Elk

New York environmental officials say none of the more than 2,400 deer tested for chronic wasting disease during hunting season showed signs of the disease.

A gate installed by the State Land Office and the New Mexico Game and Fish Department will make accessible to hunters some 10,000 acres in Cibola County.

From big horn sheep predation, to mountain lions attacking tranquilized elk, to Californians dealing with the family dog being dragged from the backyard, there is a real need for hunting mountain lions.

Over five days in early February, Game and Parks staff members surveyed eight areas of the Pine Ridge Management Unit, which encompasses 429 square miles. They counted 862 mule deer, 68 bucks, 477 does and 317 fawns.

When elk are present in the fields, volunteers will help the rangers manage traffic and tell visitors how to view the elk safely.

Sportsmen face a deadline this week for applying for a chance to hunt elk on the 89,000-acre Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico.

For more than four decades, elk have been coming to the Joe Watt and Robinson canyons during the winter months to eat the alfalfa hay put out in the mornings by the state.

Under the bill, the Department of Agriculture would regulate deer raised for meat and for breeding purposes. The Division of Natural Resources would regulate fencing and pen sizes.

A man who pleaded guilty to killing a cougar in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in December said he was defending his father, but state wildlife officials say the animal posed no threat and was poached, its heart cooked and some of it eaten by the men.

The Department of Natural Resources says a second deer harvested in western Maryland has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

Several pronghorn that didn't migrate out of Jackson Hole last fall are toughing out winter on the National Elk Refuge.

Lawmakers voted 49-16 to direct $2 million to help kill problem Idaho wolves, over objections from Democrats who say it's a poor use of the money.

Hundreds of elk move across south central Wyoming, near the Colorado border.

It's about a 6 1/2-hour drive for Ohioans to reach their spot, yet they consider the drive a small price to pay for such a thrilling sport. There is no bear season in Ohio.

Some people call the activity bowhunting for cottontail rabbits. Mark Zornes calls it losing arrows in the sage brush.

The habitat that was once ideal for elk has aged and led to a dramatic drop in numbers. Predators like gray wolves and, to a lesser extent, black bears and mountain lions, are holding them down.

A single gunshot, rated at about 140dB, can cause permanent hearing damage, according to government guidelines. Maybe it's just a little at a time, but the damage adds up hunt after hunt.

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Pro shops are adding lanes, organizing new leagues, and stocking the latest bows to ensure First Quarter customers.

When it comes to hunting big whitetails, Southwestern Kansas isn’t on anybody’s radar — yet. But it should be.

Organizers of a disputed weekend predator derby in central Idaho's mountains say 21 coyotes but no wolves were shot by more than 230 hunters who participated.

Ever since Missouri discovered Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in 11 deer in captive operations in northeast Missouri in 2010 and 2011 and 10 deer in the nearby free-ranging herd, deer farms have been under fire.

Ever wondered how Game and Fish departments track and collar animals? In New Mexico, they do it by air. Watch as an elk herd is tracked, followed and collared.

Eighty-thousand hunters try to bag an elk in Idaho each year, spending more than $70 million on the pursuit. Few are happy to have wolves as competition.

With rapidly changing weather characterizing much of the fall, the 2013 hunting season showed a successful increase in big game hunting.

Five surgeries and five months later, Nic Patrick still carries the scars, but feels no animosity toward the grizzly sow that nearly bit his head off June 20 on the South Fork.

It's important to remember that wildlife are wild. Watch as a photographer learns that lesson from a young bull elk in the Smokey Mountains.

Michigan is the sixth state to authorize wolf hunting following the removal of federal protections in recent years, a testament to the strong comeback of a species that was close to eradication in the lower 48 states.

The state Game and Fish Department will continue a surveillance program for chronic wasting disease during the fall hunting seasons.