Possible Nebraska Record Elk Arrowed by Bowhunter

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Perhaps waiting as patiently as he had done to get an opportunity to hunt elk, Nebraska hunter John Rickard is awaiting the official score of his Nebraska elk taken earlier this month. As dictated by official scoring agencies, Rickard’s 6×6 elk antlers are currently waiting out the 60-day drying process in the basement of his […]

Two Women Hospitalized, Elk Euthanized After Attack

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In the second story in as many weeks involving a rutting bull elk and innocent bystanders has surfaced, this time out of Estes Park, Colorado. The western town, known for it’s booming population of elk who often roam the town’s streets made headlines last week after reports surfaced of an aggressive bull attacking a pair […]

Small Plane Crashes into Two Elk During Landing

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In a rare incident, a pilot and his passenger in a small single-engine plane struck a pair of elk just moments after touching down on an airstrip on the Oregon Coast. Pilot Todd Rudberg, 49, and his passenger Valeria Villacin, 43, had just touched down at the Nehalem Bay State Park airstrip at 5:14 p.m. […]

Pair of Bull Elk Euthanized After Charging Incidents

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Officials with Parks Canada announced that two bull elk in Canada’s Banff National Park have been put down after two separate charging incidents during the last week of August. While typically not a threat to humans for much of the year, bull elk can get awfully territorial this time of year as these large animals […]

The Little Deer That Could: Key Deer Seem to Have Survived Another Catastrophe

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The smallest and perhaps most susceptible deer species here in North America has once again had its chances for survival challenged.  The Florida Key Deer, coming off a miraculous recovery after doing battle against screwworm for the past two years, was once again walloped, this time by a natural disaster named Irma. As the storm […]

Elk Hunter Survives Grizzly Attack

A man lay in a hospital bed recovering from his injuries Tuesday morning after bugling in more than a burly bull elk. Hunting near the Dry Gulch, Cascade Creek area in southwestern Montana, Tom Sommer and a friend were doing their best to call in a bull elk when they stumbled across a grizzly bear […]

Bass Pro Donates Over 80 Boats to Harvey Relief Efforts in Texas

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While they may be headquartered many miles away in Missouri, the team at Bass Pro Shops is doing their part to assist those affected by the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey over the past week. Working directly with local, state and federal agencies, which include police, fire and rescue teams, Bass Pro has provided relief […]

BC Mother and 2-Year-Old Son Chased into Home by Black Bear

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A British Columbia mother and her two-year-old son were involved in a harrowing encounter with a black bear last weekend. According to reports from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the black bear pursued the pair up a staircase and into their home via a patio door on Saturday.  Eleri Froude of Gibsons, BC noted […]

Drunk Florida Woman Bites Fishing Line, Swims off with Rigging

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A Florida fisherman hooked himself something he probably wasn’t interested in dealing with last week on the St. Johns County Pier in St. Augustine. At around 6 p.m., something fishy was lurking in the water below when an intoxicated woman swam up to the man’s line.  Cursing him out all the while, she opened her […]

Arizona Fleas Test Positive for Plague

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Having an unmistakable effect on human history, particularly through the Middle Ages, evidence of the plague has surfaced in two counties in Arizona.  Testing fleas in the area, officials with both Navajo and Coconino counties have issued warnings about the presence of the disease. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the plague takes three main […]