Entries Tagged Conservation

Before finalizing your wildlife management plans for this year, consider planting food plots for each season based on tips from these experts.

How many times have you made the call of shame to ask your buddy to bring the chain? This isn’t a rare occurrence for hunters putting in food plots this spring. Here are ways to avoid that moment and tips to get unstuck if you don’t.

Sure they deliver your mail, but some mail carriers also count wildlife. Here’s how the postal service helps determine long-term population trends of bird species.

In a supreme court decision that could have broader implications on captive deer hunting in the U.S., last week’s outcome sends a message.

University of Wyoming documents “epic” migration of mule deer No. 255. After a 150-mile trek, this doe didn't settle down with the rest of her herd. She marched on, covering nearly 100 more miles.

"The Real Wolf" takes a science-based look at the impacts this animal has made on big game and livestock populations as a federal-protected species.

An Arizona senator has introduced a bill to remove the recovered Mexican gray wolf from the ESA.

The Missouri Game Commission has banned all feral hog hunting on its conservation lands, believing that shooting hogs scatters sounders and makes it tougher to eradicate the swine.

With support from the Safari Club International Foundation, scientists have created a new method to estimate the age of lions within 6 months by examining their teeth.

The groups said threats to wolves in Idaho and Montana have increased significantly as both states revised policies to aggressively reduce wolf numbers through sport hunting and killing wolves in hard-to-reach areas.

Theodore Roosevelt advocated “a happy mean” between hunting and preserving wildlife sanctuaries, foreshadowing today's debate on hunting that has become polarized as poaching and human encroachment have vastly reduced wildlife in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Missouri Department of Conservation uses the annual allotment for several programs, including elk restoration, deer collaring and an angler education program that provides free classes.

Groups like Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever urged lawmakers to spend more money to support outdoor projects.