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Ryan Wilby
Canada’s Latest Export: Super Pigs

Feb 23, 2025

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7 min read

Canada’s Latest Export: Super Pigs

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
The Evolution of the Hunting Tribes of the 21st Century

Feb 16, 2025

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11 min read

The Evolution of the Hunting Tribes of the 21st Century

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
The Tumultuous History and the Future of Wolves in America

Feb 9, 2025

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15 min read

The Tumultuous History and the Future of Wolves in America

They deserve to be here, but management can be tricky.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Report: Hunting drives more economic value than Starbucks and McDonald's👊

Oct 25, 2024

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12 min read

Report: Hunting drives more economic value than Starbucks and McDonald's👊

+ Colorado's wolf woes are far from over, 81-year-old duck hunter drowns, bear hunting in Maryland, and pythons are eating fully-grown Florida deer.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Guides facing federal charges for illegal hunting and transport of mountain lions

Oct 4, 2024

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14 min read

Guides facing federal charges for illegal hunting and transport of mountain lions

+ Swamp people start busted in gator sting, the headless Park City elk, how to kill a mountain lion with a shovel and those dang moose.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
19-Year-Old Pulls the Trigger on Pack of Wolves After Being Surrounded in Duck Blind 🐺

Sep 27, 2024

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14 min read

19-Year-Old Pulls the Trigger on Pack of Wolves After Being Surrounded in Duck Blind 🐺

+ How the spring bear hunt helps moose calves, NY man nailed for falsifying tags, a poached mulie in Idaho and the idiot chipping for elk.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Catfish Trafficking Ring Bust Results in Over 180 Violations for Nine Suspects Across Three States

Sep 25, 2024

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12 min read

Catfish Trafficking Ring Bust Results in Over 180 Violations for Nine Suspects Across Three States

+ An 11-year-olds trophy ram, new deer disease in Idaho, catching marlin on the fly and false accusations.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Catch-and-Kill Order Instituted for Canadian fisheries 💀

Sep 18, 2024

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12 min read

Catch-and-Kill Order Instituted for Canadian fisheries 💀

+ Pair of New York State poachers brought down, Utah officials looking for answers in poached moose case and Oregon's spring bear hunt lives for another year.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
20-Year-Old Arrested After Deer Killing Spree in Wyoming

Sep 13, 2024

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10 min read

20-Year-Old Arrested After Deer Killing Spree in Wyoming

+ Iowa officials looking for help in botched poaching case, Utah DNR admits to secretive cull and the girls head out on the lake to show the boys how it's done.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Colorado Wolves Rounded Up and Placed in Secure Enclosure After Outbreak of Conflicts 🐺

Sep 11, 2024

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9 min read

Colorado Wolves Rounded Up and Placed in Secure Enclosure After Outbreak of Conflicts 🐺

+ another big ol' gator down in the 'Sip, legalized drones, Oregon hunter rescued and whole ball of rattlers.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Wyoming Anthrax Outbreak Kills 50-Head of Cattle and A Wild Moose

Sep 6, 2024

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12 min read

Wyoming Anthrax Outbreak Kills 50-Head of Cattle and A Wild Moose

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Ohio Man Sentenced for Shooting at Game Wardens While Coyote Hunting 🧑‍⚖️

Sep 4, 2024

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12 min read

Ohio Man Sentenced for Shooting at Game Wardens While Coyote Hunting 🧑‍⚖️

+ a 5-year-old is attacked by a mountain lion, hunting and fishing day is official in Georgia, a pair of bowhunters kill a grizzly in self defense and a cyclist damn near hits a Texas Longhorn

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Body Cams Coming to Washington Fish and Wildlife Police 📸

Aug 30, 2024

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12 min read

Body Cams Coming to Washington Fish and Wildlife Police 📸

+ Colorado flip-flops on wolf reintroduction, dogs that can detect CWD, EHD in Indiana and much more.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Drunk man arrested for firing at fishermen too close to his dock 🔫

Aug 28, 2024

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12 min read

Drunk man arrested for firing at fishermen too close to his dock 🔫

+ The rescued eagle that wasn't injured, just fat, man claims hunting without his license is his right as an American, and charges laid in illegal hunting case with former Utah Wildlife Board member

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Utah Officials Investigate Stolen Elk Claims After Three Hunters Put Arrows into Same Bull 🙋

Aug 23, 2024

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13 min read

Utah Officials Investigate Stolen Elk Claims After Three Hunters Put Arrows into Same Bull 🙋

+ An Alaskan hunter shot himself while fighting off a bear, two people bitten by wolves, Denver high school AI dash cam to help with deer collisions and Sweden's bear hunt

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Jail time and fines handed down to the poacher of the 'Hollywood buck' 🧑⚖

Aug 21, 2024

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14 min read

Jail time and fines handed down to the poacher of the 'Hollywood buck' 🧑⚖

+ Doomsday fish washes ashore two days ahead of earthquake, an Idaho man who didn't think the rules applied to him, Jackson Hole's new campaign and an epic marlin battle

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Colorado is Set to Lose Over $60 million if Mountain Lion Hunt is Canceled 💸

Aug 16, 2024

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12 min read

Colorado is Set to Lose Over $60 million if Mountain Lion Hunt is Canceled 💸

+ Idaho Fish and Game biologist's heroic rescue, a mysterious fish kill in Minnesota and the UK group that's working to get hunters listed as 'ethnic minorities'

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
The curious case of the serial poacher turned dog killer 🤦

Aug 14, 2024

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12 min read

The curious case of the serial poacher turned dog killer 🤦

+ Speeding lady ruins a good time in Grand Teton and kills and elk, a 3 year-old is mauled by a bear in her tent, Michigan is blowing it with young hunters, a monster bear was taken with a recurve bow and alligators in PA

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Felony Charges for Two Men Who Stole and Killed a Pet Pig to Win a Hunting Contest

Aug 9, 2024

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15 min read

Felony Charges for Two Men Who Stole and Killed a Pet Pig to Win a Hunting Contest

+ the curious case of the drooper-eared deer, a Texas fisherman dies from rare infection, one of Yellowstone's most disappointed visitors and the dumpster-diving bear that is living well.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Mass. man nailed for poaching stripers he intended to sell 🐟

Aug 7, 2024

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14 min read

Mass. man nailed for poaching stripers he intended to sell 🐟

+ Colorado is looking for a new wolf dealer, a Wisconsin poaching ring has been uncovered, CWD hits Washington State and a BC outfitter chooses the wrong photo for his new site.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Officials Seeking Answers After Four Elk Found Illegally Killed in Redwood National Park

Aug 2, 2024

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11 min read

Officials Seeking Answers After Four Elk Found Illegally Killed in Redwood National Park

+ A Canadian man punched out a female...bear (not in Olympic competition), trio of Louisiana teens caught abusing their duck dog, the USFW is about to pay up for non-toxic ammo and cats are on the ballot in Colorado

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Prison time for outfitter selling 'canned' lion hunts in Utah 🐈

Jul 31, 2024

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14 min read

Prison time for outfitter selling 'canned' lion hunts in Utah 🐈

+ Texas stocks their billionth game fish, headless deer lead to charges, pellet gun poachers on the loose, Montana rules with an iron fist and how to move a 600-lb moose.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
Florida guides charged after passing off farmed turkeys for wild Osceolas 🦃

Jul 26, 2024

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12 min read

Florida guides charged after passing off farmed turkeys for wild Osceolas 🦃

+ The hair clip that stopped a grizzly attack, Yellowstone superintend calls for better wolf hunting regs, pair of Nevada men busted for bear poaching.

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
The new disease plaguing Colorado mountain lions 🐈

Jul 24, 2024

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13 min read

The new disease plaguing Colorado mountain lions 🐈

+ Hawaii's pig problems, 72-year-old vs. grizzly, cocaine sharks, bald eagle attacks and when a whale takes down your fishing boat

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
New Jersey Town Set to Remove Deer Ovaries at the Old Firehall 🧑‍🚒

Jul 19, 2024

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8 min read

New Jersey Town Set to Remove Deer Ovaries at the Old Firehall 🧑‍🚒

+ Someone lost a mara and Colorado officials can't catch it, a new drug is set to save quail populations, Washington state's programming error and nearly getting impaled by a marlin

Ryan Wilby
Ryan Wilby
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