More from Dac Collins (Page 2)

CJ Alexander buck
Conservation

CJ Alexander to Serve Time, Pay $43K for Poaching Giant Ohio Buck and Trying to Cover It Up

By Dac Collins

A polar bear walks toward the camera on rocky ground.
Animal Attacks

‘Now I Know My Husband Would Die for Me.’ Man Fights Off Polar Bear that Attacked His Wife in Their Driveway

By Dac Collins

A whitetail deer stands in tall grass.
Conservation

Feds Are Officially Reimbursing Hunters Who Shoot Non-Tox on These 7 Refuges

By Dac Collins

A coho salmon swims upriver in a California stream.
Conservation

Salmon Are Returning to the Undammed Upper Klamath River Even Sooner than Expected

By Dac Collins

A herd of mule deer in a residential yard.
Conservation

Officials Say Man Who Went on Urban Deer-Poaching Spree Also Killed … a Cow?

By Dac Collins

A gray wolf walks in front of an elk herd.
Big Game Hunting

The Return of Wolves to Colorado Will Change Elk Hunting There. Here’s How

By Dac Collins

mountain lion on a rock
Conservation

Coloradans Vote Down a Big Cat Hunting Ban in a Massive Win for Hunters and Conservationists

By Dac Collins

wolf released in colorado
Conservation

Colorado’s Wolf Reintroduction Has Cost Taxpayers Double What They Expected When They Voted to Approve it

By Dac Collins

An angler with world-record-sized muskie.
Fishing

Record Chaser Teams Up with Local Fishing Legend to Catch Pending World-Record Muskie

By Dac Collins

A Burmese python swallows a full-sized whitetail deer whole.
Conservation

Scientists Photograph Giant Python Swallowing a Full-Sized Whitetail Whole in First-of-Its-Kind Discovery

By Dac Collins

A hunter and his dog kneel behind a crowd.
Conservation

Colorado’s Prop 127 Is an Attack on Modern Wildlife Management and the Science that Guides It

By Dac Collins

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.
Conservation

CJ Alexander Pleads Guilty to 14 Charges Related to Poaching Giant Ohio Buck

By Dac Collins

An Alaskan brown bear in heavy brush.
Animal Attacks

Alaskan Deer Hunter Mauled by Brown Bear Survives Bite to the Head

By Dac Collins

A red squirrel in a tree in New Mexico.
Hunting

State Officials Cancel Squirrel Hunting Event Amid Outrage from Anti-Hunters

By Dac Collins

The best fly rods for trout tested by the author
Fishing

The Best Trout Fly Rods of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Dac Collins

A grizzly bear stands on a hillside in Yellowstone National Park.
Animal Attacks

Bowhunter Rescued by Helicopter After He Was Treed by a Grizzly in Montana

By Dac Collins

A screenshot of body-cam footage from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Conservation

‘I Slashed His Tires.’ Body Cam Footage Shows Game Warden Running Down Salmon Thieves Who Broke into a Hatchery

By Dac Collins

A mountain lion walks through a Colorado pine forest.
Animal Attacks

Colorado Camper Killed Mountain Lion with a Shovel as It Fought His Husky

By Dac Collins

Two photos show a brown bear attacking and killing another bear.
Animal Attacks

Brown Bear Kills a Sow in NPS Livestream, Reminding Shocked Viewers that Alaska’s Bears Are Indeed Wild

By Dac Collins

A close-up of a gray wolf in the woods.
Conservation

Wisconsin Duck Hunter Shoots, Kills One of Five Gray Wolves That Surrounded His Blind

By Dac Collins

A backyard view of a lake in Pennsylvania.
Conservation

Lawsuit Accuses Pennsylvania Officer of Snooping on Private Property, Seeks to Limit Powers of the Fish and Boat Commission

By Dac Collins

A brown trout caught on a fly.
Fishing

Diaries from The One Fly, the Strangest Fishing Contest in America

By Dac Collins

A family of grizzly bears feeds on an elk carcass hanging from a tractor.
Big Game Hunting

Hunter Criticized for Letting Grizzlies Feed on Elk Carcass Didn’t Do Anything Illegal, Officials Say

By Dac Collins

A view of a doe from a drone.
Big Game Hunting

Missouri Hunters Can Now Use Drones to Recover Deer, Turkeys, and Other Game

By Dac Collins

A herd of elk in the sagebrush.
Conservation

Utah Officials Secretly Culled 170 Elk on Church-Owned Deseret Land

By Dac Collins

A Colorado bowhunter with mule deer buck.
Big Game Hunting

Velvet Mule Deer Buck from Colorado Could Be a New Archery World Record, but Questions Around the Hunt Remain

By Dac Collins

A Missouri bowfisherman holds up a record grass carp.
Carp Fishing

Missouri Bowfisherman Arrows State-Record Grass Carp After Losing It the Day Before

By Dac Collins

Six alligator hunters hold up a 14-foot gator.
Hunting

This Opening-Day Gator Is One of the Biggest Ever Killed in Mississippi

By Dac Collins

A grizzly bear surprised and attacked bowhunters in Idaho on Sept. 1.
Animal Attacks

Idaho Bowhunters Kill Grizzly in Self-Defense During ‘Surprise Encounter’ Near Yellowstone

By Dac Collins

A flock of pintails on a California wetland.
Conservation

Federal Officials Confirm Botulism Outbreak at Klamath Refuges, with 20,000 Birds Dead So Far

By Dac Collins

A wolf strolls along a hillside.
Conservation

The Wolf Pack Responsible for the Majority of Livestock Depredations in Colorado Will Be Relocated, Not Killed

By Dac Collins

Two college fishermen hold up bass at a Bassmaster tournament.
Bass Fishing

Podcast: Why Today’s College Anglers Are Tomorrow’s Bass Pros

By Dac Collins

Game wardens wearing body cameras.
Conservation

Should All Game Wardens Wear Body Cams? Washington State Thinks So

By Dac Collins

Two fishing buddies hold up black crappies.
Crappie Fishing

West Virginia Fishing Buddies Break State Crappie Record Twice in One Morning

By Dac Collins

Two college anglers hold up bass.
Bass Fishing

The Best Bass Fishing in America Is Happening on the College Circuit

By Dac Collins

A wolf near the Dalton Highway.
Animal Attacks

Wolf That Attacked and Bit Two People on Alaska Highway Still on the Loose, Troopers Say

By Dac Collins

A bowhunter shoots a bull elk.
Big Game Hunting

Watch: Utah Officials Reject Elk Hunter’s Claim that a Sheriff’s Deputy Stole His Bull Illegally

By Dac Collins

Houses with mountains in background.
Conservation

Don’t Let Politicians Convince You That Selling Public Lands Is the Solution to America’s Housing Affordability Crisis

By Dac Collins

Mountain Lion atop a Rocky Outcrop Looking Ahead into the Trees
Conservation

A Big Cat Hunting Ban Would Cost Colorado More Than $60 Million, Study Shows

By Dac Collins

Fox hunters in the UK.
Hunting

UK Group Says Hunters Are an ‘Ethnic Minority’ in Need of Protection

By Dac Collins

black bear walks through the woods
Animal Attacks

Officials Track Down and Kill the Black Bear They Say Attacked a 3-Year-Old Girl in Her Tent

By Dac Collins

A greater prairie chicken on the prairie.
Climate & Environment

A 7,100-Acre Solar Farm Is Slated for What’s Left of Wisconsin’s Best Prairie Chicken Habitat

By Dac Collins

Six month old Irish Setter Pointer in action during the duck hunting at the Lakeshore.
Hunting

Sportsmen’s Group Sues Feds Over New Dog Import Rule, Says It Will Cripple Breeders in Canada and Europe

By Dac Collins

Watch: Snake Hunters Find Giant Python Being Eaten Alive by Ticks
Conservation

Watch: Snake Hunters Find Giant Python Being Eaten Alive by Ticks

By Dac Collins

Wade fishermen on Gulf Coast.
Fishing

Texas Fisherman Dies from Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Wade-Fishing in Flip Flops

By Dac Collins

Yusuf Dikeç at Paris 2024 Olympics.
Guns

Turkish Pistol Shooter Casually Takes Silver at the Olympics and Becomes an Internet Legend

By Dac Collins

Man shoots muskie in old-school photo.
Concealed Carry

Wisconsin to Repeal Outdated Gun Law Designed to Prevent Fishermen from Shooting Muskies

By Dac Collins

A whitetail buck in the woods.
Conservation

Instead of Banning Lead Outright, Feds to Try Paying Hunters to Use Non-Toxic Ammo on Certain Wildlife Refuges

By Dac Collins

A grizzly bear walks into a clearing.
Animal Attacks

Canadian Cyclist Fights Off Grizzly Attack by Punching Bear in the Face

By Dac Collins

A breaching whale lands on a boat.
Fishing

Watch: Humpback Whale Capsizes Boat, Launching Two Fishermen Overboard

By Dac Collins

A mountain lion in a tree.
Conservation

Wade Lemon, the Utah Outfitter Who Infamously Guided Donald Trump Jr., Will Do Prison Time for Running ‘Canned’ Mountain Lion Hunts

By Dac Collins

A bull moose in velvet.
Big Game Hunting

Software Glitch Wrongly Awarded Tags to 738 Hunters in Washington State’s Special Permit Draw

By Dac Collins

A bear in a forest in Romania.
Conservation

Brutal Bear Attack on 19-Year-Old Hiker Prompts Romanian Government to Cull Hundreds of Brown Bears

By Dac Collins

A wire booby trap found on a trail in Colorado.
Conservation

Wire Booby Traps Found on Public Trail Were Put There to Injure OHV Riders, Say Law Enforcement

By Dac Collins

Spearfisherman with fish; aftermath of shark attack.
Animal Attacks

Spearfisherman Attacked by Bull Shark Says It’s a ‘Blessing’ He Kept His Hand

By Dac Collins

A bluetick hound sniffs the base of a tree.
Animal Attacks

Two Hunting Dogs Were Attacked by Wolves in Wisconsin Just Days into Summer Training Season

By Dac Collins

A grizzly bear in a meadow.
Bear Hunting

Alberta Brings Back Grizzly Hunting, But Only for ‘Problem’ Bears

By Dac Collins

A man snaps a young angler's fishing rod in half.
Fishing

Watch: Irate Homeowner Confronts Boys Fishing Private Pond, Snaps Their $200 Rod

By Dac Collins

A family of loons in Washington State.
Conservation

Officials Offer $6K Reward to Find the Poacher Who Shot a Family of Loons in Washington State

By Dac Collins

William shatner flips off the camera.
Conservation

First Nations Group Demands Apology After William Shatner Tells Salmon Farmers to ‘F*ck Off’

By Dac Collins

Georgia landowner confronts kayak fisherman.
Conservation

Watch: Landowner Tells Kayaker There’s No Fishing Allowed on ‘His’ Side of the River

By Dac Collins

A polar bear in Canada.
Conservation

Grizzlies and Polar Bears Are Breeding in Canada. This Is Why Hybrids Might Become More Common

By Dac Collins

Black bears getting too close to people in Tennesee.
Animal Attacks

Watch: Black Bears Are Swiping at People and Stealing Food in This Tourist Town

By Dac Collins

collage of record bass snapshots
Bass Fishing

The Biggest Bass Ever Caught

By Ken Perrotte, Dac Collins