Alan Clemons Articles

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission voted 4-2 for the change, which it says is to prevent “orphaned” coyotes and enhance their survival.

Final tweaks for the Louisiana bear season have been approved for the inaugural season that will see 10 tags issued.

Application periods are open in both states for the summer seasons popular with big- game hunters seeking a unique experience.

Bills sailed through the Palmetto State legislature that would allow the hunting of feral hogs from helicopters, which is common in Texas.

After the bears are captured, data is recorded and they are marked for identification before being released on site for monitoring.

Hunters reported killing 1,356 black bears in New York during the 2023 season, with the Catskills showing the greatest density.

Wildlife officials in Missouri capped the season harvest at 40 black bears, but hunters killed less than a third despite good conditions.

Officials have approved Kaput Feral Hog Bait, which contains a warfarin-based toxin, in the battle against the invasive species found throughout the Lone Star State.

State officials say they’re going to sue the USFWS about wolverines being listed as a threatened species in Big Sky Country.

State wildlife officials said the mountain lion had lost its fear of humans and was becoming bolder with its hunting.

Numbers for all hunting seasons and methods are among the lowest totals in more than 15 years.

Legislative changes over hunting and trapping the big cats year-round spurred two organizations to file a lawsuit.

Ten bears comprised the quota for the limited season in the Pelican State.

Wolf sighting leads to discovery of a new southernmost pack 200 miles from the nearest known pack.

Contests still allowed on private lands after contentious public meetings.

A Colorado man was arrested by CPW officers on suspicion of illegally killing three black bears.

A rabid otter attacked and bit a Florida man on his daily walk to feed ducks in a pond.

“Do incentive programs work? Yes and no, but it depends.”

Private landowners take advantage of more hunting tags in the Natural State’s two-week season.

Burmese Python in Florida lays a record clutch of 96 eggs, with 83 of them hatching.

Researchers are trapping black bears and affixing GPS tracking collars to study the bruins in West Texas, where numbers are small but growing.

Australia wildlife officials are working hard to eradicate populations of feral pigs, wild buffalos and wild horses from a World Heritage Site National Park.

An Oregon woman and man received stiff penalties for killing two black bear cubs in 2022.

Arizona man mauled, killed in rare attack by a black bear in Prescott, about 100 miles northwest of Phoenix.

A Colorado man relaxing in a hammock was bitten by a black bear snooping around a campground late at night.

Montana wildlife officials euthanized a mountain lion wandering in a neighborhood and showing abnormal behavior.

An otter attacked three women on a Montana river float trip, sending one to the hospital with serious wounds from head to foot.

Surprised grizzly bear attacks Wyoming man, who was hospitalized with injuries and released.

A woman in Maine stood her ground against a black bear in her yard, punching it in the face before it bit her and ran off.