Big Game

According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the numbers reflect the stability of the state's deer population. In the 2012-13 seasons, hunters harvested more than 176,600 deer.

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.

Arizona wildlife officials are seeking ideas on how to spend $30,000 in grant money.

Crews get to the deer as quickly as they can, especially if the carcass is in a travel lane and presenting a danger to motorists.

A central Pennsylvania hunter is cleared of a citation for tracking down a wounded bear and shooting him a day after bear season ended in December.

Authorities are looking for whoever was responsible for the killing of a female mule deer out of season.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking people to report any dead deer they see as the agency works to track the harsh winter's toll on the state herd.

Reports of possible mountain lion sightings across Indiana continue coming in even though state wildlife officials haven't confirmed any sightings for nearly four years.

In 1965 in the northern Minnesota wilderness, Gordy Olson was shot by another hunter who came to his aid … and then left him for dead. Almost 50 years later, the complete, never-before-told story is just as harrowing as the day it happened.

A South Dakota House committee has endorsed a measure that would allow hunters to use dogs to hunt mountain lions outside the Black Hills.

Utah lawmakers may soon decide whether minors can be issued a hunting license without taking a hunter education course.

A massive sports and outdoor exhibition, now produced by the National Rifle Association, opened in Harrisburg, one year after a vendor boycott over a restriction on certain gun sales and displays prompted its predecessor to cancel.

Hunters aren’t the only ones monitoring movements in the woods.

The state Department of Natural Resources says the 2013 hunting season in Michigan appears to have been among the safest for hunters.

Officials with the state Game and Fish Department say some residents are concerned the high deer population is damaging the landscape.

Members of the Pennsylvania Game Commission are being urged to expand deer hunting opportunities in the commonwealth.

A 30-year-old man has been cited for alleged deer and alligator violations in Jefferson Parish.