Mule deer fawns and elk calves fitted with tracking collars across Idaho are showing higher-than-average winter survival through the end of February, according ...

New hunting and finishing laws passed during the 2025 Legislative session, along with adopted regulations by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission mean some significant changes for hunters and ...

Colorado hunters and fishers can now apply for new opportunities as Colorado Parks and Wildlife opens up applications for its 2026 big game draw and for fishing licenses. Big game draw applications ...

Lawmakers loosened regulations on captive elk facilities. It put dozens of wild animals at risk for CWD, and stole ...

More than 80 wild mule deer that found their way inside a captive elk facility near Rexburg have been killed over the past few months, according to an Idaho Department of Fish and Game news release.

I understand that elk are at the top of the glamour podium in western American big game hunting, but that doesn’t stop me from preferring mule deer over that of the glorified screams of a bull in the ...

To the editor: The juxtaposition of our treatment of all animals could not be more stark than in the universal praise for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agoura Hills (“Despite appearances, ...

The Utah Legislature passed a law in 2023 that allows year-round cougar hunting with fewer licensing requirements. Two years later, data suggests cougars are declining at a dangerous rate, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Local guide Ben Myhre and his son Chase with a mule deer buck taken on Catalina Island. Hunters and non-hunters alike are opposing ...

It was dark as a tomb as I slipped through the sagebrush and down a steep slope, my flashlight slicing through the black. The moon and stars were smothered by low, scudding clouds. Snow was in the air ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation said 301,954 deer were harvested during the 2025-2026 deer hunting season that ended Jan. 15, according to a news release from the department. This season's ...