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

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

By Alice Jones Webb

Florida black bear hunt proposed
Conservation

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.
Hunting

What Do Black Bears Eat?

By Natalie Krebs

A bear swipes at a hunter and his hounds
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.
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.
Hunting

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

By Alice Jones Webb

Lester Harvey
Hunting

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

By Katie Hill

An illustration of a big black bear and a hunter
Hunting

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.
Hunting

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

By Natalie Krebs

moose sniffs barrel
Hunting

Video: Bull Moose Sniffs Hunter’s Rifle Barrel

By Richard P. Smith

new jersey bear
Hunting

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

By Bob McNally

Hunting Black Bears with a 6.5 Creedmoor
Hunting

Hunting Black Bears with the 6.5 Creedmoor

By Derek Horner

old magazine illustration (hunter shooting charging bear) and title
Hunting

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.
Hunting

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

By Dac Collins

A grizzly bear in the woods near Elkford, BC.
Survival

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

By Dac Collins

A Louisiana black bear in a field.
Bear Hunting

Louisiana Establishes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season Since 1987

By Dac Collins

black bear
Survival

Houndsman Killed a 400-Pound Bear with a Knife to Save His Dog and Hunting Buddy

By Richard P. Smith

massive north carolina black bear feature
Bear Hunting

This Could Be the Heaviest Black Bear Ever Tagged in North Carolina

By Bob McNally

wisconsin black bear ties record
Hunting

Bowhunter Officially Ties Wisconsin State Record for Largest Black Bear

By Bob McNally