Grizzly Bear Hunting

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An illustration of a grizzly bear tumbling down a mountain as hunters get out of the way.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

A Grizzly Stole My Son’s First Deer. So We Tracked the Bear Down

By William J. McRae

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Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Thought Alaska Had Beaten Me. Then, Finally, I Saw the Biggest Brown Bear of My Life

By Kenneth C. Kellar

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Grizzly Bear Hunting

Do Bears Hold Grudges? The Legendary Tale of a Wounded Alaskan Grizzly

Freel with an interior Alaska Grizzly

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I’ve Killed Dozens of Bears. Here’s What Actually Makes a Great Bear Gun

An illustration of a man's rifle backfiring into his face.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Was 20 Yards Away from a Big Boar Grizzly When My Rifle Misfired — and Blinded Me

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

A vintage photo collage of Fred Bear with a goat and a grizzly.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Watch: Footage of Fred Bear Hunting His First Grizzly, with the Legendary Razorhead Broadhead

By Fred Bear, as told to Ben East

An illustration of a sow grizzly defending her cub against a giant brown bear.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

We Stalked a Cannibal Brown Bear That Was Trying to Kill a Cub

By Leon Francisco

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Grizzly Bear Hunting

We Tracked Down a Killer Grizzly — and It Almost Ended in Tragedy

By Gordon D. Gosling

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Grizzly Bear Hunting

After 25 Years of Big Game Hunting, All I Wanted Was to Tag an Elk

Illustrated and written by Bob Kuhn

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Grizzly Bear Hunting

My Wife Wanted to Hunt Grizzlies, and No One Could Talk Her Out of It

By Ralph Hammer

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Grizzly Bear Hunting

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

A vintage black and white photo of a man darting a bear from a helicopter.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

16 Incredible Vintage Hunting and Fishing Photos from an Alaska Wildlife Refuge

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a charging bear

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Stalked America’s Most Dangerous Game in the Riskiest Place Possible

By Frank C. Hibben

An old cowboy ropes a California grizzly bear

Grizzly Bear Hunting

When Grizzlies Ruled California

By George Laycock

A bear snarls in an illstration.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

A Grizzly Killed Two Bears, Then Charged Me Next. He Should Have Been a World-Record

By Ace Demers, as told to Tom Stacer

A bear swipes at a hunter and his hounds

Grizzly Bear Hunting

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

By Frank C. Hibben

Human hands stretch out a giant bear paw.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Fought Off a Brown Bear with My Fishing Rod, and Other Close Calls While Living in Remote Alaska

By Scott Haugen

You Go I Stay feature story from Outdoor Life

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Fred Bear in Alaska: Bowhunting a World-Record Brown Bear

By Fred Bear, as told to Ben East

An illustration of an Outdoor Life story about a killer grizzly.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

My Months-Long Hunt for a Cattle-Killing Grizzly, from the Archives

A grizzly bear in a meadow.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Alberta Brings Back Grizzly Hunting, But Only for ‘Problem’ Bears