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28 Vintage Outdoor Life Bear Covers From 1972 to 1988
Our favorite illustrated covers of grizzly, black, and polar bears
27 Vintage Outdoor Life Bear Covers From 1943 to 1970
Our favorite illustrated covers of grizzly, black, and polar bears
25 Vintage Outdoor Life Bear Covers From 1900 to 1939
The best grizzly and black bear covers from the magazine's earliest issues
Bear Defense Pepper Spray Beats a Firearm (Unless You Can Shoot)
We should rethink the effectiveness of classic bear defenses.
Bowhunting For Grizzlies: Are You Up To The Task?
Many bowhunters dream of getting a chance to draw back on a grizzly bear. Think you have what it takes?
Backcountry Bear Defense: A Practice Drill to Drop a Charging Grizzly
How to practice taking down an animal in a do-or-die situation
A Tale of Two Bears: Hunting Brown Bears in Alaska
A two-year quest for browns in the wilds of Alaska that included the expected (bone-chilling cold), the unusual (wolverines), and the bizarre (Blackhawk helicopters)
Is This the New World-Record Brown Bear?
A bowhunter arrowed an Alaskan bruin that could take the top spot in the archery record books
Ursa Major: A Profile of Bear Hunter Linda Powell
A look at one bear hunter's deep and abiding passion for hunting bruins
Torn to Pieces: A Moose Hunter Gets Mauled by a Grizzly in Alaska
Greg Matthews’ training as a first-responder saved him from certain death in the Alaskan wilderness