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 ...

Colorado voters will decide via Proposition 127 on the state ballot whether the decades-old hunting of mountain lions and bobcat trapping should continue — or be banned outright. The measure has ...

For decades, licensed hunters have killed hundreds of Colorado mountain lions every year as part of the state’s management plan for the elusive feline. Voters in November will decide whether to ban ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a chilly October day in Denver, a crowd of Colorado sportsmen and -women gathered on the Capitol steps to rally against a proposed mountain lion and bobcat hunting ban. Amid the sea of camo, blue ...

Tennessee’s big cats are mostly of the bobcat variety, but one wayward mountain lion captured the state’s attention.

Plenty of people are afraid of running into a mountain lion in the woods, and a new video might be extra "nightmare fuel" for ...

When scientists become advocates during an election and tell you “just the facts,” you can be certain they are only telling you part of the facts. As Colorado’s carnivore biologist with Colorado Parks ...

Mountain lion hunting has been banned in Oklahoma for nearly 70 years, but select hunters may have the big cats in their crosshairs again if a proposed bill passes — and it seems likely to. Sen. Casey ...