By Dan Gates Animal rights activists have introduced a new petition to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to ban the sale of fur in Colorado. Regardless of when commissioners take a formal ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission just dropped some significant changes that will affect how hunters across the state plan their seasons. After months of discussion and public input, the board has fin ...

As Iowa’s black bear population becomes more permanent, lawmakers seek to end the “open season” on the bears by designating them a fur-bearing animal in the state. House File 2099 would add black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A House bill would list black bears as a fur bearing animal in Iowa. (Photo by U.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Service) As Iowa’s ...

A wild black bear forages near Yellow River State Forest in northeast Iowa. (Department of Natural Resources photo) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been on the defensive over its handling of wildlife, from the rollout of wolf reintroduction to hunting regulations to mountain lions. Now staff and commissioners are ...

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• Michigan's 2025 bear season produced a strong harvest, with hunters taking 1,952 bears statewide — including an unusually high number of large bears in the Upper Peninsula — as demand for the ...

CO Tom Hutchins (Crookston) reports attending a snowmobile safety class in Plummer. Time was also spent checking anglers, ATV operators, and snowmobile operators. Deer-hunting activity during the late ...

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners voted 6-3 last weekend to reject a proposal that would have moved the start of firearms deer season up a week earlier, which would have in turn caused ...