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A black bear falls out of a tree in this illustration

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

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

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

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

By Alice Jones Webb

bear hunting in alaska

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

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

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

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

By Alice Jones Webb

Florida black bear hunt proposed

Florida Is Finally Considering a Black Bear Season Again Florida Is Finally Considering a Black Bear Season Again

By Natalie Krebs

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

What Do Black Bears Eat? What Do Black Bears Eat?

By Natalie Krebs

A bear swipes at a hunter and his hounds

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

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

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

By Alice Jones Webb

‘He Was Just Getting His Dog.’ Virginia Houndsman Dies After a Black Bear Falls on Him in Freak Hunting Accident ‘He Was Just Getting His Dog.’ Virginia Houndsman Dies After a Black Bear Falls on Him in Freak Hunting Accident

An illustration of a big black bear and a hunter

I Shot Michigan’s State-Record Black Bear on Thanksgiving Day I Shot Michigan’s State-Record Black Bear on Thanksgiving Day

By Bob Haataja, as told to Ben East

A 7-year-old hunter and her dad with a bear, turkey, and buck.

7-Year-Old Earns a Pennsylvania ‘Triple Trophy’ After Tagging a Black Bear, Buck, and Gobbler This Fall 7-Year-Old Earns a Pennsylvania ‘Triple Trophy’ After Tagging a Black Bear, Buck, and Gobbler This Fall

By Natalie Krebs

moose sniffs barrel

Video: Bull Moose Sniffs Hunter’s Rifle Barrel Video: Bull Moose Sniffs Hunter’s Rifle Barrel

By Richard P. Smith

new jersey bear

Bowhunter Shoots Massive 770-Pound Record Black Bear in New Jersey Bowhunter Shoots Massive 770-Pound Record Black Bear in New Jersey

Hunting Black Bears with a 6.5 Creedmoor

Hunting Black Bears with the 6.5 Creedmoor Hunting Black Bears with the 6.5 Creedmoor

By Derek Horner

old magazine illustration (hunter shooting charging bear) and title

The Hunt for a Man-Killing Black Bear, From the Archives The Hunt for a Man-Killing Black Bear, From the Archives

By Raymond R. Lyons

A screenshot of a video of a grizzly bear that looks like a black bear.

Idaho Hunter Avoids Charges for Killing Grizzly Because State Wildlife Officials Misidentified the Bear, Too Idaho Hunter Avoids Charges for Killing Grizzly Because State Wildlife Officials Misidentified the Bear, Too

A grizzly bear in the woods near Elkford, BC.

B.C. Black Bear Hunter Hospitalized After Killing a Grizzly in Self Defense B.C. Black Bear Hunter Hospitalized After Killing a Grizzly in Self Defense