black bears Articles

If you missed one of these popular Grand View Outdoors stories from last month, here’s your chance to check them out without having to search or scroll.

See how a trained tracking dog and handler team up to recover a wounded black bear, and learn why blood-tracking dogs are far more fascinating than the name suggests.

How to use spring hunts to jumpstart your new bow relationship.

Matt Addington captures two incredible deer photos — one whitetail and one muley — and explains the background story behind each one.

When it comes to finding a hunter’s deer or bear, the author has learned time and time again that a tracking dog knows best.

Tips for planning DIY bowhunts for spring black bears, early fall mule deer, late-season elk and winter Coues deer.

Hunting black bears can be intense, especially when you’re on the ground and multiple bears are circling your pop-up blind!

Never hunted black bears? In the author’s opinion, Manitoba is tough to beat, but be prepared for nasty mosquitoes, too.

Badger State officials hope hunters take another 6 percent of the state’s black bear population during this year’s seasons that begin in September.

Hunters reported taking more sows than bruins during the annual six-day Maryland hunt in four counties.

Baiting during the state’s black bear hunting season is prohibited, with severe violations for first and second offenses.

Keystone State hunters had a solid season, killing 10 bears weighing more than 600 pounds and one pushing 800 pounds.

Wisconsin DNR is asking for public assistance to help locate bear den sites for an ongoing research project.

More than 300 hunters purchased permits for the fourth hunting season in three southern zones in the Show Me State.

The weeklong hunting season harvest was higher than the previous five-year average in four mountainous counties.

After misidentification by state officials, a hunter killed a grizzly thinking it was a black bear.

Fact: When handled and prepared correctly, bear meat is delicious.

Tom Nelson punches his 50th black bear tag — and it’s a bruiser!

Pursuing black bears with hounds is a wonderful bowhunting adventure.

Final tweaks for the Louisiana bear season have been approved for the inaugural season that will see 10 tags issued.

Considering a black bear hunt for the first time? Spring or fall? Here are six key differences to consider before booking an adventure.

Black bear hunts over bait can result in some crazy close-range encounters.

Hunters reported killing 1,356 black bears in New York during the 2023 season, with the Catskills showing the greatest density.

The black bear work underway by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission provides an excellent example of how Pittman-Robertson funds conserve wildlife.

Wildlife officials in Missouri capped the season harvest at 40 black bears, but hunters killed less than a third despite good conditions.

Ten bears comprised the quota for the limited season in the Pelican State.

A Colorado man was arrested by CPW officers on suspicion of illegally killing three black bears.

A hotel security guard was lucky to escape with only scratches after being swatted to the ground by a huge black bear in an Aspen, Colorado, hotel kitchen.

Researchers are trapping black bears and affixing GPS tracking collars to study the bruins in West Texas, where numbers are small but growing.

An Oregon woman and man received stiff penalties for killing two black bear cubs in 2022.