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Wisconsin's Sharp-Tailed Grouse Is Disappearing — And This Fall, Hunters Will Have to Stay Home Again There is a bird in the sandy, fire-sculpted barrens of northwestern Wisconsin that most Americans have never seen and that a growing number of wildlife professionals fear could vanish from the sta

NOAA Raises Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Bag Limits for 2026: What Every Offshore Angler Needs to Know After a bruising 2025 season that left entire charter fleets scrambling and coastal tackle shops hemorrhaging revenue, recreational bluefin tuna fishermen along the Atlantic seaboard finally have someth

These 10 States Are the Best Places to Fish in 2026 Image credit: OpenAI Fishing in America is as much about the experience as it is about the catch

The Biggest Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Access in Federal History Is Underway There are moments in American conservation history that amount to genuine turning points — moments when the bureaucratic machinery of Washington actually shifts in a direction that puts more land beneath more boots.

The 7 Best Waters to Catch a Trophy Muskie Image credit: OpenAI The muskellunge — or muskie — has earned its reputation as the fish of ten thousand

For decades, American commercial fishermen have played by the rules — obtaining permits, following catch limits, reporting their hauls honestly, and watching foreign operators do none of the above while undercutting them at every turn. That frustration reached a turning point recently when the Stat

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