- The Oklahoma Wildlife Expo offers more than 120 activities and seminars. This year, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is adding a seminar on tree stand safety.

Brood-survey results show below-average turkey production in 2018

The threat of Lyme disease might be a factor.

That was the peak?Drumming counts, the most widely used method to estimate ruffed grouse population trends, were down this year in Wisconsin and Minnesota from what now appears to have been a decade high in 2017 — a season that wasn't great in many hunter's assessment.

Wildlife, beware: Poaching is a real threat in the Centennial State.

What is believed to be Oregon’s first ever fatal attack by a cougar in the wild is sure to reignite the divisive debate over cougar hunting and the official policy

In terms of optical innovation and incorporation of accuracy-enhancing technology, the riflescope category is in hyperdrive, with product introductions this year that will help you shoot better, whether your target is a big-game animal or a distant steel gong. The influence of long-distance shooting has pervaded the optics industry, to the extent that nearly half the scopes in this year’s test are built for way-out-there target work. These precision scopes feature chubby 34mm tubes, computer-drafted first-plane reticles, and turrets with seemingly miles of internal adjustment. They typically weigh about 3 pounds. Their average price is about $2,000. Innovation isn’t limited to riflescopes. This year’s optics test saw spotting scopes with binocular eyepieces, binoculars with lightning-fast rangefinders, and new brands elbowing into this crowded category of outdoor gear.

To the editor, Well, here we go again. Sixteen years ago we issued the following statement: "The United Sportsmen's Alliance is a grassroots watchdog group of dedicated sportsmen and women that was formed to protect our hunting rights and heritage." While supporting voluntary implementation of Quality Deer Management practices, we believe that demanding mandatory APRs on all private and public lands is a frightening loss of the right of so many honest, dedicated hunters to take what is now a legal Michigan buck. This will be the third try in the past 16 years to establish APRs in our three county area of Tuscola, Sanilac and Huron counties.

A string of mild winters is expected to result in a large harvest for Vermont’s deer hunters, but while the sport remains popular, interest - especially among young people -