Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) take advantage of the winter to build up their fat reserves. Intensive hunting of seals, a resource rich in fat, allows bears to store up enough energy to get through the ...

Hunting snow geese requires so much work and the birds are so wary that despite the loosened restrictions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's conservation order, hunters aren't putting much of a ...

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The Snow Goose, Brant, and Swan Committee of the Atlantic Flyway Council found in its study that "the most useful of the special [conservation season] measures was the use of electronic calls, which ...

Snow geese are one of the most abundant species of waterfowl in the world, with a breeding range extending from Wrangel Island, Russia, across the Arctic coast and islands of northern Alaska and ...

One day last week, Alex Russo ambled into a field near his home in northeast South Dakota. With him were his son and two friends, who also guide for Russo at his hunting lodge, Flatland Flyways. This ...

Laying on cold, damp ground is usually a recipe for misery. But in this case I think it was a feature and not a bug. An uncomfortable body would at least be an alert body, alert for the arctic bound ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission made a landmark decision Thursday, electing to eliminate the light goose conservation order. Texas is the first state to do so. “It’s a big victory for the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana could join other states in allowing hunters to take snow and Ross’s geese in the ...

Goose hunters, like world-champion duck caller Antonio Jones, aren't having much of an impact on snow-goose populations. Jones shot this bird Wednesday afternoon near Stuttgart, Ark. (Photo by Todd ...