This story, “Riding for a Fall,” appeared in the June 1954 issue of Outdoor Life. It was dark. Except for a sliver of moon and a few stars flung across the sky, velvet black sealed us off in a small ...

Oklahoma lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the state’s Department of Wildlife Conservation to issue up to five mountain lion hunting permits through a lottery system. Introduced by ...

Since 1973, Wyoming has managed mountain lions in a way that promotes their existence, using regulations that have allowed the native felines to bounce back from extreme scarcity. Cougars were once ...

William “Paul'' Hotz of Gordon, Neb., displays the female mountain lion he shot and killed Feb. 26 during the second Pine Ridge hunting season. Paul Hotz lived in Nebraska's premier mountain lion ...

A new bill making its way through the Oklahoma legislature would create a raffle system for mountain lions in the state. Zach Key via Unsplash Mountain lion hunting has been banned in Oklahoma for ...

Michigan officials say there have been 26 cougar sightings in 2025, a record high. What to know about the big cats.

“Years ago, Ben killed his first bear with a pocketknife—and in the fifty years that followed, he killed several thousand more.” MANY OF MY FRIENDS had told me not to see the old man at all. “He’s ...

Two influential hunting organizations are suing members of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission saying they violated Colorado Open Meetings Law and spread false information about mountain lion ...