Big Game

Several bears were spotted around a central Florida home but one took a woman from her garage and attacked her.

Florida wildlife officials have killed five bears after an attack on a woman in the driveway outside her home.

Mountain lion hunters in northwestern Montana say state Fish, Wildlife and Parks estimates of the lion population in the Bitterrott Valley are too high.

Florida wildlife officials are warning residents to be on the lookout for bears on the move.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department will be holding two more public meetings next month to discuss management of the state's deer herd.

Managing your deer herd doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. Here’s how to do it on the cheap.

Whether it's bears wandering through neighborhoods, deer feasting on gardens, or raccoons slipping through the doggie door wildlife and people in Florida share the same space more often than not.

A Delaware cemetery is asking visitors to bring artificial flowers to gravesites, saying hungry deer are eating fresh floral arrangements there.

The superintendent of Isle Royale National Park says officials have decided not to bring more wolves to the Lake Superior island chain for now to prevent their dwindling population from dying out.

Using a helicopter to push wild animals from one area to another would seem to be a relatively easy operation, but officials from Wind Cave National Park know better.

A 19-year-old Bozeman man's three-minute video of hundreds of elk hopping a fence and crossing a road east of Bozeman, and the perseverance of one straggler to keep up with the group, is an online hit.

The state Department of Natural Resources has confirmed Iowa's first case of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer.

State and federal agencies are offering a $6,500 reward for information leading to those who shot and killed two alligators in the Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Arkansas.

Food plots for deer are terrific, but there are other management tools you will need to maximize your hunting opportunities.

Heavy snow and red tape resulted in a disappointingly slow start for a pioneering program in a New York suburb to use birth control as a no-kill way to thin the numbers of deer.

Nebraska Sen. Ernie Chambers isn't done yet with his fight to outlaw mountain lion hunting.

Bears are out of hibernation at Grand Teton National Park and officials say both residents and park visitors should be alert for them.

Minnesota wildlife managers plan to hold the number of bear hunting licenses steady this year to help gradually increase the bear population.

A Jackson County couple say their trail cams picked up a UFO. Whether it's alien or a government drone, they aren't sure, but it either way it adds some "flavor to life."

If you’re after a big deer rifle and are considering a magnum but you’re concerned about recoil or muzzle blast, look no further than Ruger’s M77 Hawkeye Magnum Hunter.

Social networking is a plug—a channel that if used correctly can help lead you to your next public land deer hunting adventure.

Fewer than 100 years ago, the state's wild flocks had all but been exterminated, and until the 1960s turkeys could be found in only a relative handful of counties.

Vermont will be issuing 20 percent fewer moose hunting permits for the regular season this fall, based on estimated population densities and moose management goals.

Some Mainers can now get licenses for fishing, hunting, trapping or archery that last a lifetime instead of having to renew them every year.

“It's fun to do, and it's challenging,” says Jody Greene. “It's something I can do with my family and friends, and it's pretty exciting out there at night.”

The proposal also eliminates the fee to receive pheasant, furbearer, and habitat or migratory fowl stamps for hunters.

The winter mortality rate among the state's approximately 200,000 deer was 12 percent, compared with 8 percent last winter and 10 percent for an average winter.

The National Park Service says government sharpshooters killed 156 white-tailed deer in the fifth year of a herd-reduction program at Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont.

Bowhunting whitetailed deer in remote canoe country should be on every serious bowhunter’s list. Here are some tips to make the most of this unique hunt.