Predator

Some Spearfish residents say they've seen wolves in the area, but police and wildlife officials are skeptical.

An 11-year-old girl shot a cougar that was following her 14-year-old brother to their home in north central Washington, the state Fish and Wildlife Department said.

A public health veterinarian is warning Vermonters to make sure their domestic animals are vaccinated against rabies after a rabid bobcat was shot in the town of Clarendon.

A bill that would make legal the hunting of bobcats in Illinois has advanced in the state legislature.

This reader experienced a coyote coming in so quick he needed to grab the shotgun.

State wildlife biologists want to move the opening day of West Virginia's deer, bear and wild boar archery seasons to the last Saturday in September.

Wild hogs are posing a problem for homeowners in Manatee County.

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued five special permits in the Methow Valley allowing hunters to use dogs to track and kill cougars in response to numerous problems this winter.

Lawmakers voted 49-16 to direct $2 million to help kill problem Idaho wolves, over objections from Democrats who say it's a poor use of the money.

Hunters who want to kill mountain lions for sport in Nebraska could soon be out of luck, due to a bill penned by a longtime state senator who has championed animal welfare issues.

This coyote hunter has learned through trial and error that consistently calling in and killing coyotes depends on him being on top of his game every stand called.

If you still hope to tag a coyote or two before the end of winter you may want to try an off-the-wall strategy or step outside of the box. Here are a few to mull over.

Corn and coyotes prove to be a good combination for Matt Holderman of Warsaw, Indiana.

Is this a wolf stalking Olympian Kate Hansen in a Sochi hotel hallway?

A national mountain lion protection organization is outraged that South Dakota hunters shot three young lions last week and had their kills deemed legal by the state.

Mark Kayser wonders why coyotes on a recent hunt were more responsive at midday over the morning period?

The Club says bowhunters using these aerial robots violate rules of fair chase.

A federal judge is considering whether to block hunters from targeting coyotes in five North Carolina counties where endangered red wolves are being shot and killed by mistake.

A coyote did its best to avoid getting caught at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston.

During the 2012-13 hunting season, hunters used rifles, shotguns and traps to kill 388,160 of the four-legged, orange-toothed critters that love to eat wetland grasses down to the roots.

It's about a 6 1/2-hour drive for Ohioans to reach their spot, yet they consider the drive a small price to pay for such a thrilling sport. There is no bear season in Ohio.

State biologists have put a satellite-tracking collar on a female Canada lynx captured alive by two trappers in northern Idaho.

Some people call the activity bowhunting for cottontail rabbits. Mark Zornes calls it losing arrows in the sage brush.

A proposal to lift federal protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. suffered a significant setback.

California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Lt. Patrick Foy says samples gathered from 48-year-old Raymond Navarro and his Riverside County campsite have not been good enough to get conclusive results.

State wildlife officials say a ninth bighorn sheep has died in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson where 31 bighorns were released late last year.

The three-day event, which is sponsored by District 9 of the Pennsylvania Trappers Association, was held at the Triton Hose Company and attracted 759 hunters who converged on a seven-county area in the northeast, each hoping to harvest the heaviest coyote.

Experts will examine the torn clothing of a homeless man to determine whether a mountain lion mauled him at his California campsite.

The habitat that was once ideal for elk has aged and led to a dramatic drop in numbers. Predators like gray wolves and, to a lesser extent, black bears and mountain lions, are holding them down.