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Kris Millgate

Idaho, Idaho Falls
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From tracking grizzlies to tackling deer, journalist Kris Millgate covers the outdoors while also operating the production company Tight Line Media.
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“I Thought It Was a Dog.” Yellowstone Tourists Capture Rare, Spooky Encounter With Wolf Original

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By Kris Millgate
| Outdoor Life Verified
A video is going viral of a hiker in Yellowstone National Park deploying bear spray, but it’s not at a charging grizzly. He aimed it at a wolf that was stalking him. “I hear someone, or something, running at me so I turn back and the wolf was there,” Ignazio Zanin, a first-time Yellowstone tourist from Texas, tells Outdoor Life. “When I turned back, he stopped. Then he started following me.” The encounter, caught on a spotting scope video, happened Sunday morning, August 23.
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‘Unlike Anything Our Biologists Have Witnessed.’ Bison Die-Off Causes Emergency Changes for Utah Hunt. Meanwhile, Drought Conditions Mean More Cow Elk Tags Original

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By Kris Millgate
| Outdoor Life Verified
Eight months after a new bison hunt in Utah was approved for 2026, the opportunity is now off the table for 2027. That’s because pneumonia has ravaged the herd. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is reporting a significant bison die-off in late July; almost 40 percent of the wild, free-ranging adult bison are dead in one of two Book Cliffs bison hunting units.
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Ohio Man Is Ordered to Post TikTok Apology After Poaching Conviction. He Had Been “Bragging About His Hunting Skills” on Social Media Original

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By Kris Millgate
| Outdoor Life Verified
A multi-state investigation is catching up with a traveling hunter from Ohio after complaints of several wildlife violations surfaced in 2025. Carter Hickey, 21, pled guilty in May to 17 counts of poaching for actions that include taking wildlife out of season, possessing animals illegally, hunting without permission, spotlighting, using a vehicle to aid in the killing of wildlife and not following game check rules.
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