Now, after almost 30 years of temporary prairie dog hunting bans, the U.S. Forest Service will permanently ban prairie dog hunting in an area of the Conata Basin in the Buffalo Gap National Grassla… ...

I have been a hunter all my life and find myself absolutely disgusted by Greg Gianforte and his proposed prairie dog “hunt.” Shooting prairie dogs or “gophers” is not hunting.

If you decide to make a prairie dog hunting trip to the Rosebud, take plenty of shells. We went through over a case of the center fire ammunition apiece and several 50-round boxes of .17.

The Cowboy State is home to about two dozen locales for prairie dog hunting, including lodges, outfitters and reserves. In fact, prairie dog contest kills have taken place in the past.

Then came the recognition. The photo, titled “Ninja Prairie Dog,” took home honors in the international Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, topping the Creatures on Land category.

The ability to shoot a lot of ammunition quickly is also incompatible with prairie dog hunting, Pool said. "We shoot nothing but single-shot guns," Pool said.

A prairie dog nibbles on a bit of zucchini at it's new colony after being trucked some 25 miles away from Cedar City, Utah, on Aug. 6, 2015. (Rick Bowmer, Associated Press) Save Story ...

Sen. John Thune's comments on AR-15s being needed for prairie dog hunting come weeks after Sen. Bill Cassidy claimed people need the weapons to defend themselves from "feral pigs." ...

An Oro Valley deer hunter is suspected of killing the black-tailed prairie dog Friday in a U.S. Bureau of Land Management area along Arizona 82 that is off- limits to prairie dog hunting, said ...

Prairie dog hunting is a precise sport, so it's not surprising that many prairie dog hunters also shoot competitively in tournaments. They all reload their own ammunition, and they are very ...

Shooters are also tiring of the politics surrounding the creature. Cornett, a resident of Fresno, Calif., organizes an annual prairie dog shoot for a dozen writers and 65 shooters.