As Arizona approaches new hunting seasons, it's time to get the new licenses, tags, and permits required to hunt and fish. Arizona Game and Fish Department has released its 2025-2026 guidelines and ...

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is updating key hunting guidelines that will set the tone for wildlife management in the state for the next five years. The process is raising questions among some ...

A crossbow harvest more than double the number taken by vertical bow in Ohio illustrates why Arizona recently repealed R12-4-216.

Every fall, Arizona’s wild areas are full of energy as thousands of white-tailed deer enter the rut—their annual mating season. Fueled by instinct and testosterone, bucks throw caution to the wind in ...

No cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) were identified in Arizona elk or deer in 2024, the state’s Game and Fish Department announced. Though widespread in the continental United States, the fatal ...

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission voted Friday to abolish the state’s practice of auctioning big-game tags. In their controversial 4-1 vote, the commissioners decided that, although these tags have ...

PHOENIX — Arizona Game and Fish recently introduced a new option that will allow people to automatically renew their hunting and fishing licenses upon expiration. “Arizona’s annual licenses are valid ...

Unregulated hunting in the 1800s led to the decline of many North American species, in particular bison, passenger pigeons, and white-tailed deer. While passenger pigeons have been extinct for over ...

PHOENIX — An Arizona wildlife officer came to a baby deer’s rescue after it found itself in a precariously thorny situation a few weeks ago. The wildlife officer was called out to Chloride, a town ...