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Ohio House Passes Bill To Ban Hog Hunting in Buckeye State
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California Moves to List White Sturgeon, Temporaliy Closing the Fishing Season
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Wolves Transplanted to Colorado Are Now Reproducing
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Idaho Officials Won’t Charge Hunter Who Killed Grizzly—Because They Told Him It Was a Black Bear
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No Charges for Michigan Hunter Who Shot Gray Wolf, Mistaking It for Coyote
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IGFA Adds 7 New Bass Species in Record-Keeping System Shakeup
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Famous White Grizzly Bear and Cubs Killed by Cars Along Canadian Highway
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Texas Wildlife Officials Kill 249 Captive Deer at Trophy Whitetail Ranch to Combat CWD
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife Confirm the State’s First Fatal Black Bear Attack
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Ducks Unlimited Conserves One Million Acres of Waterfowl Habitat in 2023
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Bear vs Alligator—Caught on Video in Florida
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Watch Two Massive Brown Bears Brawl in British Columbia
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State of the Wild Turkey 2024: An Interview with Dr. Mike Chamberlain
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Florida Woman Gets Video of 5-Foot Monitor Lizard: “Holy Crap, That’s Not a Gator!”
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Spearfishing Team Removes Record 564 Invasive Lionfish During 2-Day Derby
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Watch the First-Ever Video of a Polar Bear Hunting an Adult Caribou
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Texas Woman Beaches Giant 11.5-Foot Hammerhead While Fishing From a Pickup Truck
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The Rarest Mammal in North America Found in Colorado Man’s Garage
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“They Just Look…Pathetic.” Bear Mange Surges in Virginia
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Meet the Hunters Trying to Fix Florida’s Python Invasion
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21,146 Lionfish Removed in Florida Lionfish Challenge
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New Study Says Possums Don’t Like Eating Ticks
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Video: Great Blue Heron Gulps Down a Giant Rat in NYC
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6-Foot Venomous Cobra Is On the Loose in Texas Town
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Hideous Invasive Hammerhead Flatworm Reported in Tennessee
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Rare Native Snake That Grows Up to 8 Feet Found in Alabama for Second Time Since 1954
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Idaho Officials Won’t Charge Hunter Who Killed Grizzly—Because They Told Him It Was a Black Bear
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Famous White Grizzly Bear and Cubs Killed by Cars Along Canadian Highway
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife Confirm the State’s First Fatal Black Bear Attack
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Army Veteran’s Bear Spray Explodes When Grizzly Bites It, Stopping Brutal Attack
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Feds Outline Plan to Move Grizzly Bears Into Northwest Washington State
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Feds to Deny Permit for Proposed Mining Road Through Alaska’s Famed Brooks Range
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Wyoming Euthanizes Grizzly Bear that Preyed on Rancher’s Cow Far From Typical Grizzly Habitat
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The Latest on Louisiana’s Black Bear Hunting Season: Hunt Approved for 2024
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Kentucky Hunters Fight Senate Plan to Move Wildlife Agency to Department of Agriculture
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The Latest on Louisiana’s Black Bear Hunting Season: Hunt Approved for 2024
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