The new rules are designed to allow hunters to kill black and brown bears over bait, black bears including cubs and females with cubs with artificial light at den sites, and wolves and coyotes including pups during the denning season. Hunters can also kill caribou from traveling motorboats and swimming caribou.
And it's just the second time the disease has been detected in bats in the state.
Iowa hunters reported harvesting more than 14,600 turkeys during the spring season, which is the highest spring turkey harvest since mandatory harvest reporting began in 2007. The previous high was 12,173 in 2016.
Thousands of public land users are flooding the public comment portals in what is emerging as one of the most controversial rules in years for the Bureau of Land Management.
And a boater suffered non-life-threatening injuries after he also surprised a grizzly with a cub.
Disease outbreaks or extreme weather could cause a catastrophic loss of the crane’s current population, according to the study.
Avid birders and people who grew up in the Midwest can identify them by their song alone. But that song is being heard less and less here.
Documents made public last week show the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took the action in March after hazing, diversionary food caches and other non-lethal means failed to get the predators to stop killing cattle in two rural areas of western New Mexico.
For the first time in its modern history, Missouri will offer an elk hunting season later this year, with five permits drawn in a lottery.
New hunting and fishing opportunities across 2.3 million acres at 97 national wildlife refuges and 9 national fish hatcheries.
Beat “stay-in-place”-induced cabin fever by targeting rough fish in a hard-running river near you.
Ducks Unlimited staff find creative solutions to keep habitat restoration on track.
The specific products being manufactured for donation are face shields, frames and hand sanitizer. There is a big need at hospitals and clinics for these items.
As bears were hibernating in their dens this winter, the Blackfeet Stockgrowers Association held a meeting in Choteau to provide a space for ranchers like Mark Hitchcock to talk about working alongside the growing number of grizzly bears on the Rocky Mountain Front.
One of the largest poaching cases in state history results in the first prison sentence for first-degree unlawful hunting of big game since the charge became a ranked felony.
Since 1989, the Wood Duck Challenge has been an Outdoor News institution that encourages youth under the age of 18 to construct and install a wood duck nesting box. For access to complete plans and instructions, check out this video!
Results from 2019 deer, bear and spring turkey seasons among the best ever.
2019 survey numbers show increase to 163 animals in minimum population.
About 280 wildlife violations were issued to 14 individuals.
The attack occurred less than 10 miles from the February 2019 mountain lion attack of a Fort Collins man who killed the young lion in self-defense at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space.
Most notably, the costs for elk and deer hunting are going up dramatically, which are the two most profitable areas for Idaho Fish and Game.
Locate standing weeds in shallow water in late winter, and hungry panfish will be hanging out nearby.
The 37.7-pound fish might have been around when the previous record lake trout, a 28-pounder, was caught in 1958.
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