At a recent riverside gathering, a friend and I served wild-game tacos. Each of our 40 guests got two: one elk, the other black bear. I have yet to hear from a single person who preferred the elk.

Rusty Pruitt asked why I would go to California to hunt hogs. "You fly over a lot of hogs to get over there," Pruitt said.

Put down the vape pens, cancel Zumba classes and pick up a rifle: California is encouraging its residents to go out and hunt in an effort to rebrand the declining pastime. The California Department of ...

California wildlife regulators won’t be banning black bear hunting this year. In a 3-0 vote Thursday, the Fish and Game Commission, which sets California hunting regulations, rejected a request from ...

I stood over the deer as it took its last breath. There were tears in my eyes. It had been at least a decade since I’d killed a California deer. The last time I did, my grandfather was with me. He ...