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Country Singer Draws Backlash After Shooting a Bear in Alaskan Hunt

May 27, 2026 | 0 |

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Country singer Cody Johnson drew a bit of controversy thanks to his recent hunting trip. The country singer went to Alaska and killed a grizzly bear. He posed with the dead animal in a social media photo. The country singer wrote, “10 days deep in the Alaskan wilderness chasing grizzlies. Trip of a lifetime!” It’s […]

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You Won’t Believe the Size of This Black Bear That a Wyoming Hunter Bagged

May 20, 2026 | 0 |

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Poor Wyoming Bear Is Still Out And About Confused By The Warm Weather

Wyoming hunter River Mossberg ended up shooting and killing a 5XL black bear while out hunting. He stalked the animal from 118 yards away and brought it down with a rifle. Rather than using bear bait, he tried to spot and stalk his prey. “Sitting in a blind, I just get too bored. I like […]

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Wyoming Hunter Remembered After Being Killed by Charging Elephant

May 7, 2026 | 0 |

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Wild Elephant Tramples Man After He Gets Too Close For A Selfie

A Wyoming hunter is being remembered after being killed earlier this month by a charging elephant. He had been hunting in Africa when the animal charged him on April 17. He was fatally gored while in Gabon. Ernie Dosio was a California vineyard owner and frequent Wyoming hunter. His friend Dax McCarty spoke with Cowboy […]

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Feds Will Pay Hunters To Use Lead-Free Ammo: Find Out How

Aug 1, 2024 | 0 |

A hunter walking through the National Elk Refuge, which offers opportunities to harvest both bison and elk. Credit: Lori Iverson/USFWS

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will reimburse hunters for using lead-free ammo on certain federal lands this upcoming fall hunting season.

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Watch: A Remarkable Pass-Through Shot with a Bow

Jan 21, 2024 | 0 |

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A perfectly planned camera angle shows a kill shot up close.

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Mother and Son Poached Two Bear Cubs in Oregon While Trespassing and Left the Meat to Waste

May 20, 2023 | 0 |

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Black bear cub in Smoky Mountain National Park

The pair was sentenced to pay $15,000 and banned from hunting for three years.

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Alabama Duck Hunter Drains His Pond to Plant a Fowl Buffet — Is It Genius or Irresponsible?

May 11, 2023 | 0 |

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A Pair of Mallard Ducks Come in for a Landing on a Misty Lake in Early Morning

TikTok says draining the pond damages the aquatic life, doing more harm than good. Who’s right?

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Feral Hogs in Missouri: Why Officials Don’t Want Hunters Shooting Them

May 11, 2023 | 0 |

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Destructive wild boar wreak havoc on public and private land. Most states welcome hunting the swine—but not Missouri.

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Tested and Reviewed: Does Sitka Equinox Guard Apparel Actually Repel Ticks and Mosquitos?

May 9, 2023 | 0 |

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Sitka’s system claims to keep biting bugs at bay—for $450. We tested it for a whole turkey season to see if it’s worth it.

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9-Year-Old’s First Gobbler Is a Rare Albino Turkey

Apr 11, 2023 | 0 |

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A full-body mount of a white phase wild turkey.

That first turkey is special for any hunter, but 9-year-old Easton Colby’s story was one very few hunters could ever fathom: He began his turkey hunting career a few weeks ago with an albino gobbler. A resident of Collins, Missouri, Easton had been hunting the same property with his grandfather, Curtis, since he was only […]

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The Record-Shattering, 200-Inch Buck Shot That Sat Forgotten for Decades

Apr 10, 2023 | 0 |

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When you think about state hunting records being broken, you usually think about it being from this hunting season. You certainly don’t expect a record to be broken in 2022 by a buck taken down in 1968. But that’s exactly what happened when Pennsylvania announced last year a new state record typical whitetail deer from […]

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Walrus Flips Boat and Strands Hunters for 6 Hours in Icy Water

Apr 6, 2023 | 0 |

Three hunters from Sanirajak, Nunavut found themselves holding on to a glimmer of hope and freezing aluminum when a walrus managed to flip their boat and toss them into icy, lethal water. Back in March, Joey Sarpinak, Sandy Kunuk, and 15-year-old John Kirk Amagoalik launched a small aluminum boat from the floe edge with the […]

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