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Black Bear Collides With Motorcyclist

Vincent and Donna Doser had spotted bison, elk and other animals as they motorcycled through Yellowstone National Park, but no bears. As they exited the park's Northeast Entrance on August 10, that was about to change very quickly and with a thud.

August 18, 2015

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Black Bear Breaks Into Car Destroys Interior

A retired Pittsburgh schoolteacher could do nothing but laugh after a black bear broke into her car in Montana, destroyed the interior while trying to escape, and finally busted out through the windshield.

August 14, 2015

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One Man's Addiction With Sharp-Toothed Carnivores

Bowhunting bears is generally pretty routine. But when it’s not, it can be all an archer can handle!

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South Lake Tahoe Man Says He Shot Black Bear In Self-Defense

Game wardens had previously offered the man a permit to legally shoot bears after one damaged his property. But Foy says the man turned it down because he feared retribution by animal activists.

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2 Mississippi Men Sentenced In Death Of Louisiana Black Bear

A Mississippi taxidermist must pay $4,300 for hiding the skin of a threatened Louisiana black bear from investigators, and a man who helped take the bear to him must pay an equal amount.

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Black Bear Crashes College Party, Gets Collared

A college party got a little wild when a black bear showed up. The black bear, weighing between 300 and 400 pounds, crashed the party near the campus of Lehigh University.

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Black Bear Bites Man At Campground Near Aspen

Wildlife officials say an adult black bear scratched its way into a tent and bit a man on his forearm at a campground on the eastern end of Ruedi Reservoir near Aspen.

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Black Bears Journey To Arkansas Towns

Every spring, adolescent male black bears wander into Arkansas cities looking for food. They're the nomads of bear society, kicked out of their dens to make room for the next litters and looking for easy meals.

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Police Shoot, Kill Bear After It Wanders Into Yard Sale

Police have shot and killed a black bear that wandered into the backyard of a central New Jersey home where a yard sale was being staged.

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Black Bear Sightings Rise In Rhode Island

Black bear populations have been slowly increasing throughout southern New England in recent decades.

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Woman Shoots Charging Bear In Her Front Yard

The Missoulian reports Brandy Taylor and her husband were watching a movie in their home when they heard a crash near their garbage cans around 1 a.m.

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Officials Set Up Traps, Catch Bear In New Jersey Cemetery

Authorities were called to capture the cemetery bear. But they wouldn't tranquilize it because of how far the bear was up in a tree.

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Scared Bear Spends Week In Central Louisiana Neighborhood

A young black bear has been a backyard spectacle in a central Louisiana neighborhood where he has spent the past week up one tree or another as he searches for a new home.

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Bear Killed In Collision With 2 Cars In North Florida

Authorities estimate the bear weighed between 400-500 pounds. The bear continued walking after being struck and was hit by another vehicle on the other side.

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Wildlife Officials: New Hampshire Has Too Many Black Bears

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says the state has 5,700 black bears roaming its wilderness. But officials want to trim that number to 4,700.

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Ohio Black Bear Sightings Dip Slightly In 2014

The Department of Natural Resources' Division of Wildlife says there were 135 reported sightings believed to involve an estimated 88 bears. State personnel confirmed 60 sightings.

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Nearly 2,400 Bear Taken In West Virginia

Nearly 2,400 black bears were killed during West Virginia's combined 2014 archery and firearms season.

January 15, 2015

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Oregon Ranchers Kill 500-lb Black Bear

Ranchers in south-central Oregon have legally killed a nearly 500-pound black bear after one of their heifers was killed by a bear and the giant animal was found in the family's cattle herd.

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Michigan DNR Offers Middle School Program On Bears

Students will learn about the life cycle of the Michigan black bear, general black bear biology and behavior, and how the DNR manages and maintains a healthy black bear population.

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New York proposes 10-year bear management plan

State biologists estimate New York's bear population at between 6,000 and 8,000 bears.

January 19, 2014

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New Jersey's black bear hunt begins

The six-day hunt will take place in four designated areas in parts of Sussex, Warren, Morris, Passaic Bergen, Somerset and Hunterdon counties.

December 06, 2013

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New Jersey to issue black bear hunt permits

New Jersey wildlife officials are issuing new permits for the state's next black bear hunt.

November 11, 2013

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North Carolina to begin study of black bears in urban areas

The North Carolina Wildlife Commission will begin a study next year of black bears in Asheville that includes tagging the animals.

October 07, 2013

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VIDEO — Bowhunting Idaho Black Bears

Just four days after coming out of the boot from a torn achilles tendon, Barry Lovette takes to the Idaho mountains on a bowhunt for black bears.

October 26, 2012

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Valley Of The Bears—Part 2

Black Clouds, Black Bears, And Other Reasons For Bowhunting

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Valley Of The Bears—Part 1

Black clouds, black bears, and other reasons for bowhunting.