Big Game

If you don't have a lot of land to hunt, your options are limited for things like food plots and quality deer management. But you can still take big bucks if you follow a few important strategies.

Although it’s nice to have a lucky horseshoe in your pocket on occasion, consistently killing mature whitetails involves more than...

A deer apparently hit by a car brought itself to a New York hospital and walked into the emergency room.

Wildlife officials considered the hunt a success, with the tally of 298 bears taken — very close to top range of 320 animals they hoped to harvest on this, the first bear hunt in the state in over 20 years.

Deer infected with chronic wasting disease usually die alone and out of sight, but in some cases they seek shelter in unusual places.

With animal lovers protesting the decision to open hunting season on bears, more than 3,500 people purchased bear hunting permits, even though the cap was just 320. Officials scheduled a week for the hunt, but by Sunday the high number of bears killed surprised hunting officials.

At the end of September, Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks had issued 1,747 roadkill salvage permits over the last two years to people all over the state who found an edible deer, moose, elk or antelope.

Four years after the brutal winter that caused an antelope die-off on a scale that hadn't been seen in decades in Montana, prairie pronghorn are rebounding, according to state Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

Brucellosis can cause young pregnant cattle, as well as elk, to abort. It's believed the most infectious materials come from birthing fluids and tissue. So keeping cattle and elk separated at the time the elk calve is thought to be key to controlling the spread of the disease.

Florida wildlife officials closed two regions after the first day of bear hunting after the areas met the limit on the number of bears allowed to be killed during the first statewide hunt in more than 20 years.

Hunters for the first time in more than 20 years will trudge through Florida woods to legally kill black bears.

Deer hunting in urban and suburban areas where deer are accustomed to people being around presents a whole new set of challenges. Here's how to find and fool those wary whitetails close to home.

A group of hunting advocacy groups is suing Delta Airlines over its recent ban on transporting big game trophies from Africa.

Kevin Hoyt, the creator of “The Future of Hunting'' show connected with Aubree Hoster through a nonprofit whose mission is to send youths with a severe disability on a hunting or fishing trip.

Smoking can be very beneficial to deer hunters — not cigarettes or cigars, but smoke baths. Smoke can cover your scent effectively in certain urban and suburban areas where deer are used to the smell of smoke.

We've all been in a hunting camp with our share of "idiots," but not congratulating a youth on a good harvest is just plain mean. Hunters have enough pressure on their pastime, we don't need to make it worse on ourselves.

You're ready to handle whatever your hunt throws at you...but do you know what to do if you encounter trouble on the way to or from your hunt? These tips from a veteran law enforcement officer can ensure you make it home safely no matter what happens.

For four years Virginia hunter Les Spradlin hunted what he thought was a trophy buck. It turned out to be an 18-point doe instead!

Experienced sportsmen know public land hunting is no easy task. Jace Bauserman has 5 tips that will improve your public land hunt.

In deer, elk and moose, Chronic Wasting Disease deteriorates the brain and causes a loss of body condition and weight loss, as well as excessive drooling and behavior similar to Alzheimer's.

Students got a first-hand lesson in wildlife biology at a Bozeman, Montana, high school when a black bear wandered through the hallway before the start of classes.

New offerings like the Defiant Series, HyperEdge, Carbon Spyder FX and PowerMax demonstrate why Hoyt remains a leader in the compound bow arena.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park said in a news release that the woman was likely bit in the head during the attack, but that none of her injuries were life-threatening.

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Zimbabwe is no longer pressing for the extradition of James Walter Palmer, an American dentist who killed a well-known lion called Cecil, a Cabinet minister said Monday.

There has been a surge of bear deaths along Montana highways as more bears have been making their way down to river valleys in search of food ahead of their winter hibernation.

West Virginia's new electronic game checking system shows almost 900 black bears and more than 5,000 deer have been killed so far during the early archery and crossbow seasons.

With deer season approaching, wildlife officials in southwest Washington say hunters will have a better shot if they find out where the bucks are heading for water.

Many of the new female hunters did not grow up hunting and are joining spouses or boyfriends in the sport, researchers say. Hunting outfitters are tapping into that.