Tag: hunting

The Missouri Conservation Commission has approved a framework for the state’s first-ever black bear hunt. The framework limits bear hunting to Missouri residents and would allow it only in the...

Massive wildfires burning across Colorado have closed off large swaths of public lands, prompting the state to refund more than 2,800 hunting licenses this year. The closures include all of...

After TWS member Rhiannon Kirton, became involved in Black Birders Week, she noticed a lot of conversations happening on Twitter. What caught her eye in particular was people’s interests in...

Most Michigan residents have tried game meat, a recent survey found, and those who haven’t often said it was because they never got the chance. Since game meat can’t be...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill increasing penalties against illegal black bear (Ursus americanus) hunting. The new rules go into effect July 1, increasing the minimum fine from...

The following is an excerpt from an article that previously appeared in Fair Chase. Seeing the grizzly was an unplanned surprise. Standing on an overlook, Luke Coccoli, Boone and Crockett’s...

The Department of the Interior announced last week that it would amend regulations regarding hunting and trapping in Alaska’s national preserves by allowing some harvest methods that were prohibited by...

At Louisiana State University, part of the students’ training for wildlife management careers includes a unique professional development opportunity: hunting. “The hunting experience is transformative for our students, resulting in...

As deer populations explode in New York state, women are increasingly hunting the animals. Women are the fastest growing demographic in hunting in both New York and across the country...

These updates originally appear in the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society’s Fall 2019 newsletter. Photos highlighting the student chapter’s activities are also included in the section’s newsletter. Bemidji...