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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story, “Four Lions,” appeared in the August 1956 issue of Outdoor Life. The $75 bounty per hide mentioned in this story is the equivalent of about $1,015 today. On a cold January morning in 1948 ...

A coworker asked me recently whether I’d heard of any “lions” in the area. Not the African or Detroit kind, but mountain lions. Also known as cougars. A delivery man had just told her he’d seen one on ...

You’re on a hiking trail in the Pacific Northwest when you catch a glimpse of a massive, cat-like creature with a tawny brown coat and a black-tipped tail. You’ve just spotted a mountain lion.

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 ...