Big Game

Maine's Department of Fish and Wildlife Services says that the firearms deer season was likely the best the state has seen in recent years when it comes to the number of deer harvested and their health.

The backbone and foundation of Sitka Gear is explained by Founder Jonathan Hart, so you can stay in the game longer.

Wisconsin wildlife officials say people may spot low-flying helicopters or fixed-wing planes buzzing around southern Wisconsin over the next few months.

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.

Ohio's Division of Wildlife is monitoring deer around the state for reasons including health and public safety as deer-gun season opens this week.

The Hunters Helping the Hungry program has received 236 deer so far this year, with some deer-hunting seasons still underway. Last year, hunters donated 213 deer.

The rifle season ends this Sunday, but the state's muzzleloader and second archery seasons are set for Dec. 7-15.

Find the right combo of gun and ammo for slug-gun success this deer season.

Hunters will now have more opportunities to pursue deer, turkey and small game in the expanded area.

Kodabow's Koda-Express model crossbow heralds the company's entry into the crossbow market.

Jessica Weiland thinks her hunting epiphany came when she harvested an eight-point white-tailed buck her first time out, during Iowa's December 2003 shotgun season.

Too many deer; too little meat for the needy. What does Indiana do?

A Wisconsin man is facing theft charges after officials say he sold hunting rights on property he didn't own.

A man was cited for hunting without landowner permission after a canoe carrying the man, a boy and a deer carcass got stuck in an ice jam in the headwaters of the Jefferson River.

Would you yank an item from a shark's mouth to keep it from choking? Two Canadian men did just that and saved a Greenland shark from a moose carcass.

Wildlife commissioners set a quota of 20 bears for 2013. The season ends Dec. 31 unless 20 bears are killed before then.

At least 11 wolves have been killed during the wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula, putting the state on pace to meet the limit for Michigan's first wolf hunt in decades, officials said.