This fall, hunters will have public hunting opportunities on 500,000 acres of Colorado State Trust Lands that were inaccessible to public hunters just three years ago. This expansion of public hunting opportunity was made possible through years of hard work by Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) staff, funding provided by a license fee increase, and public land owners from across the country urging decision makers to expand public hunting and fishing access on Colorado’s state trust ...

Photo credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Gabrielle Sanders With huge support from the United States Marine Corps, the California Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), the California Chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation (CA WSF), Desert Wildlife Unlimited (DWU) and the Society for Conservation of Bighorn Sheep (SCBS) are collaborating to support the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (ABDSP) in their efforts to help Desert ...

First in a series Elk, bighorn sheep, antelope and other big game species were drastically reduced or wiped out entirely by the time New Mexico became a state in 1912, due to a combination of market hunting and grazing practices. After the Merriam’s elk went extinct, enterprising hunters introduced small numbers of Rocky Mountain elk in a few key areas of the state, and in the last century their numbers rose from a handful to roughly 100,000. Today, elk are by far the most valuable big game ...

Chronic Wasting Disease, commonly called CWD, is a disease in whitetail deer populations that is 100% fatal, detrimental to their population structure, the entire ecosystem, and wildlife-based recreational opportunities.  The presence of CWD was recently detected in multiple west Tennessee counties, and is spreading. To ensure the quality and longevity of recreational opportunities in Tennessee, it is imperative to reduce the prevalence and spread of CWD. To help combat CWD, the TN Chapter ...

Hunters can participate in a new antlerless elk shoulder season in the Paradise Valley this winter after Montana officials voted to adopt it at a meeting last Friday. The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4 to 1 to approve the late elk shoulder season in Hunting District 314. The district extends west from the Yellowstone River in Paradise Valley to the northern end of the Madison Range and Spanish Peaks. Patrick Byorth representing southwest Montana was the lone commissioner ...