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Eighteen large black bass are lined up on the tailgate of a pickup truck along with spearfishing gear.

Poachers Caught with 76 Pounds of Illegally Speared Bass in Urban Texas Lake Poachers Caught with 76 Pounds of Illegally Speared Bass in Urban Texas Lake

By Alice Jones Webb

Bison feed along a spring in the snow.

Montana Sues Yellowstone National Park for Having ‘Utterly Failed’ to Manage Its Bison Herd Montana Sues Yellowstone National Park for Having ‘Utterly Failed’ to Manage Its Bison Herd

By Natalie Krebs

rooster pheasants

A Manhattan Legislator Aims to End New York’s Pheasant Stocking Program. Here’s Why All Bird Hunters Should Be Concerned A Manhattan Legislator Aims to End New York’s Pheasant Stocking Program. Here’s Why All Bird Hunters Should Be Concerned

By Alex Robinson

A snakehead caught in Virginia by the author.

If I Were Czar of the Department of Natural Resources, Here’s What I Would Fix If I Were Czar of the Department of Natural Resources, Here’s What I Would Fix

By Scott Einsmann

whitetail does in snow

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

Snowy Alaska range

Congress Passes Two Outdoor Bills That Include Better Shooting Range Access, Implications for Lead Tackle Congress Passes Two Outdoor Bills That Include Better Shooting Range Access, Implications for Lead Tackle

By Andrew McKean

A blacktail buck in velvet.

The New Blacktail Deer Foundation Aims to Conserve These Underrated Deer Subspecies The New Blacktail Deer Foundation Aims to Conserve These Underrated Deer Subspecies

By Andrew McKean

CJ Alexander buck

CJ Alexander to Serve Time, Pay $43K for Poaching Giant Ohio Buck and Trying to Cover It Up CJ Alexander to Serve Time, Pay $43K for Poaching Giant Ohio Buck and Trying to Cover It Up

A monarch butterfly on thistle.

Feds Propose Listing the Monarch Butterfly Under the Endangered Species Act Feds Propose Listing the Monarch Butterfly Under the Endangered Species Act

By Andrew McKean

A gray wolf stalks its prey in Europe.

European Union Relaxes Protections for Livestock-Killing Wolves as Shepherds, Others Demand Action European Union Relaxes Protections for Livestock-Killing Wolves as Shepherds, Others Demand Action

By Andrew McKean

A map of Montana showing checkerboarding and inaccessible state lands.

1.5 Million Acres of Montana State Trust Land Is Inaccessible, New Map Shows 1.5 Million Acres of Montana State Trust Land Is Inaccessible, New Map Shows

By Andrew McKean

A whitetail deer stands in tall grass.

Feds Are Officially Reimbursing Hunters Who Shoot Non-Tox on These 7 Refuges Feds Are Officially Reimbursing Hunters Who Shoot Non-Tox on These 7 Refuges

A coho salmon swims upriver in a California stream.

Salmon Are Returning to the Undammed Upper Klamath River Even Sooner than Expected Salmon Are Returning to the Undammed Upper Klamath River Even Sooner than Expected

A wolf trotting on trail camera.

California’s Third New Wolf Pack This Year Discovered in the Sierra Valley California’s Third New Wolf Pack This Year Discovered in the Sierra Valley

A furry, brown bear suit with metal claws laid out on a wood floor.

Watch: Insurance Companies Paid Out Thousands After a Bear Broke in to Luxury Cars. It Was Clearly a Person in a Bear Suit Watch: Insurance Companies Paid Out Thousands After a Bear Broke in to Luxury Cars. It Was Clearly a Person in a Bear Suit

By Alice Jones Webb

taxidermied green-winged teal in flight

Researchers Build ‘Zombie Duck Drones’ and Robot Pheasants Out of Taxidermied Birds Researchers Build ‘Zombie Duck Drones’ and Robot Pheasants Out of Taxidermied Birds

By Alice Jones Webb

A hunter touches a dead deer on the back..

Q&A: How New Deer Hunters Think About Guns, Butchering, Old-School Hunters, and Their First Kill Q&A: How New Deer Hunters Think About Guns, Butchering, Old-School Hunters, and Their First Kill

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters, one in blaze orange, kneel behind a dead doe.

Podcast: How to Help New Hunters Shoot Their First Deer Podcast: How to Help New Hunters Shoot Their First Deer

By Natalie Krebs

A herd of mule deer in a residential yard.

Officials Say Man Who Went on Urban Deer-Poaching Spree Also Killed … a Cow? Officials Say Man Who Went on Urban Deer-Poaching Spree Also Killed … a Cow?