Recent Wildlife Articles

In the fading light of a Louisiana October evening, a routine deer hunt turned into a nightmare for Keith Price, a seasoned outdoorsman from New Iberia. As he stepped down from his deer stand with his young grandson by his side, an unexpected predator lurked in the shadows, ready to strike. What st

As the crisp fall air settles over Michigan's woods and fields, hunters across the state are racking up impressive numbers this deer season. With more than 157,000 deer taken since early September, the action is heating up, especially since the regular firearm opener kicked off with over 50,000 har

For a lot of us who’ve been chasing whitetails across southeast Ohio for decades, the news coming out of Columbus this week hit like a gut punch. The Ohio Wildlife Council just voted to slash bag limits in four hard-hit counties starting December 1st, the first day of gun week. If you hunt Athens,

Every fall for the last eighty-plus years, guys from the southern half of Minnesota loaded slug guns and dreamed about what it would feel like to carry a flat-shooting rifle into the whitetail woods like their buddies up north. As of January 1, 2025, that dream is over – because the dream just came

Every fall the same thing happens. Guys spend thousands on leases, drive hours to crowded private land, or just sit home frustrated because they think there’s nowhere left to hunt. Meanwhile, more than seven million acres of public ground sit waiting in Wisconsin—some of it holding bigger bucks tha

In the wide, muddy sweep of the Missouri River, where the current pulls like an old grudge and the bottom hides secrets in every snag, Jesse Lance found himself locked in a battle that any fisherman worth his salt dreams about. It was October 25, a crisp fall day near Kansas City, and what started

In the crisp chill of early November, when the leaves crunch underfoot and the woods whisper promises of adventure, Arkansas fathers, grandpas, and uncles gear up for one of the season's purest joys: watching a young hunter's eyes light up at the crack of dawn. The 2025-26 deer season kicks off wit

In the crisp fall air of western North Dakota, where the golden prairies stretch out like an old friend's handshake, deer season has always been more than just a hunt. It's a ritual—a chance to slip away from the daily grind, shoulder a rifle, and reconnect with the land that shaped generations of

Across the heartland and beyond, hunters are facing a quiet but relentless foe that's changing the game in the woods. Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, is spreading through deer and elk herds in ways that demand attention from anyone who values time in the stand or the thrill of a clean harvest. Thi

Out on the windswept prairies of western Nebraska, a group of hunters trudged through thick grass under a crisp December sky, their breath fogging in the chill. They'd flushed a single rooster earlier from a promising swale, but now their eyes were fixed on a distant shelter belt. With dogs leading