BHA Steps Up with Reward After Missoula Hunter’s First Bull is Stolen
After conquering a feat many hunters have yet to, 23-year-old Ethan Donaldson returned to his pickup truck the day after shooting his first bull elk and found the animal missing. It was a Sunday and the last day of the big game season when Donaldson dropped the 5-point bull. Prompting a phone call from the […]
The Kids Are Alright After Wisconsin Eliminates Age Restrictions for Hunting
A week ahead of Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer hunting season was set to open, Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill that would afford the right to hunt to anyone in the state, regardless of age. The bill, supported by both Whitetails Unlimited and the National Rifle Association, did away with both the 12-year minimum age […]
10-Years of Poaching Leads to Charges for Twin Brothers
While seemingly proving science’s theory that twins have near identical brainwave patterns, Montana officials have finally put the hurt on a pair of twin brothers after a lengthy investigation. Trophy-Caliber Charges Concentrating their efforts around a Fergus County ranch, investigators believe the two brothers spent the better part of ten years illegally killing trophy-caliber elk. […]
Montana Hunter Expedites Oregon’s First Case of CWD by Importing Infected Carcass
The spread of chronic wasting disease is something fish and game departments across North America are trying desperately to slow. When it comes to transmission from animal to animal, the disease can spread at an alarming rate but not as quickly as when aided via motor vehicle transfer. Fuel-Injected (or Carbureted) Importation The state of […]
Grizzly Bear Attacks Elk Hunter & Guide in Wyoming
CODY (RELEASE) – Last week, a hunter and her guide were injured by a grizzly bear in the backcountry while elk hunting on public land south of Cody. Both individuals were injured in the attack, but the injuries were not life threatening. On the evening of October 26, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department was notified […]
CWD Found on Western Slope of Bighorn Mountains for First Time
CHEYENNE (RELEASE) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department diagnosed chronic wasting disease (CWD) for the first time in Deer Hunt Area 52 on the western slope of the Bighorn Mountains. The Game and Fish Wildlife Health Laboratory confirmed CWD in a mule deer buck harvested by a hunter on Oct. 16 near Crystal Creek […]
Soldier’s Elk Head Stolen from Truck While Packing Out Meat
It was his first successful elk hunt and one that was unfortunately tainted by the distasteful actions of another individual. After spending a number of days in Colorado’s backcountry, the man was able to have harvested an impressive 6×6 bull elk during the late afternoon hours of October 18. As he began to process the […]
Tennessee’s Record-Breaking Elk Season Draws to a Close
With September in the rear-view, many elk seasons across the country are coming to a close. As many begin to prepare for the whitetail rut activity so commonly associated with the month of November, officials in Tennessee have released the details of this year’s historic elk hunt. The first managed hunt in the Volunteer State […]
South Dakota Officials Propose Increase in Elk Tags to Battle CWD
As the battle against the deadly chronic wasting disease (CWD) heats up in hotspots across America, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is taking the proper precautions to protect their natural resources. Establishing a new antlerless elk hunting unit in the Custer State Park region, officials believe this will give them additional data […]
Early South-Central Montana Harvest Numbers Show Increased Elk Harvest, Decreased Deer Harvest
BILLINGS (RELEASE) – The number of hunters who stopped at Fish, Wildlife and Parks check stations in south-central Montana during the first two weekends of the 2017 general big-game season was down from last year. The deer harvest also was lower than in 2016, but the number of checked elk was up sharply from a […]