Deer and elk were no problem for Kashius Gleason. The 19-year-old member of the Yakama Nation had hunted plenty of them around his reservation in Washington. Yet standing in freezing temperatures at ...

‘‘These bison have no fear of people and will stand and stare in curiosity as they are gunned down,’’ she said. In a state where hunting animals to fill a freezer is a way of life, a bison is a prize ...

State wildlife managers said that they are drastically reducing the number of hunting permits for an Interior Alaska bison herd after discovering that dozens of the animals died in a pond this spring.

BILLINGS — After killing a bison in last year’s Montana hunt, Rich Clough developed a healthy respect for what American Indian tribes used to go through to butcher the animals. ‘‘I just don’t know how ...

On a daily basis, Tyler Dodson turns the “magical moments” of hunting on Potawatomi tribal lands into meals for his family. “There’s nothing better than waking up, the decoys are all set, and all the ...

BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION — When Jeff Laursen and Gerald “Buzz” Cobell looked down at the dead buffalo, they saw two very different things. As the half-ton, scraggly-haired bull lay on its side, ...

A motorist on the Alaska Highway photographed a group of bison that had taken to traveling on the road last winter, because deep snow with a couple of layers of ice made it hard for wildlife to use ...

The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers dropped from 30-60 million to around 500 because of overhunting in the 19th century.