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Hunter Shoots Huge Black Bear, Finds 8-Point Buck Underneath It Bear Hunting

Hunter Shoots Huge Black Bear, Finds 8-Point Buck Underneath It

By: Katie Hill

Hunter Tags New Maryland State-Record Black Bear on Opening Day Bear Hunting

Hunter Tags New Maryland State-Record Black Bear on Opening Day

By: Bob McNally

What Do Black Bears Eat? Bear Hunting

What Do Black Bears Eat?

By: Natalie Krebs

Bowhunter Officially Ties Wisconsin State Record for Largest Black Bear Bear Hunting

Bowhunter Officially Ties Wisconsin State Record for Largest Black Bear

By: Bob McNally

Trolling for Bears in British Columbia Bear Hunting

Trolling for Bears in British Columbia

By: Alex Robinson

Alaska Officials Kill Nearly 100 Brown Bears in Attempt to Boost Caribou Numbers Bear Hunting

Alaska Officials Kill Nearly 100 Brown Bears in Attempt to Boost Caribou Numbers

By: Dac Collins

Suspect Arrested Months After Shooting Black Bear Hunter, Fleeing the Scene Bear Hunting

Suspect Arrested Months After Shooting Black Bear Hunter, Fleeing the Scene

By: Katie Hill

A 7-Year-Old Boy’s First Bear Bear Hunting

A 7-Year-Old Boy’s First Bear

By: Tyler Freel

Where to Shoot a Bear, and How to Recover It Bear Hunting

Where to Shoot a Bear, and How to Recover It

By: Tyler Freel

The Ex-Communist Bear Baiter of Dore Lake Bear Hunting

The Ex-Communist Bear Baiter of Dore Lake

By: Andrew McKean

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

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

By: Raymond R. Lyons

Bear Meat: Everything You Need to Know About Eating Bears Bear Hunting

Bear Meat: Everything You Need to Know About Eating Bears

By: Tyler Freel

Bear Hibernation: Uncovering Black Bear Denning Secrets in Arkansas Bear Hunting

Bear Hibernation: Uncovering Black Bear Denning Secrets in Arkansas

By: Natalie Krebs

Bear Meat Vending Machine a Huge Hit in Japan Bear Hunting

Bear Meat Vending Machine a Huge Hit in Japan

By: Dac Collins

The Best Bear Cartridges Ammo

The Best Bear Cartridges

By: Tyler Freel

Federal Agencies Continue to Cut Hunting Opportunities in Alaska Bear Hunting

Federal Agencies Continue to Cut Hunting Opportunities in Alaska

By: Tyler Freel

Volunteer Firefighters Rescue a Pack of Bear Hounds from an Icy Hollow in the Appalachians Bear Hunting

Volunteer Firefighters Rescue a Pack of Bear Hounds from an Icy Hollow in the Appalachians

By: Dac Collins

Photos From the New Jersey Bear Season, the Highly Controversial Hunt That Wasn’t Bear Hunting

Photos From the New Jersey Bear Season, the Highly Controversial Hunt That Wasn’t

story by Alex Robinson, photographs by Bryan Anselm

New Jersey Judge Halts Black Bear Hunt Just Days Before the Opener Bear Hunting

New Jersey Judge Halts Black Bear Hunt Just Days Before the Opener

By: Katie Hill

New Jersey Reinstates Black Bear Hunting Season This December Bear Hunting

New Jersey Reinstates Black Bear Hunting Season This December

By: Dac Collins

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