National Feb 11, 2021
The certified hunting instructors will accompany young hunters and give hands-on training on how to find animals, shoot them and set traps, officials said.
National / Social Issues | Beyond Tokyo Jan 27, 2019
Japan's aging hunters look for fresh blood to solve boar woes
by Eric Johnston
When the world rang in 2019, it also prepared to usher in the Year of the Boar. But in Sasayama, a picturesque, historical city of about 42,000 nestled in rural Hyogo Prefecture about an hour by train from Osaka Station, the wild boar is ...
National Jan 9, 2019
Housewife-turned-hunter targets wasted boar meat in Japan
by Ryotaro Nakamaru
It's a familiar scene on the evening news: A wild boar ventures out of the woods looking for food and wreaks havoc on a countryside town, spurring local authorities to arm themselves with nets to catch the rogue animal. Boar populations in the country have ...
World / Science & Health Jan 4, 2019
Germany's agriculture minister wants to loosen restrictions on shooting wolves to reduce a growing population that threatens sheep and goats. Wolves disappeared from Germany a century ago after many were killed, in part because they are symbols of cunning and wickedness in German folklore but ...
Food & Drink Dec 30, 2018
Tottori's wild meat has many benefits for those who are game
by Kit Nagamura
As consuming wild meat, including wild boar and deer, gains popularity in Japan, Tottori Prefecture, in the Chugoku region of Honshu, aims to game to the next level.
National Oct 15, 2018
Faced with crop destruction, Chiba city fosters hunting and serving wild game as enterprise
The city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, has set up a "business school for hunting" that provides courses introducing people to the pursuit of game and encouraging them to consider it as a livelihood. The city has been battling destruction of its agricultural crops by wild ...
National Sep 18, 2017
Mobile slaughterhouse for wild game debuts in Shikoku as boar, deer numbers soar
A town in Shikoku has developed a meat-processing truck designed to quickly slaughter wild boar and deer killed by hunters, in an effort to utilize game that previously went to waste. Dubbed the "gibier car," the mobile slaughterhouse began full-fledged operations in the town of ...
World / Science & Health Feb 20, 2017
Outdoorsmen in western states fight Trump energy plans alongside environmentalists
When Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah introduced legislation last month to transfer about 3 million acres (1.2 million hectares) of federally held public land to state control, he was bombarded by thousands of angry phone calls, letters and social media posts urging him ...
National Dec 26, 2016
Gender shift under way as huntresses head to Japan's hills to cull pesky deer and boars
by Megumi Lim
Chiaki Kodama blows her deer whistle and soon a male deer wanders into sight. She slowly takes aim and squeezes the trigger. Moments later, Kodama and a friend on her first hunt are tracking the wounded animal through a forest in Fukui Prefecture. "Look for the ...
National Aug 19, 2016
Ishikawa huntress group takes aim at traditional stereotypes
Women from Ishikawa Prefecture have launched a hunting group, with the aim of enjoying the activity while preserving the environment. Karijo no Kai (Group of Hunter Girls) is a female-only hunters club established in March. The group is now preparing for its first trip to ...
World / Science & Health Apr 7, 2016
America's largest band of wild bison can roam public lands outside its home at Yellowstone National Park without facing certain slaughter, under an agreement reached by U.S., state and tribal leaders on Wednesday. The plan allows bison, also known as buffalo, to range on more ...
World Mar 26, 2016
Hunting for chocolate eggs is popular Easter event, but in New Zealand it was bunnies in the firing line at an annual rabbit-shooting event in one district where they are regarded as pests. Ten thousand rabbits were shot by more than 300 hunters in 27 ...