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What's at Stake in Socorro on May 28 The New Mexico State Game Commission is holding a meeting that every serious hunter in the state needs to know about. On Thursday, May 28, commissioners will gather in Socorro to vote on major updates to hunting regulations covering pronghorn, turkey, bighorn s

For years, hunters and farmers in Michigan's Upper Peninsula have watched a slow-motion disaster play out in their backyards. Wolf packs have grown. Deer numbers have dropped. Moose are struggling. And the people who live and work on that land have had little say in what happens next. That may

A Tough Year in the Field, But the Birds Are Still Out There North Dakota's 2025 upland bird season came in below expectations across the board. Pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse, and gray partridge harvests all dropped compared to 2024, and the numbers tell a story that goes well beyond just a slow s

A quiet evening in Idaho's backcountry turned into a life-or-death moment that most hunters never have to face It was supposed to be a routine black bear hunt. A father and his young son had settled in on the edge of a meadow in Idaho's Caribou-Targhee National Forest, just outside the southwester

The Lone Star State Has Never Counted Its Cougars — That Might Be About to Change Texas has always done things its own way, and its approach to mountain lions is no exception. While every other Western state with a mountain lion population has some kind of management plan in place, Texas has been

For more than two decades, a federal policy called the Roadless Rule has quietly done some heavy lifting for America's public lands. Enacted in 2001, it has kept 58 million acres across 39 states free from new road construction — protecting some of the last truly wild corners of the national forest

The One Buck Rule Is Coming — And Not Everyone Is Happy About It After a meeting that stretched nearly nine and a half hours, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission made two decisions that are going to reshape deer hunting in the lower peninsula for years to come. When the dust settled, commiss

5 Offseason Habits of Serious Big Buck Hunters Image credit: OpenAI The hunters who consistently tag mature bucks aren't just lucky — they're puttin

Oregon is edging closer to a ballot vote that could fundamentally reshape how residents interact with animals — banning everything from deer hunting and salmon fishing to cattle slaughter and dairy farming. The initiative, known as IP28 or the PEACE Act, has collected roughly 112,000 signatures, pu

5 Best Fish to Target in Early Summer Image credit: OpenAI As water temperatures climb and the last of spring's cold snaps fade, early summer marks