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On November 3rd the Trump Administration officially removed the gray wolf from the ESA, thus turning over all management to state and tribal agencies. This move comes in the wake of fully recovered and burgeoning wolf populations in the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountain West. States such as Wyoming, Idaho and Montana will now have total and complete c

One of the author’s 11-pound bass caught from a kayak in south Florida. (Kristine Fischer/) I sat cross-legged in the backseat of the truck, my face pressed against the glass, eyes drifting over an endless sea of oil derricks dotted across the red dirt of Oklahoma. The long road home after a big bass tournament offers an angler a much-welcomed oppo

Colorado voted to reintroduce gray wolves by 2023. (USFWS/) One of the most divisive players on the Colorado ballot wasn’t the presidency or a contentious senate race, but the gray wolf. While Joe Biden and newly elected senator John Hickenlooper decisively won Colorado with a nearly 10-point margins, a 50.8 percent to 49.1 percent split concerning

Jay Dowd, tattoos and all, is a prime example of where upland hunting is headed. (A.J. DeRosa/) The truck rolled to a stop as Jay Dowd reached over and turned the radio off. “This is a great spot,” he said as the world shifted from motion to the stillness of a large aspen stand in an undisclosed location in Michigan. The early fall revealed lime-co

The author, right, with wounded warrior Mike Earl after a successful deer hunt. (Ken Perrotte/) Most military veterans can recall when they first realized they had volunteered for a life-changing experience. For me, it came quickly after arriving at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. We were fed at a chow hall and then, around 9 or 10 p.m., taken in g

A big-bodied big woods buck visits a signpost rub in Maine. (Hal Blood/) When people think about hunting in the big woods of the north, they envision hunters dressed in their classic wool clothing taking to the snow-covered forest in search of a buck track to follow. Many hunters from Maine to Minnesota would rather be on the track of a buck when t

A successful spearfisherman kicks to the surface with a hefty striper. (peter correale/) I still remember the first fish I speared like you remember your first deer. As I broke through a murky surface layer of river water into the blue gulf water beneath, I was greeted by two amberjacks swimming straight toward me. I aimed carefully and shot the cl

The keys to killing an animal cleanly are selecting the proper bullet and accurate shot placement. (Brad Fitzpatrick/) The killing of an animal is something all hunters take seriously. We all want to make those kills as quickly and ethically as possible. Part of making a clean kill shot is choosing the right bullet. But how do bullets actually work

The author's yellow Lab, Nellie, with a calf head she found on the ranch. (Andrew McKean/) If, as they say, people select their dogs based on shared qualities, then I apparently ­imagine myself a puckish orphan with appalling food habits and a love of the putrid combined with an overdeveloped sense of both entitlement and guilt. Nellie is a yellow

Justin Carbone of Federal Premium shooting the Savage B-22. (Joe Genzel/) Justin Carbone of Federal Premium, a competitive precision rimfire shooter, was showing a group of us how capable .22 LRs are, ringing steel the size of a soda can out to 300 yards and beyond at a longrange rifle clinic in Utah. For a few of us sitting at the rifle bench behi

Nez Percé ethnographer Josiah Pinkham studies his tribe’s traditions and culture. (Tailyr Irvine/) Even though the Nez Percé are an ancient people, tribal ethnographer Josiah Pinkham has spent much of his career focusing on the present and future. The 42-year-old might study the fossil record and visit archaeological sites across the Pacific Northw

If you hook into a gator this size, be ready for a fight. (mark andrew thomas/alamy/) Setting the hook on a big muskie is thrilling. Coming tight on a bull redfish is a rush. But sinking a treble hook into a 15-foot, 1,000-pound prehistoric reptile? That’s a different experience altogether. There are a lot of ways to skin a gator hunt in the Southe

A lot of big changes are coming in Utah for 2021. The biggest news is the cap on the general any-bull elk permits. The last several years they have been capped at 15,000 licenses. After several recommendations by conservation groups and meetings with the state elk committee, the decision has been made to open up this general hunt to unlimited licen

To any and all that have been in northwest Wyoming recently and have any info on this poaching incident, please contact authorities soon!  They Wyoming Game & Fish is actively looking for info on a deer that was poached probably near Garland and Deaver, Wyoming. Here is the link to the Game & Fish release: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Regional-Offices/Cody

To any and all that have been in northwest Wyoming recently and have any info on this poaching incident, please contact authorities soon!  They Wyoming Game & Fish is actively looking for info on a deer that was poached probably near Garland and Deaver, Wyoming. Here is the link to the Game & Fish release: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Regional-Offices/Cody