John R. McDonald was 24 when a friend, the late Bill Shutt, invited him to go on a duck hunt with him. He was immediately hooked and would immerse himself in the waterfowling culture for the next five decades.

A southern Michigan man has accepted a plea deal in an Upper Peninsula cougar poaching case and been sentenced to community service and fines.

Authorities have taken a missing pet bobcat to a zoo after its owner found the animal not far from its southern New Jersey home.

Crocodiles and snakes have a tendency to make some people cringe. How about watching a python eat a croc? That should turn the tables on your childhood nightmares—or create new ones.

With a new carbon-riser bow weighing just 3.3 pounds, and super-fast single-cam touting 343 fps, Diamond is making a splash in 2014.

Alabama again benefits from firearms’ manufacturers in its state. Steyr Arms, manufacturer of high-end firearms, expanded its operation in the Birmingham area.

Heavy snow and red tape resulted in a disappointingly slow start for a pioneering program in a New York suburb to use birth control as a no-kill way to thin the numbers of deer.

Nebraska Sen. Ernie Chambers isn't done yet with his fight to outlaw mountain lion hunting.

Minnesota wildlife managers plan to hold the number of bear hunting licenses steady this year to help gradually increase the bear population.