Ultimate Bear Hunting News

Bear managers work to decrease human-related deaths - Oct. 13, 2009
Though the legal status of grizzly bears in the Yellowstone Ecosystem has changed, agencies involved with bear recovery and management continue to track grizzly bear population dynamics and to reduce the potential for human-caused mortalities.

Oklahoma's first black bear season off to good start - Oct. 08, 2009
Three firsts came Oct. 1 for Nashoba bowhunter Joe Russell when he became the first Oklahoma hunter to harvest a black bear on the first day of Oklahoma's first inaugural bear archery season.

Bear Harvest on Track for New Record - Oct. 08, 2009
MORRISTOWN --- Less than two weeks into the 2009 bear hunting season, hunters have already reported the harvest of 187 bears in East Tennessee, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA).

A Look at Black Bear Research and Management in North Carolina - Oct. 02, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (Oct. 2, 2009) - Black bears have been in back yards and in the headlines across North Carolina this year.

Oct. 2 is deadline to purchase deer, bear, cougar tags - Sep. 29, 2009
SALEM, Ore.-The deadline to purchase a Western Oregon general deer, bear, or cougar tag is this Friday Oct. 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Most rifle deer hunting seasons open Saturday, Oct. 3.

Black bears provide sportsmen new hunting opportunity, challenge - Sep. 24, 2009
Oct. 1 marks the opening of Oklahoma's first black bear archery season in Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties in southeast Oklahoma

Fall Hunting Forecast - Sep. 11, 2009
As of Sept. 4, 2009, 219 black bears have already been checked in by successful fall hunters. This year the Tioga unit leads for fall bear harvest, followed by Indigo and Siuslaw. Spring bear harvest totaled 367 bears, with Siuslaw leading by a wide margin, with 72 bears taken.

Another Bear Attack in Aspen - Sep. 10, 2009
Wildlife officers with the Colorado Division of Wildlife are searching for a bear involved in an attack Thursday night in Aspen. A man living in the Meadowood Drive area off Castle Creek on the west side of Aspen was attacked in his home by a bear shortly after 8 p.m.

Time for black bear hunters to bear down on some of the rules - Sep. 08, 2009
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conservation officers are asking hunters to review the rules as the black bear hunting season gets underway."During my initial inspections, I found bear baiting stations that had not been registered with the DNR within 24 hours of being established, or lacking a bear bait sign within 20 feet of the bait," said Conservation Officer Paul Parthun of Lake George.Bear bait signs must contain the full name, Minnesota DNR number, and Minnesota driver?s license number ( or the full name, address, and telephone number) of the person placing the bait.

Black Bear Foot-Snaring Program - Sep. 04, 2009
PALMER - An experimental foot-snaring program to reduce the number of black bears and increase the survival of moose calves on the west side of Cook Inlet has concluded this year with the removal of 81 black bears.