Black Bear Hunting(Page 2)

Have more black bear hunting success with these tips, tactics, and stories.

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What does a black bear eat? In this case, a mouthful of dandelions.
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What Do Black Bears Eat?

By Natalie Krebs

A bear swipes at a hunter and his hounds
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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.
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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.
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Sixth Grader Tags Nearly 600-Pound Black Bear While Hunting with His Grandpa

By Alice Jones Webb

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

By Natalie Krebs

moose sniffs barrel
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Video: Bull Moose Sniffs Hunter’s Rifle Barrel

By Richard P. Smith

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

By Bob McNally

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

By Derek Horner

old magazine illustration (hunter shooting charging bear) and title
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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.
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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.
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B.C. Black Bear Hunter Hospitalized After Killing a Grizzly in Self Defense

By Dac Collins

A Louisiana black bear in a field.
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Louisiana Establishes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season Since 1987

By Dac Collins

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

By Bob McNally

wisconsin black bear ties record
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Bowhunter Officially Ties Wisconsin State Record for Largest Black Bear

By Bob McNally

bear hunting bc
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Trolling for Bears in British Columbia

By Alex Robinson

boy with a black bear
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A 7-Year-Old Boy’s First Bear

By Tyler Freel

Ideal shot placement for where to shoot a bear is a slightly quartering-away bear like this one.
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Where to Shoot a Bear, and How to Recover It

By Tyler Freel

Tyler Freel with black bear
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Bear Meat: Everything You Need to Know About Eating Bears

By Tyler Freel

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

By Natalie Krebs

big black bear with .30/06
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The Best Bear Cartridges

By Tyler Freel

old illustration of hunters with dogs in swamp
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A Creepy Bear Hunt in the Great Dismal Swamp, From the Archives

By Arthur Grahame

Hounds treeing a black bear.
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The Best Bear Hunting Dogs

By Brodie Swisher

Bear fat uses.
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The Best Ways to Use Bear Fat

By Brad Fenson

A brown bear on Afognak Island
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What Is a Stopping Rifle—and Do You Need One?

By Tyler Freel

Freel with the black bear that became aggressive
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If You Live in Bear Country, Then You Already Know—Bears Must Fear Us

By Tyler Freel

Teddy Roosevelt bear hunting.
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President Teddy Roosevelt’s 1904 Colorado Bear Hunt, According to His Guide

By The Editors

A big, 800-pound Ontario black bear taken by this hunter.
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An Ontario Bowhunter Needed His Backup Rifle to Take This 800-Pound Black Bear

By Bob McNally

New Research Shows Black Bears Are Pretty Darn Smart
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New Research Shows Black Bears Are Pretty Darn Smart

By Bob McNally

Brian Kyncy wants you to hunt black bears.
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California Bear Guide Brian Kyncy Wants You to Shoot More Black Bears

By Eric Hanson

Battle of the Black Bear Cartridges: .308 Win. vs. .338 Federal vs. .45-70 Govt.
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Battle of the Black Bear Cartridges: .308 Win. vs. .338 Federal vs. .45-70 Govt.

By Ron Spomer

An Outfitter’s Guide to Field Judging Black Bears
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An Outfitter’s Guide to Field Judging Black Bears

By Will Brantley

Black bear checks a field edge
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How to Decode a Black Bear’s Body Language

By Larry Case

bears at bait barrel
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4 Key References for Judging the Size of Black Bears

By Tyler Freel

New Potential World Record Black Bear Shot in Pennsylvania
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New Potential World Record Black Bear Shot in Pennsylvania

By Gayne C. Young