Hunting

The U.S. Interior Department is expanding access to hunting and fishing on about 2.1 million acres of Fish and Wildlife Service land. That’s nearly the size of Yellowstone National Park. While hunters and anglers applaud the efforts, other conservation groups believe that refuges shouldn’t have hunting or angling at all.

Idaho's following Montana in pushing to drastically reduce the number of wolves in the state.

Montana's newly-elected Republican governor violated state hunting regulations when he trapped and shot a collared wolf near Yellowstone National Park in…

Sales of hunting and fishing licenses are up dramatically across the country due to the pandemic and Idaho is no exception.State officials sold nearly…

The West is experiencing record-breaking fires this year, and that’s affecting recreationists, including hunters. The Badger Fire, in the Sawtooth…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has greenlighted the expansion of hunting and fishing access to more than 2.3 million acres and 147 wildlife refuges…

When a hunter sets a trap close to a public hiking trail, they don’t have to let trail users know. Some wildlife advocates say that’s dangerous for pets…

A National Wildlife Federation report published this week says new oil and gas leases on public lands could harm existing hunting economies in the…

New research suggests hunting cougars does not achieve state management goals of reducing conflicts between the large cats, humans and livestock.The study…

As the Mountain West grows and hunter numbers decline , states are finding ways to bring in more revenue to fund conservation.