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I Joined a Horseback Posse to Track Down a Cattle-Eating, Dog-Killing Black Bear

By Don Walker

.375 H&H vs. .375 Ruger
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375 Ruger vs. 375 H&H: Is the Old Classic Still the Better Worldwide Hunting Cartridge?

By Tyler Freel

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Anti-Hunters Tried to Hijack Florida’s Black Bear Season, But Officials Say the Hunt Was a ‘Success’ Anyway. Here’s the Harvest Data

By Kris Millgate

A protester speaks out against bear hunting during a rally.
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This Group Is Paying Hunters $2,000 Not to Use Their Tags, in a Final Effort to Thwart Florida’s Bear Hunt

By Dac Collins

A hunter with a heavy Pennsylvania black bear.
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Pennsylvania Hunter Tags Biggest Black Bear of the Season with His Wife’s Lucky Rifle

By Bob McNally

An illustration of a bear biting the hand of a West Virginia houndsman.
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A Black Bear Tried to Kill My Dogs. Then It Turned on Me

By John McCoy

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The Ex-Communist Bear Baiter of Saskatchewan

By Andrew McKean

The new state-record sow black bear in Maine.
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Maine Guide Snares a New State-Record Black Bear

By Bob McNally

A black bear sits in a hardwood tree.
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Anti-Hunters Drew at Least 23 Percent of Florida’s Black Bear Tags, According to One Local Activist

By Dac Collins

A Michigan hunter with a black bear.
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This 97-Year-Old Tagged a Bear After Waiting 9 Years to Draw a Tag

By Bob McNally

Freel with an interior Alaska Grizzly
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I’ve Killed Dozens of Bears. Here’s What Actually Makes a Great Bear Gun

By Tyler Freel

A black bear walks across a meadow in a national park.
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163K People Just Applied for 172 Florida Bear Tags. A Bunch of Applicants Were Anti-Hunters

By Dac Collins

An illustration of a black bear sow facing off with hunters.
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I’ve Lived in Bear Country My Whole Life. Here’s What Happens When Bears Don’t Back Down

By Ted Updike

A black bear swats a dog out of a tree
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A Black Bear Killed Hundreds of Sheep Over the Years. My Dogs Finally Caught Up with Him

By Carl T. Johnson

A black bear walks across a meadow in a national park.
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Florida Commission Unanimously Approves Black Bear Hunt, Despite Anti-Hunting Rhetoric

By Dac Collins

An illustration of a hunter with a jammed rifle facing off with a black bear on its hind legs.
Black Bear Hunting

I Was 10 Feet from the Bear I’d Been Tracking All Day. Then My Rifle Jammed

By Carl T. Johnson

A black bear falls out of a tree in this illustration
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I Wanted to Hunt Black Bears with My Bow. My Guide Didn’t Trust Me

By Mike Combs

Anti-hunters line the street holding signs that protest the Florida bear hunt.
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Anti-Hunters Will Attempt to Sabotage Florida’s Bear Hunt With This Dirty Tactic 

By Alice Jones Webb

A black bear stands next to a backyard fence in Connecticut.
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Florida Just Approved a Black Bear Season. Connecticut Could Be Next

By Alice Jones Webb

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Black Bear Hunting

Bear Hunting with My 7-Year-Old Daughter Has Taught Us Both Some Important Lessons

By Tyler Freel