Recent Hunting And Fishing Articles

A sweeping new bill is sitting on the governor's desk — and it could rewrite the rules for hunters across the First State Delaware hunters may be on the verge of one of the biggest wins the state's outdoor community has seen in years. A bill that would dramatically expand Sunday hunting, update

The federal government just blinked. After months of holding back a significant chunk of shallow-water grouper fishing quota from commercial fishermen in the Gulf of America, NOAA Fisheries announced it will release the withheld allocation — nearly 280,000 pounds — back to shareholders. The reason?

For decades, hunters heading out to federal land have had to navigate a patchwork of rules that seemed to change depending on which park unit they stepped into. Some of those rules made sense. Others were head-scratchers — restrictions layered on top of state law, added by local park officials with

The Lawsuit That Could Open Nearly a Million Acres Two of the country's most respected public land organizations have taken Montana's government to court over a question that hunters and outdoorsmen across the West have been wrestling with for years: Is it legal to step from one piece of federal p

A Nine-Year-Old Started It All, and the Rest of the Gem State Ran With It Not many legislative wins at the state capitol can be traced back to a fourth grader's homemade newspaper poll, but Idaho isn't most states. Earlier this month, Governor Brad Little put pen to paper and made hunting the offi

The Hardest Big Game Animals to Hunt in North America Image credit: OpenAI Big game hunting in North America spans an enormous range of terrain, spe

For years, farmers in Pennsylvania have watched deer tear through their crops while hunting regulations made it harder than ever to do anything about it. The Pennsylvania Game Commission has decided to change that — and the new office they've created to do it might be the most practical move the ag

The Hunting Laws That Carry Federal Charges Most Hunters Don't Know About Image credit: OpenAI Hunting is one of the oldest and most respected tradi

A 90-Year Fight for Hunters and Anglers Comes to a Quiet End For nine decades, the Michigan United Conservation Clubs stood between the state's hunters, anglers, and the forces that could strip away the traditions they built their lives around. It lobbied legislators, gathered signatures outside s

A new hunting policy is taking shape as elk push into unfamiliar territory Elk have long been creatures of the west. They belong to the Black Hills, to rugged ridgelines and pine-covered slopes where the terrain suits them. But something has been shifting quietly across South Dakota — elk are show