Big Game

Enthusiasm to pursue all types of wild game and fish is in the roots of the Grote family tree and it grows stronger with each generation.

It's important to remember that wildlife are wild. Watch as a photographer learns that lesson from a young bull elk in the Smokey Mountains.

Deer hunting season ends Dec. 8 for rifles and shotguns. It continues through Dec. 15 for hunting by archery.

Staying comfortable afield has never been easier thanks in no small measure to this year’s extensive array of technologically advanced hunting clothing.

A six-point buck smashed through a window of a Janesville church, fell into the basement and scrambled wildly to escape, as children attended Sunday school classes in nearby rooms.

Hunters killed more than two dozen deer during a special hunt on Blennerhassett Island.

Michigan is the sixth state to authorize wolf hunting following the removal of federal protections in recent years, a testament to the strong comeback of a species that was close to eradication in the lower 48 states.

Two bucks are locked together after a battle. They must be separated or neither will make it. That's where two men come to the rescue.

Minnesota hunters killed around 45 wolves since the opening of its second wolf-hunting season.

New Jersey wildlife officials are issuing new permits for the state's next black bear hunt.

Staying comfortable afield has never been easier thanks in no small measure to this year’s extensive array of technologically advanced hunting clothing and footwear.

Vermont Fish & Wildlife officials are calling this year's moose hunting seasons a success, with preliminary figures showing more of the animals being taken during the archery season.

Mark Melotik talks scent control apparel with Scent-Lok’s Alex Gyllstrom.

Bears eat a Honda Element, Tink’s offers a sneak peak at exciting new products, and the wild turkey population is an American success story.

So you and a buddy are hunting and you come across two nice bucks locked together in the woods. One of the bucks is dead, while the other is still alive and struggling to free himself. What do you do? Watch and see.

Bird watching, hunting or just picnicking. Whatever the reason, visits to the nation's 561 wildlife refuges are big business.

Ted Nugent, one of America's favorite outdoorsman and Second Amendment proponents, says he has a lot of energy and with two new knees, running for President isn't out of the question.

A central New York man is recovering after he accidentally shot himself in the thigh while hoisting his deer rifle to a tree stand in northern Oneida County.

Vermont game wardens are asking for help from the public in catching poachers and people committing other violations of the state's hunting laws.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's annual fall mule deer survey indicated production this year was higher than in 2012.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says 21 state parks will close to the general public for two days in both November and December for deer hunts.

At a popular Washington D.C. suburban wilderness park a dog gives a buck all it wants.

A grouse hunter and his dog had an unexpected encounter with a black bear.

Iconic archery industry company begins exciting new chapter.

Officials with the Box Elder Sheriff's Office say a hunter is recovering after he accidentally dealt a deep cut to his leg while skinning a deer.

A three-point buck crashed through the front of a woman's travel trailer and later leaped out with no apparent injuries.

How would like to walk out into your driveway and witness two bucks fight? Check this out.

The scoop on the new-for-2014 Plotwatcher time-lapse cameras from Day 6 Outdoors.

Hunting is big business in Minnesota, with nearly 500,000 people expected to head into the woods this year.