Big Game

A whitewater raft guide on the Nolichucky River in Erwin has saved a dehydrated, underweight bear cub.

Montana officials are seeking public comment on proposed guidelines for elk hunting outside of the existing archery and rifle seasons.

It didn’t start out as a quest to see how many I could shoot -- but something about Ursus americanus has obviously gotten under my skin.

Winchester designed this ammo specifically for hunting whitetail deer, taking the guesswork out of which box to grab off the shelf — and it's reasonably priced, too.

Make the most of your public-land mule deer hunt with careful preparation.

A grizzly bear exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo is temporarily closed after one of the bears picked up a basketball-sized rock and shattered a barrier.

Need a little help figuring out the ballistics of your chosen rifle load? These helpful ballistic calculators will do the computing for you.

Eric Smith was 41 years old when he left his home in Cedar Bluff to go hunting on Nov. 8, 2013. A $20,000 reward is still being offered for information about Smith.

Grizzly bear trapping at Grand Teton National Park will continue through July 12 and officials are asking visitors to stay alert.

An 11-foot, 400-pound alligator game officials say was shot and killed without a permit has been identified as the beast that killed a late-night swimmer at a Southeast Texas marina.

In the late 1970s and early '80s less than 2 percent of the Jackson Elk Herd spent summers not far from their wintering grounds in the stretch of Jackson Hole between Moose and Wilson. Now, that number is growing.

A Mississippi taxidermist must pay $4,300 for hiding the skin of a threatened Louisiana black bear from investigators, and a man who helped take the bear to him must pay an equal amount.

Most black powder silhouette guns are modeled after the legendary Sharps rifles made popular by the Great Plains buffalo hunters of the American West. The rifles could take down buffaloes, elk, mule deer and other big-game animals at ranges greater than 500 yards.

State wildlife officials say the number of bears in Kentucky has grown and the population can withstand increased hunting.

Whitetail guru Jeremy Flinn puts his public-land whitetail skills to the test and tags a great "city" buck.

Officials say two deer caused thousands of dollars damage after leaping through the window of a northeastern Pennsylvania flower shop, rampaging inside and then jumping out through another window.

The owners of a marina recently had spotted a large alligator on a few occasions, and put up a sign warning people to stay out of the water. They estimated that animal was longer than 11 feet.