Recent Hunting And Fishing Articles

The 2026 Wisconsin fishing season is shaping up to be one of the more significant in recent memory, with the state's Department of Natural Resources rolling out earlier start dates, updated regulations, and changes designed to put more anglers on the water with more opportunities to catch fish. Whe

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument sat off-limits to commercial fishermen for years. That changed in early 2026, when President Trump signed a proclamation reopening its waters to commercial fishing — a move that sent ripples through the New England fishing industry and re

For decades, hunters have been the backbone of wildlife conservation in America — funding it, practicing it, and living it. Now, the National Park Service is making it official and asking skilled hunters to step up and do what they do best inside two federally managed properties where invasive spec

Deer season may be over in New York, but the conversations about it never really stop. Lately, the talk has gotten louder — and more specific. Across hunting forums and Facebook groups, a particular rumor has been making the rounds, and it has a lot of New York hunters paying close attention even a

Brody Harshbarger sits on the Idaho Fish and Game Commission — the body responsible for setting hunting regulations and overseeing the entire state fish and game department. Now he's the one facing a stack of hunting-related criminal charges that read like a textbook list of what not to do in the f

Montana set out to shrink its wolf population. The numbers tell a different story. When Montana's legislature passed a mandate in 2021 ordering the state to reduce its wolf numbers, wildlife managers rolled out some of the most aggressive hunting and trapping regulations the state had ever seen

After Decades of Recovery, the State's 2 Million Wild Alligators Are Rewriting the Rules of the Hunt Louisiana has a gator problem — and it's the best kind of problem to have. Decades after the American alligator was pushed to the edge of extinction and hunting was banned entirely in the state bac

The Oklahoma Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling on March 23 that reinforced the right of tribal members to hunt and fish on their reservations — a decision that pushed back hard against a legal challenge brought by Governor Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

NOAA Shuts Down Recreational Fishing After Annual Catch Limit Is Hit The 2026 recreational fishing season for golden tilefish in South Atlantic federal waters is coming to an early close. NOAA Fisheries announced that the season will end at 12:01 a.m. on March 27, 2026 — nearly nine months before

Wisconsin Congressman Scott Fitzgerald is backing a piece of legislation that hunters across the country have been waiting on for a long time. The bill, called the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, passed recently and does something pretty straightforward — it keeps the federal governm