“poachers”

From keeping coyotes under control to catching poachers in the act, thermal optics may be the most exciting, beneficial new technology to come along in years.

A group of Pennsylvania hunters who were caught harvesting well beyond the legal limit of snow geese earlier this year have been sentenced, and face a combined $55,000 in fines.

AmericanHunter.org hates letting attempted misdeeds go un-laughed at. Read on for more dumb poacher stories from 2011.

A quick recap of some of the strangest stories covered by the "Wilder World Outdoors" this past year.

How many elephants does it take to create a pyre of ivory in excess of 100 tons? Ask Kenya, which today burned 105 tons of confiscated illegal ivory tusks, ivory products and rhino horns in the capital city of Nairobi in what is said to be the largest ivory burn in world history.

A poacher pays the ultimate price near South Africa’s Kruger National Park.

Different seasons have opened around the country, and the rest of the fall and winter seasons are just around the corner.

The Dallas Safari Club is offering one bidder a chance to kill an endangered black rhinoceros—in hopes that the money raised will help save many, many more.