ – enables the […]
Steve West, founder and host of Steve’s Outdoor Adventures TV (stevesoutdooradventures.com), has taken the Muzzleloader World Record grizzly bear. The previous record of 23 2/16″ was shattered when West’s grizzly was scored at 26 1/16″, […]
A mountain lion that crashed through the glass door of a Baker home was killed Sunday after a chase and standoff. The lion, a young male the size of a large dog, was shot underneath […]
The Michigan Wildlife Conservancy (MWC), a non-profit organization based in Bath, near Lansing, recently confirmed the presence of a cougar in southern Marquette County. The cougar was photographed by a cased and padlocked trail camera […]
You can help the state’s deer herds and make some money by participating in Utah’s new Predator Control Program. Reducing coyote populations to benefit mule deer is the goal of the program. More information about […]
The wolf was officially delisted from the federal Endangered Species Act on January 27, 2012 and since that time Minnesota game managers have debated a wolf hunting season. Much opposition has been raised against wolf […]
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