Big Game

Maine's black bears have emerged from hibernation and are pawing through garbage cans, birdfeeders and pet dishes, igniting a debate between hunters and conservationists.

Topics will include the influences of hunting on turkey movements and white-tailed buck space use and movement patterns.

Vermont is going to issue 285 moose hunting permits by lottery for the regular Oct. 18-23 moose season and 50 permits for an archery moose season Oct. 1-7.

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.

Father's Day is approaching. What Dad wouldn't want his living room to smell like camouflage and beer?

Wisconsin hunter Lisa Brunner finally arrowed a monster whitetail buck she'd been watching for several seasons.

The most drastic cut applies to antlerless deer tags, which would be cut by almost 60 percent.

A 10-foot alligator has been shot and killed in the surf at Folly Beach southeast of Charleston.

A homeowner let her three dogs out and soon heard one yelp. The other two dogs ran off, but she found the bear eating the third.

Researchers at New Mexico State University are working to better estimate how many black bears there are in New Mexico.

Wildlife officials want to suspend antlerless deer hunting in the northern third of Wisconsin to help the herd recover from two harsh winters.

Bowhunting World Editor Mark Melotik gets the skinny on this ground-breaking new bow.

Sitka's Early Season Whitetail Jacket, built for silently ambushing bruisers in the pre-rut, is the perfect companion to the Early Season Whitetail Pant released in 2013

A hunter wearing “very elaborate” camouflage was killed when two vehicles struck him as he tried to cross a southern New Jersey highway.

The key to keeping Chronic Wasting Disease at bay in Missouri's white-tailed deer population is prevention.

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

Watch as a pack of wolves executes a strategically coordinated hunt against a cow moose and her calf.

Whitetail bucks have seven different scent glands that could be important to you as a hunter. Do you know where they are and what they do?

The state's free-ranging white-tailed deer population supports 12,000 jobs and generates more than $1 billion in economic activity annually in Missouri.

Hunting advocates say they'll push again for a bill that would allow Sunday deer hunting with a bow and arrow on certain private property.

Students were given crash courses in locating lost hikers and identifying birds and big game while learning how refuge managers and enforcement officers do their jobs.

Wildlife officials in New Hampshire believe a bear is to blame for a series of recent car break-ins.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is reducing the number of moose permits by 90 because of the impact of winter ticks.

Axis deer are native to South Asia. The state brought a few deer to Maui in the 1950s to expand hunting opportunities for veterans.

Workers used air horns to scare away a black bear who appeared at an oil sands work site but they were unable to prevent him from dragging away a female employee and killing her.

The workshop takes place June 6-8 and is an opportunity for anyone 18 or older to learn outdoor skills associated with hunting and fishing.

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.

A man who killed a brown bear near a Sitka residential area has been charged with unlawful possession of game.