Conservation

Bear hunting opportunities in the Pacific Northwest will be a little scarcer after Washington state’s permit-only spring black bear hunt was suspended amid public outcry fueled by anti-hunting advocacy groups. The suspension came about after the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's governor...

A Finger Lakes hunting trip that was supposed to be a fun start to Thanksgiving ended in tragedy for Zachary Barse, 28, of Gorham, New York. His hunting partner accidentally shot and killed him while Barse was tracking a deer, according to the Utica Observer-Dispatch. Kevin Hudson, 61, of Clifton...

While eagles commonly symbolize grace, freedom, and other lofty ideals, they might be an even better analogue for the sheer brutality of nature. From knocking chamois off cliffs in the Himalaya to catching monkeys mid-leap to ripping the bellies out of spawning salmon, these largest birds of prey...

On October 27, Missouri wrapped up its first-ever regulated black bear hunt. But while this new hunting opportunity was celebrated by conservationists and Missourian wildlife officials, it also generated loud opposition and dissent among anti-hunting groups amplified by the mainstream media. The...

Hunter Lindsey was hanging in a treestand in Kentucky when he was joined by an unexpected guest. "I had a coyote coming in that I wanted to shoot, but a small buck stepped out in the trail further down from me," Lindsey told MeatEater. "He started to turn around so I started to mouse squeak, hoping...

Jess Johnson touched down in Edinburgh at 1 a.m. on September 28, just in time for a hunt that was scheduled to start five hours later—on the other side of Scotland. Sleep wasn’t much of an option even if Jess had more time. She’d just spent five days in Hungary speaking about wolf policy in the...

The virus that causes COVID-19 is now circulating in whitetail deer populations in Iowa. A recent study tested the retropharyngeal lymph node tissue—the same type of tissue commonly used to test for chronic wasting disease—of hundreds of hunter-harvested and road-killed deer in the Hawkeye State. It...

Decoys can be a fickle hunting tool. When they’re misplaced or look a bit too motionless, you're more likely to raise suspicion and spook your intended target than notch a tag. The mountain lion in this video didn't seem at all deterred by that lack of life in this decoy. Cats are well known for...

We’d been sitting in the aspen stand for hours, glassing the same distant seam of sagebrush-pine transition, waiting for a group of whitetails to creep out into the open. As the light began to fade, three slowly appeared from behind the trees: one yearling; one young, skinny doe; and one small deer...

It's a cat-eat-bird world out there most days. Seriously, house cats are responsible for killing millions, some claim billions, of birds every year. But this eagle documented in Southwestern Florida turned the tables and scored one for the featherd fallen. The video shows one eagle bringing a feline...

Eight people are facing criminal charges in a grand jury indictment after a deer processing outfit in Ohio was found to have poached more than 30 whitetail deer and stolen some 700 pounds of venison from its clients. The stolen meat, which A & E Processors skimmed from the harvested deer of their...