Big Game

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced a white-tailed female deer in Ingham County's Meridian Township tested positive for the contagious and fatal disease that attacks the brains of infected deer and elk.

Even if newborn deer appear to be alone, the mother is probably close by. Fawns must feed every few hours, so the doe usually isn't far. Staying close also protects against predators.

When I finally saw him I thought: "Here's a bear a lot like me. He's older, he's worn out, his body marred from living life to the limits. He's just what I am looking for for my 50th."

The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department is beginning to develop a new plan for managing mountain lions in the state. The current plan is about 20 years old, and officials hope to have a new plan ready by the end of this year.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is accepting public comments through June 29 on regulatory proposals for hunting and trapping of wild turkey, deer and fisher.

That paper fishing and hunting license will soon be as old school as fishing creels and metal deer tags.

Sometimes you just gotta pull together what you can when the hunt gets remote and the stakes keep getting higher.

The troubles plaguing deer and deer hunting in the United States are the same ones plaguing hunting. Whether it’s fewer hunters, access to land or poor public perceptions of hunting, their impacts on deer hunting are obvious.

A 15-foot, 9-inch American alligator, weighing 1,011.5 pounds and now boasting a world record as the largest alligator ever killed in the wild is on display at an Alabama zoo.

The Missoulian reports Brandy Taylor and her husband were watching a movie in their home when they heard a crash near their garbage cans around 1 a.m.

With increasing competition spurring rapid progress, crossbows keep getting faster, lighter, quieter and just all-around better.

The Pope & Young Club is one of North America’s leading bowhunting and wildlife conservation organizations. The Club prides itself on its mission to protect our bowhunting heritage – promoting its rich values and the adherence to strong fair chase ethics.

Spend a few days in Vegas, catch a rodeo event and go Christmas shopping for the sportsmen on your list. You can do all this at 2015 RMEF Hunter & Outdoor Christmas Expo.

Authorities were called to capture the cemetery bear. But they wouldn't tranquilize it because of how far the bear was up in a tree.

A young black bear has been a backyard spectacle in a central Louisiana neighborhood where he has spent the past week up one tree or another as he searches for a new home.

Deer hunters in Maine harvested 22,490 deer in 2014. The total is the second-highest of the past six years. State Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife deer biologist Kyle Ravana says heavy early snow in November helped hunters track deer more easily.

Although the Columbian blacktail is considered one of archery’s toughest western challenges, it should be on every serious bowhunter’s bucket list.