Outdoors

Wisconsin business ushers in new era of deer processing

Published on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 12:00am
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BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. (AP) — The number of people hunting deer is on a decades-long slide, this year’s harvest is off from last season, and chronic wasting disease is still

New Wyoming plan to fight chronic wasting disease released

Published on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 12:00am

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Chronic wasting disease, an always-fatal ailment that eats away at the brains of infected deer, elk and moose, isn’t likely going away on its own. First

Maine looking for new ways to manage declining fur trade

Published on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 12:00am
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Trapping wild animals for fur is a way of life that goes back thousands of years in Maine, and the state is considering new ways to

Rappelling for a rosy

Published on Tue, 12/03/2019 - 12:00am
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As a wildlife photographer and the public information specialist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Jackson office, Mark Gocke has taken thousands of photographs of wildlife throughout his life.

Candlelight tours back at Lewis & Clark Caverns

Published on Tue, 12/03/2019 - 12:00am
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Montana State Parks has announced the return of Holiday Candlelight Tours at Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park. Tickets go on sale Monday, Dec. 2. Holiday Candlelight Tours are offered

Elk hunting is a religion

Published on Tue, 11/26/2019 - 5:00pm
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Bless me father for I have sinned. My last elk hunt was several years ago. In Montana, elk hunting is akin to religion. You don’t have to be a true

New Mexico panel opts to end recreational cougar trapping

Published on Tue, 11/26/2019 - 4:33pm
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators have adopted new rules that will prohibit trapping or snaring cougars for sport, marking a small victory for animal protection groups that have been fighting for a broader ban of the practice on public lands across the state.

The state Game Commission voted unanimously in favor the new regulations during a meeting Thursday in Roswell.

Wyoming’s wild turkeys are good fall hunting and eating

Published on Tue, 11/26/2019 - 4:31pm

CHEYENNE — It wasn’t until 1955 when hunters could harvest the historic wild turkey in Wyoming. Hunters’ interest has continued to gain momentum since. With both fall and spring seasons to chase gobblers, hunters’ stealthy pursuits provide excellent food for their families and mementos of feathers, beards and spurs to commemorate the hunt long after. 

Judge denies halt to bison hunt near park, moves lawsuit to Mont.

Published on Tue, 11/19/2019 - 12:00am

A plea to halt Montana’s winter bison hunt has been denied by a D.C. District Court judge. In an order filed Nov. 11, Chief Judge Beryl Howell also ruled that

Roundup man arrested for illegally killing, wasting three bull elk

Published on Tue, 11/19/2019 - 12:00am
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A Roundup man was arrested and jailed Friday on two felony and 19 misdemeanor charges stemming from two August incidents in which three trophy bull elk were killed at night