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Bowhunting is a way of life, not a 3-month love affair. For offseason thrills and real-world gear testing, go beyond the 3-D range.

In the latest game warden chronicles, a Michigan man claims the bait he put out was for deer and not turkeys so it was OK for him to kill a turkey.

In the latest fishing industry news, BDT Capital Partners of Chicago has purchased Lew's Holdings including Strike King Lures, Lew's Reels and Hunter Specialties.

In the latest fishing industry news, the annual and popular St. Croix "customer appreciation day" will be June 15 at the rod company's headquarters in Wisconsin.

By locating male Burmese pythons using implanted tracking devices, officials captured a record 17-foot female python with 73 eggs in the Big Cypress National Preserve.

Gag grouper is one of the most popular saltwater fishing species anglers enjoy catching each year in the Gulf of Mexico. Special seasons and limits help keep populations in check.

Pythons in south Florida's canals and Everglades are tough to find, but one man caught a record 18-foot, 150-pound snake bare-handed.

Riders on a wildlife refuge tour got to see two interesting sights: a bobcat and a green iguana, both of which are pretty cool. This bobcat was about to have a meal, though.

If you're an avid deer hunter who's looking for something to hunt between now and fall, the Florida Everglades could use a hand getting rid of its pythons.

The man who discovered the massive reptile had to do a U-turn to clarify what he was seeing. It then took a "great team effort" to capture the reptile.

A hunter became enraged when he found a python constricting a deer in the Florida Everglades. Would you have responded the same way he did?

A Florida woman recorded a recent face-to-face meeting with a black bear in her driveway. The bear was calmly within feet of the woman before leaving.

Gun manufacturers in Florida have increased by 350 percent since 2009. The boom in the industry is giving ATF problems in keeping up with the surge.

A 72-year-old man's decomposing body was identified several days after being eaten by an alligator in Florida.

A massive alligator has some wondering if it's the biggest ever in Florida while others wonder if it's fake. What do you think?

Drones enter search for Florida coyote filmed chasing cat on New Year’s Day.

Wildlife officials considered the hunt a success, with the tally of 298 bears taken — very close to top range of 320 animals they hoped to harvest on this, the first bear hunt in the state in over 20 years.

With animal lovers protesting the decision to open hunting season on bears, more than 3,500 people purchased bear hunting permits, even though the cap was just 320. Officials scheduled a week for the hunt, but by Sunday the high number of bears killed surprised hunting officials.

Florida wildlife officials closed two regions after the first day of bear hunting after the areas met the limit on the number of bears allowed to be killed during the first statewide hunt in more than 20 years.

Hunters for the first time in more than 20 years will trudge through Florida woods to legally kill black bears.

Florida is one of five states that don't allow people to openly carry guns in some form. The others are South Carolina, New York, Illinois and California.

Animal protection and environmental groups are seeking an injunction to stop a bear hunt set to begin Oct. 24.

Florida wildlife officials have approved the killing of 320 black bears next month during the state's first bear hunting season in more than 20 years.

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Florida's wildlife management commission started selling permits for bear hunting for the first time in two decades, despite a legal challenge to the hunt.

Wildlife officials say a worker at a central Florida ecotourism attraction was injured in an alligator attack.

Florida firearms enthusiasts will save a few dollars starting this month because of a new law that eliminates the sales tax on gun club memberships.

Wildlife authorities have been unable to find an alligator that attacked a black Labrador retriever named Haze after it chased a bird into the Hillsborough River in a Tampa park.

The agency approved a "limited bear harvest," citing nuisance bear calls and an increase in bears killed by cars among the reasons for the need for a hunt.