Recent Hunting And Fishing Articles

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

A Long-Overdue Change That Could Reshape Wildlife Management Across the Commonwealth For years, Massachusetts hunters have packed up their gear on Saturday nights, driven across state lines, and spent their Sundays hunting in New Hampshire, Vermont, or Connecticut — states that never thought to ba

How Dylan Nutt's Championship Victory Forced Berkley to Show Its Hand Dylan Nutt crossed the finish line at the Bassmaster Classic with nearly a 10-pound lead over second place. That kind of margin doesn't happen by accident. What made the win even more remarkable was what he was throwing — a bait

The State Just Rewrote the Rules on Deer Hunting — And It Changes Everything For decades, deer season in New York has followed a familiar rhythm. You buy your license, you get your tags, and you head into the woods. But the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is now proposing t

There's an old saying among serious hunters and anglers — the best spots are always a few miles past where the last guy quit walking. Turns out, the data agrees. A recently released report from Trout Unlimited has put hard numbers behind something outdoorsmen have known for generations: when it com