MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) say the otter trapping season is coming to an end throughout the state with the northern zone having ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) – There’s one last chance to tell Indiana’s Natural Resources Commission what you think about its proposed rule changes for deer hunting and otter trapping. Comments can ...

Trappers can call 1-800-323-4334 or visit  idfg.idaho.gov for the most up-to-date statewide information on otter harvest limits and closures.

though not because Game and Fish wants to start a trapping season on the species. The classification change would give authorities more latitude to deal with problem-causing otters, she said ...

In North America sea otters once ranged from Baja California, Mexico, all the way to Alaska. Between 1741 and 1911, the maritime fur trade fueled voracious large-scale hunting and trapping that ...

Far too many hunters think February is just for attending sport shows and dreaming about next year, when in fact, there are ...

The otters have returned to the headwaters of the ... They were gone by the early 1900s — a casualty of fur trapping and habitat destruction. In the 1980s, there were focused reintroduction ...

When fluffed up the soft fibres trap air giving the otter buoyancy and insulation preventing the cold water from reaching their skin. Sea otters groom almost constantly, but this isn’t an act of ...