Why should grassroots nonprofit organizations have to sue the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife to make it comply with ...

Coyotes are fun to hunt, but running coyote dogs make pursuing these smart, crafty predators that much more rugged.

Why should it take a grassroots nonprofit organization suing Vermont Fish & Wildlife to force compliance with legislative mandates?

There has been a moratorium on coyote hounding via Act 165. The Fish and Wildlife Board and Department were to address control of hunting hounds for the moratorium to be lifted. Not surprisingly, the ...

The public comment period for two bills regulating trapping, as well as hunting with the use of hounds, is open, with public hearings scheduled for later in June. Act 159 and Act 165 were both passed ...

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Riders in the Shawnee Hounds mounted English fox hunting club have had more than a decade of successful hunts on Southern Illinois farmland without ever seeing a fox. The hunt club, founded in 1982, ...

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BRIDGEWATER, Conn. | American fox-hunting is a sport so steeped in tradition that riders still wear ties and blazers and cry out "Tally ho!" at the sight of prey. But it is adapting to one dramatic ...

Reversing course, the state now will create a management season during which coyotes can be hunting during previously closed ...

Hound hunting, a centuries-old practice, is when hunters use dogs to chase game. In New Hampshire, it’s legal and requires permitting most of the time. Credit: Michelle Hilton / New Hampshire Bulletin ...