While you readers know I usually steer clear of politics Senate Bill 1221 has me in a dither. If passed hunting bear and bobcat with dogs would be banned and it would set a precedent that would likely extend to all hunting breeds since that appears to...

No one knows for sure what attracted the bobcat to the prison. It may have been hunting. And it may have been looking for a safe place when it climbed on the roof of the unit that houses mentally ill offenders. Everyone agrees it made a mistake.

Western states that have allowed wolf hunting such as Montana and Idaho... Loomans expects the number of applicants to be somewhere between the number of bobcat permit applicants — 12 000 in 2010 — and bear permit applicants — nearly...

No one knows for sure what attracted the bobcat to the prison. It may have been hunting. And it may have been looking for a safe place when it climbed on the roof of the unit that houses mentally ill offenders. Everyone agrees it made a mistake.

In the wild bobcats are fierce hunters and can kill prey much bigger than themselves. According to National Geographic the bobcat “hunts by stealth but delivers a deathblow with a leaping pounce that can cover 10 feet.” Bobcats...

No one knows for sure what attracted the bobcat to the prison. It may have been hunting. And it may have been looking for a safe place when it climbed on the roof of the unit that houses mentally ill offenders. Everyone agrees it made a mistake.

Here are a couple of the major ones currently on the table and my thoughts on them: Hunting bear and bobcat with hounds In recent columns I’ve kept you up to date on the status of California SB 1221 the bill to ban the use of hounds to hunt bear and...

Joining them are hunting and sportsmen's groups as well as... which found that 83% of Californians oppose what's called bear or bobcat hounding. The group has produced a video showing footage of a pack of hounds attacking a bear as well as...

Sharp-tailed grouse: Oct. 20 through Nov. 11. * Bobcat hunting and trapping (north of Hwy 64 only): Period 1 Oct. 20 through Dec. 25; Period 2 Dec. 26 2012 through Jan. 31 2013. * Fisher (trapping only): Oct. 20 through Dec. 31. * Otter...

Sharp-tailed grouse: Oct. 20 through Nov. 11. * Bobcat hunting and trapping (north of Hwy 64 only): Period 1 Oct. 20 through Dec. 25; Period 2 Dec. 26 2012 through Jan. 31 2013. * Fisher (trapping only): Oct. 20 through Dec. 31. * Otter...