This late winter time frame is always looked upon with dread by outdoorsmen as a dead time with nothing to do. But that isn’t really the case. Squirrel and rabbit seasons are open in many areas, ...

I started trapping to save the turkeys. Like a lot of hunters in the southeast and midwest, I’d noticed fewer birds and less gobbling during the past several springs, and I wondered why. If you ask a ...

ATLANTA — Georgia's Department of Natural Resources is proposing new rules that would expand the hunting season for raccoons and opossums. The agency is proposing to eliminate the trapping season on ...

Ohio's trapping season for various species opens on November 10, with some seasons extending through February. Coyotes are the only species that can be legally trapped year-round in the state.

Based on the frequency of garbage-can diving and attic prowling, citizens of the suburbs might conclude Ohio holds more than enough raccoons. Other furry critters not so much. Opossums and skunks ...

When I was growing up on Killough Valley in the Ozarks west of here, wild critters were taken for granted. I never, in my wildest dreams, thought I would wind up living in town and becoming Trapper ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Escambia County Animal Welfare officers came to the aid of an injured baby opossum caught in a trap Tuesday. They take this opportunity to educate the public on the unintentional ...