Predator

Nevada's third black bear hunting season is in the books.

The Robertson family is sticking with its waterfowl and varmint shooting traditions by teaming with Mossberg & Sons to offer a series of 11 rifles and shotguns.

Since the first confirmed sighting in the state in 150 years, in 2002, wolf sightings have gone from rare to regular, with at least five in the last three years.

A suburban Chicago pet owner says her dog was snatched by coyote.

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Minnesota's wolf season has closed more than a month early.

Faced with growing reports of wild hogs encroaching on residential areas, the city of Columbus has contracted with a local company to capture and dispose of the destructive and potentially dangerous animals.

Organizers of a disputed weekend predator derby in central Idaho's mountains say 21 coyotes but no wolves were shot by more than 230 hunters who participated.

Geoff Nemich uses cover and concealment to help hunters, Duff Arrants and Joe Jaramillo, bag a coyote near a cattle herd.

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A snow cover in the Black Hills should help mountain lion hunters and the biologists who manage the big cat population.

If you want to spice up your predator hunting this fur season, give decoys a try.

Watch as Geoff Nemnich uses rabbit distress and rodent distress sounds to bring in a Nebraska coyote and give his hunter a second chance.

So how did the pigs take hold in the state? Farm escapees? Old-time colonial Virginia holdouts? Not so, suspect state game officials who blame opportunistic hunters for bringing them into the Commonwealth.

The Humane Society of Missouri is urging St. Louis-area pet owners to be careful after reports of coyote attacks on small dogs.

In order to get a better understanding of the coyote-whitetail relationships, biologists at the Savannah River Site then examined the results of an intense coyote removal effort in the same areas they studied fawn predation.

A group of experts is reviewing whether the federal proposal to lift more Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf is scientifically valid.

Wolf hunting and trapping continues in the northwest and east-central zones to anyone with a valid license.

It’s not uncommon for companies who make products for the U.S. military to dip their toes into the civilian sporting market. But it’s pretty rare for a tactical equipment maker to make waves in the world of waterfowling.

The animal shot and killed by a hunter last month was a canine, wandered the woods and showed no signs of domestication. But was it a wolf?

For visitors to Isle Royale National Park, nothing beats the spine-tingling thrill of a wolf's howl.

A 350-pound bear apparently used a crawlspace as a hideout during New Jersey's annual black bear hunt.

Police in Princeton have killed a coyote that was described as being aggressive.

Boulder wildlife officials are declaring victory and canceling a program hazing coyotes to keep them away from humans.

Black panther hoaxes, as well as reported sightings of large tan cats like cougars or mountain lions, become so numerous during hunting season.

The take in the first Upper Peninsula wolf hunt in four decades remains at 20, as frigid weather continues to keep the killing down.

Late-season mountain lion hunting in southwestern North Dakota is closed, after the seventh big cat was killed.

Some 40,000 furtaker licenses were sold in the state last year, nearly double the amount sold in 2002.

A suburban Chicago police department is urging residents to be vigilant about their pets, saying they've fielded more reports of coyote attacks on small dogs.