Tag: hunters

Conversations that researchers have had with indigenous hunters in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, have revealed information about where seal species are showing up and how climate change may impact them. By including...

A changing climate resulting in reduced sea ice coverage is causing Indigenous seal hunters who rely on the marine mammals for subsistence to change their methods. As the ice continues...

Students from The Wildlife Society’s University of North Dakota Student Chapter helped hunters deposit deer head samples to be tested for chronic wasting disease in Grand Forks when the state’s...

Are hipsters the new hunters? Ask TWS members Charles Evans and Loren Chase, who were both quoted in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. “A group of veteran...

With a history that can be traced back to the late 1800s, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  is the nation’s premier government agency responsible for wildlife and plant species...

Hunters armed with biopsy darts may be the key to assessing cougar populations, according to a new study. Cougars (Puma concolor) live solitary lives in widely dispersed territories, and it’s...

When it comes to monitoring elusive wildlife, the simple approach is sometimes best. Researchers in New Hampshire have found that hunter surveys are a reliable tool for studying bobcats (Lynx...

With deer hunting season underway in Michigan, hunters are beginning to help the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in their efforts to test deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) —...