Varmint

Some predator hunts are just now heating up with the spring green up.

Turkeys can be hunted with air rifles in California, Virginia and Maryland (fall only). Here's why airgun turkey hunting isn't as crazy as it sounds.

Spring is one of the leanest times of year for critters, and one of the busiest for predator hunters.

With the introduction of the Axis II Youth Muddy Girl, Savage offers a unique entry-level centerfire rifle for young shooters.

Global unrest and large inventories of fur from last year have hunters and trappers fearing low prices this spring.

A chubby raccoon that got its head stuck in a knot in a tree in southern New Jersey is free.

Offering a 3-pound trigger pull and 390 fps speed, the Stryker Solution LS crossbow was made to hunt.

A California predator hunter gets a chance to stroll down memory lane with an old relative who has access to coyote paradise.

Health officials are examining a Los Angeles food market because it was selling frozen raccoons (in the fur)!

A safe, reliable semi-auto .17 HMR has seemed like an impossible feat — until now, thanks to the Savage A17.

When winter sets in, grab your e-call and head to the nearest river bottom for some action-packed calling for daytime raccoons.

Raccoons are pesky varmints that tend to make a mess of urban areas. One was recently put down in Oakland but animal rights groups aren't happy about it.

Killing is your missile’s first job. Saving the pelt comes next.

Remote-sensing cameras set up to help researchers count deer on Jekyll Island ended up capturing images of a more elusive animal that had never before been confirmed at the island state park.

Raccoons are not cute and cuddly, not even the cartoony ones. They are a nuisance and particularly annoying when they take over a neighborhood.

While advocates say bobcats have become nuisances in some places, opponents question the science behind declaring them recovered and argue that bobcat hunting is all about trophies, not food.

Organized coyote hunts that award prizes to the top marksman have sparked a culture clash in California between wildlife advocates who value the animals as an essential part of the landscape and people who view coyotes as wily varmints to be hunted down to protect livestock.