Bear Hunting
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![Grizzly paw and 6.5 Creedmoor cartridges](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/14/grizzly-and-6.5-creedmoor-scaled.jpeg?w=600)
Bear Hunting
Grizzly Hunting with a 6.5 Creedmoor
![boy with a black bear](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/25/IMG_9158-scaled.jpeg?w=600)
Bear Hunting
A 7-Year-Old Boy’s First Bear
![Hunter Ty Bell stands on a ridge in Idaho grizzly country.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/19/hunter_scout_ridge.jpg?w=792)
Return to Scout Ridge
![Ideal shot placement for where to shoot a bear is a slightly quartering-away bear like this one.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/23/IMG_2042-scaled.jpg?w=675)
Bear Hunting
Where to Shoot a Bear, and How to Recover It
![man with black bear carcass](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/11/popov_with_bear.jpg?w=800)
The Ex-Communist Bear Baiter of Dore Lake
![bear meat vending machine 1](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/04/bear_meat_vending_machine_1.jpeg?w=675)
Bear Hunting
Bear Meat Vending Machine a Huge Hit in Japan
![grizzly with ear tags in meadow](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/23/grizzly_ear_tags.jpeg?w=800)
Where Do All the Problem Bears Go?
![Jim Carmichel with rifle and bear.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/03/01_carmichel.jpg?w=800)
Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Hunting Rifles
![polar bear](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/29/4.-Drew.jpg?w=600)
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Are Grizzlies and Polar Bears Hybridizing in Alaska?
![Hounds treeing a black bear.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/02/The-Untamed-Hounds-Treed-2.jpg?w=800)
Bear Hunting
The Best Bear Hunting Dogs
![Bear fat uses.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/01/1U7A5731.jpg?w=710)
Bear Hunting
The Best Ways to Use Bear Fat
![A brown bear on Afognak Island](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/09/5570DD28-8E5B-48F9-95D3-F99C51F8FD2F-scaled.jpeg?w=675)
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What Is a Stopping Rifle—and Do You Need One?
![Brown bear research](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/25/2.-2.jpg?w=675)
Bear Hunting
LaVern Beier: The Bear Man of Southeast Alaska
![A grizzly steps out from behind a tree into a meadow.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/21/grzzzly_behind_tree.jpg?w=600)
Are Grizzly Attacks Really on the Rise?
![A big bear paw from an Alaska bear.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/25/griz-paw.png?w=599)
Bear Hunting
The Real Story Behind the Infamous “Alberta Grizzly”
![shooting a 44 Mag.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/14/beargunopener.jpg?w=643)
Animal Attacks
Bear Gun Shootout: 10mm vs .44 Mag.
![New Research Shows Black Bears Are Pretty Darn Smart](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/25/2eeadf83-dd5e-4deb-b570-e3ac8359796f-AP21182554880027.jpg?w=600)
Bear Hunting