Elk

“Every little restaurant wants to serve alligator,” said Kelvin Townsend, an alligator farmer and processor in LaBelle. “And now that they've seen the TV shows, everyone wants to kill an alligator.”

Hunters haven't had much success at the start of the annual Jackson Hole bison hunt in northwest Wyoming.

Other than your firearm, a knife is one of the most important tools a predator hunter uses, especially if collecting furs. Here are some tips on quality knives and sharpeners.

This marks the fourth year in a row the state has not been able to sell all of its big game tags, leaving an estimated $3.3 million in untapped revenue for Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks.

If you haven't obtained an archery big game hunting permit yet, no problem-there's still a chance to hunt in Utah this fall.

There are still approximately 20,000 leftover big-game and turkey licenses are available, giving hunters plenty of opportunity to harvest a variety of species.

Early-season deer hunters can find great success in Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina and Montana.

Let's head out to south-central Wyoming to shoot the heck out of some prairie dogs with Smith & Wesson's newest AR rifles.

A decade and a half ago, the place where West Virginia's Elk River rises full-blown from the ground was known only to locals and to die-hard trout fishermen.

Mechanical broadheads, lighted sight sand other technical advances aimed to draw more youth into the sport have been approved.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has donated $25,000 to the state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to help the agency better determine the number of wolves in Montana.

Prosecutors say Sam Carter, fascinated with the elk, stalked it for days and sought to mount its head on a wall as a trophy. They said he shut off the GPS in his squad car when he shot the animal, and failed to radio dispatchers his location.

Golfers and staff at Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis encounter a wildlife hazard almost every spring that's unknown on most of the United States' 20,000 golf courses.

An auction of antlers that benefits a national elk refuge and local Boy Scouts netted more than $230,000, nearly three times average.

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has proposed several changes to archery equipment regulations.

Prairie Whiteface, who used elk licenses that were not issued to her, also lost her privilege to buy licenses and to hunt for three years in Wyoming and 38 other states.

Central Washington's deer population into a steep decline with no rebound in sight.

Whitetail hunting in high mountain country is serious business — no tree stands or food plots in sight. But if you’re tough enough to take the challenge, big bucks can be found in the mountains.

Applications for licenses to hunt elk and bear in Michigan are available through June 1.

First "Zwickery" was created to respond to changes in hunting laws that allowed bowhunters to shoot deer, elk and bear.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has approved the dates for this fall's deer hunting season.

The Montana Land Board approved a $345,000 purchase of 320 acres of threatened grizzly bear habitat to add to the Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area in Teton County.

Spring black bear hunting can be a blast, but a treestand isn’t the only way to do it.

Poachers are likely killing far more game animals than wolves are, state wildlife officials in northern Idaho say.

Theresa Vail's cameras will be videoing her on hunts and other outdoors passions for “Limitless,” a series she'll be hosting on the Outdoors Channel next year.

The annual count of a major elk herd that migrates between Yellowstone National Park and Montana was unable to be completed this year.

Mountain lion hunters in northwestern Montana say state Fish, Wildlife and Parks estimates of the lion population in the Bitterrott Valley are too high.

Using a helicopter to push wild animals from one area to another would seem to be a relatively easy operation, but officials from Wind Cave National Park know better.

A 19-year-old Bozeman man's three-minute video of hundreds of elk hopping a fence and crossing a road east of Bozeman, and the perseverance of one straggler to keep up with the group, is an online hit.