Bear Hunting

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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
Black Bear Hunting

I Wanted to Hunt Black Bears with My Bow. My Guide Didn’t Trust Me

By Mike Combs

Hunters in red buffalo check
Grizzly Bear Hunting

After 25 Years of Big Game Hunting, All I Wanted Was to Tag an Elk

Illustrated and written by Bob Kuhn

Two hunter with a record grizzly bear.
Bear Hunting

Giant Grizzly Taken in Alaska Is a New Record, Confirms Boone & Crockett

By Dac Collins

Anti-hunters line the street holding signs that protest the Florida bear hunt.
Black Bear Hunting

Anti-Hunters Will Attempt to Sabotage Florida’s Bear Hunt With This Dirty Tactic 

By Alice Jones Webb

An illustration of grizzly hunters
Grizzly Bear Hunting

My Wife Wanted to Hunt Grizzlies, and No One Could Talk Her Out of It

By Ralph Hammer

A black bear stands next to a backyard fence in Connecticut.
Black Bear Hunting

Florida Just Approved a Black Bear Season. Connecticut Could Be Next

By Alice Jones Webb

bear hunting in alaska
Black Bear Hunting

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

By Tyler Freel

A vintage black and white photo of a man darting a bear from a helicopter.
Grizzly Bear Hunting

16 Incredible Vintage Hunting and Fishing Photos from an Alaska Wildlife Refuge

By Natalie Krebs

Polar bear lifts paw walking across kelp
Bear Hunting

Two Tourists Got Pissed They Didn’t Get to Photograph Polar Bears Because of Native Hunters

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a charging bear
Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Stalked America’s Most Dangerous Game in the Riskiest Place Possible

By Frank C. Hibben

A blue color phase black bear, also known as a glacier bear.
Black Bear Hunting

I Tagged the First Glacier Bear Ever Taken by a Modern Bowhunter

By James F. Martin

A trail camera image of a whitetail doe protecting a fawn from a black bear.
Black Bear Hunting

Stunning Trail Cam Video Captures the Moment a Black Bear Pounces on a Fawn

By Alice Jones Webb

An old cowboy ropes a California grizzly bear
Grizzly Bear Hunting

When Grizzlies Ruled California

By George Laycock

Florida black bear hunt proposed
Black Bear Hunting

Florida Is Finally Considering a Black Bear Season Again

By Natalie Krebs

A bear snarls in an illstration.
Grizzly Bear Hunting

A Grizzly Killed Two Bears, Then Charged Me Next. He Should Have Been a World-Record

By Ace Demers, as told to Tom Stacer

What does a black bear eat? In this case, a mouthful of dandelions.
Black Bear Hunting

What Do Black Bears Eat?

By Natalie Krebs

A bear swipes at a hunter and his hounds
Black Bear Hunting

My Buddy and Our Hounds Were No Match for the Ghost-Town Grizzly of Old New Mexico

By Frank C. Hibben

A Louisiana hunter with a black bear he harvested.
Black Bear Hunting

Veteran Tags Potential Record Black Bear During Louisiana’s First Bear Season in Decades

By Jonathan Olivier

A young boy in a blaze orange hat poses with a large black bear.
Black Bear Hunting

Sixth Grader Tags Nearly 600-Pound Black Bear While Hunting with His Grandpa

By Alice Jones Webb