How to Choose a Bear Gun
In hunting there are the rifles you choose to make sure you take an animal humanely; and then, there are the rifles you choose to make sure the animal doesn’t take you. A choice for a black bear rifle lends itself to the latter.
The Little Gun That Could: 20-Gauge Mossberg FLEX 500
Just how much gun do you need to take down a black bear? Probably not as much as you might think—so long as you know what you're doing.
Bears at First Light
When you are hunting the largest black bears on Earth, things can happen fast.
Maine's High Court Sides with Bear Hunters, Rejects HSUS Lawsuit
After nearly a year and a half of court proceedings, a Humane Society of the United States lawsuit against the state of Maine has been dismissed.
Best Spring Bear Areas
Planning your spring black bear hunt? Here's where you need to be.
Bear Goes Back to School, Gets Tranquilized
A Florida black bear made a surprise visit to an elementary school campus earlier this week near Fort Myers.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Delists Louisiana Black Bear
After 24 years of recovery efforts, the black bear is back in the bayou. Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that it would be removing the Louisiana black bear from the Federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.
Boone & Crockett Black Bears North of the Border
When most hunters think of Saskatchewan, visions of big-bodied, heavy-racked whitetails go prancing through their heads. While the No. 1 typical whitetail of all time, the 213 5/8-inch Milo Hanson buck, indeed hails from Saskatchewan, this province to the north of Montana and North Dakota more than holds its own when it comes to producing record-book-quality black bears.
Little Bear … Big Bear?
In Alberta good things come to those who wait—and sometimes to those who don’t.
Video: Black Bears Scale Cliff
Sure, everyone's seen bears climb trees and ropes—but a rock wall? That might be new.
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