Privacy Policy
What data WildlifeChase and its advertising partners collect, how cookies are used, and the choices you have.
This policy explains what information is collected when you visit WildlifeChase.com, how it is used, and the choices you have. WildlifeChase has no user accounts or sign-up forms and does not sell personal information.
Information we collect
- Server logs. Like most websites, our hosting provider automatically records standard technical information such as IP address, browser type, referring page and the pages requested. These logs are used for security, troubleshooting and aggregate traffic statistics and are kept for a limited time.
- Messages you send us. If you email us, we receive your email address and message and use them only to reply and to improve the site.
- Location (optional). Features such as “Near me”, “Distance from my location” and the shooting-hours calculator ask your browser for your position. That calculation happens entirely in your browser; your location is not sent to our servers or stored.
- Preferences. Your light/dark theme choice is saved in your browser's local storage.
Analytics
We use Statcounter to understand how visitors use the site — for example which pages are popular, how people arrive and which devices they use. Statcounter may set a cookie and records information such as your IP address (which can be partially masked), browser, operating system, referring page, pages viewed and approximate location. We use this information only in aggregate to improve the site; we don't use it to identify you. See Statcounter's privacy policy for details.
Advertising and cookies
WildlifeChase uses Google AdSense to show ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.
- Learn more about how Google uses data in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you'll be asked for consent before personalized ads or non-essential cookies are used, through a Google-certified consent management message. You can change your choice at any time from the privacy link in that message.
U.S. state privacy rights
Residents of California and other states with consumer privacy laws may have rights to know, delete or opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for targeted advertising. We don't sell personal information for money. To opt out of personalized advertising, use the Google Ads Settings link above, enable Global Privacy Control in your browser where supported, or contact us.
Third-party services
To show maps, forecasts and fonts, your browser connects directly to third-party services, which receive standard request information (such as your IP address) under their own privacy policies:
- Map tiles: U.S. Geological Survey (The National Map), Esri (ArcGIS Online), OpenStreetMap
- Weather: National Weather Service (api.weather.gov) — requests include the coordinates of the place you're viewing, not your own location
- Map library: cdnjs (Cloudflare); fonts: Google Fonts
- Advertising: Google AdSense
- Analytics: Statcounter
Children's privacy
WildlifeChase is a general-audience site and is not directed to children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children.
Amazon Associates Program
WildlifeChase is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Some pages on this site contain links to products on Amazon.com. If you click one of these links, Amazon and other third parties may place and read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons and similar technologies, to collect information as a result of ad delivery on this site — for example, to record that you arrived from our site so that a qualifying purchase can be credited to us. We do not receive your name, address, payment details or order history from Amazon. Information collected by Amazon is handled under Amazon’s own privacy notice.
Changes and contact
We may update this policy; the date below shows the latest version. Questions or requests: [email protected].
Last updated November 9, 2026.