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Hunters are out in the wild this fall, chasing turkey, elk, deer and waterfowl. There are some concerns surrounding Chronic Wasting Disease and avian flu, but the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife says the season will be largely safe.
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Congress saves hunting, sport shooting and other safety training from potential federal funding cutsCongress has voted nearly unanimously to protect hunter, archery and sport shooting safety education in schools. Many lawmakers have been worried that these programs would lose federal funding due to recent legislation signed by President Biden.
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Fall means it’s hunting season for many residents in our region. One popular way to hunt and fish is to lease land from private property owners for a more one-of-a-kind experience, and technology is changing the way people find these opportunities.
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A new report from several groups advocates for federal officials to take into consideration the interests of hunters and anglers when proposing national monument designations. Doing so, the groups argue, will help build more robust coalitions for what they say is a critical conservation tool in a context of political polarization.
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A federal judge in Wyoming has ruled in favor of four hunters in a case that tested the legality of "corner crossing," or stepping from one parcel of public land to another over a common corner shared with private property – a common practice due to the checkerboard pattern of land ownership in parts of the Mountain West.
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A new study highlights the economic impact that hunting has on one state in the Mountain West, a region of the country that sees billions of dollars spent by hunters each year.
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The Mountain West News Bureau researched two possibilities for why certain hunting spots on public lands are getting crowded while the number of hunters remains fairly stable.
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As Colorado's big-game rifle season approaches, state wildlife officials are ramping up monitoring of chronic wasting disease, which continues to spread in deer and elk populations around the state.
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Sponsor Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Boulder County, said the restrictions were needed because bobcat deaths were “out of control” in recent years.
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Without snow or cold temperatures, hunters in the Mountain West have had a difficult time this fall and winter.