After observing the animal for about 30 minutes, a game warden used a bean bag gun to try to haze the lion out of the residential area and back into nearby open space. But the big cat did not move when struck.
The latest population surveys show no significant change in Minnesota's wolf population during the past three winters. Although the new estimate of 2,221 wolves is lower than the previous winter's 2,423.
California's Fish and Game Commission has voted to ban bobcat trapping throughout the state, a move praised by animal activists who argue trapping is cruel.
Officials set up remote trail cameras after receiving reports earlier this year of a large, dark-colored canid, an animal from the family that includes wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals and dogs.
These insights into rabbit biology and hunting should be of interest to hunters who pursue cottontails anywhere they are found.
Mountain lions, also known as pumas, panthers, catamounts and cougars, were nearly wiped out in the U.S. in the early 1900s as hunting and a shortage of prey drastically reduced their numbers. But a century later, they are starting to recolonize in the Midwest.
An Alabama woman is recovering after being attacked by a rabid bobcat in the front yard of her Crenshaw County home.
To hunters, the once-endangered nocturnal cat's growing population is a nuisance and potential danger. To opponents of the law, the “shy and elusive'' animal is being put in the crosshairs by trophy-hunters.
Police in the Omaha suburb of La Vista say a report of a mountain lion in a residential area appears to be credible, and they are investigating.
The season when wolves come into conflict with livestock in Eastern Washington has arrived, but the state Department of Fish and Wildlife is ready.
Montana wildlife officials have reduced quotas for bobcat hunting and trapping across a broad swath of central and northern Montana.
Field conditions are typically much different than range day conditions. That’s why you need to know how to read wind and adjust your aim for a killing shot.
Officials are warning Spotswood residents to be on the lookout for a coyote after a teenage fisherman said he fought off the animal.
If your deer rifle doubles as your predator gun, Hornady offers a new ammo line that can reduce felt recoil by more than 40 percent.