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Hunters stunned after birdshot stops charging grizzly in Montana

The idea of stopping a grizzly bear with birdshot seems absurd at first glance. Most hunters would agree that even powerful ...
Malevus

What to Do If You Encounter a Bear

A bear tries not to conflict with large creatures, so try to appear bigger. For example, raise your backpack above your head.

I Dreamt a Brown Bear Was in My Tent. Then One Actually Walked into Camp

A two-year quest for browns in the wilds of Alaska that included the expected (bone-chilling cold), the unusual (wolverines), ...
WTSP

Florida kicks off its first black bear hunting season in a decade

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In spite of opposition from wildlife advocates, the first black bear hunt in Florida since 2015, will run from Dec. 6 through Dec. 28, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...
13abc

Florida bear hunting returns after a decade, despite pushback

ORLANDO, Fla. (WESH) – Florida’s bear hunt is now underway. Over the next three weeks, and for the first time since 2015, hunters are expected to take several dozen black bears statewide. Bear ...
Orlando Sentinel

After a decade off, Florida resumes bear hunting. Here’s what to expect.

Hunters will fan out across Florida beginning today as the first sanctioned hunt of black bears in a decade kicks off amid sharply divided public opinion and efforts by humane advocates to cajole — ...
New York Post

Florida kicks off first black bear hunt in a decade, despite pushback

For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida’s swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the vocal opposition of ...
WCTV

Florida opens first bear hunting season in decade

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Florida will open its first bear hunting season in a decade Saturday, marking a significant shift in the state’s wildlife management approach.
Pensacola News Journal

Florida bear hunt is on, so far. When it starts, what to know

Florida's first black bear hunt in ten years is scheduled to begin on December 6, pending a court challenge. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued 187 permits for the hunt, ...
USA Today

Should grizzly bear hunting ban in B.C. be lifted? Some say yes

When British Columbia ended hunting for grizzly bears in 2017, the B.C. Wildlife Federation predicted that human-grizzly bear conflicts would eventually increase, and now that they have, should ...
WTAE-TV

Pennsylvania hunter bags over 700 pound black bear at state park in Butler County

A Beaver County hunter bagged a massive, record-setting black bear while hunting over the weekend. Nate Miller told Pittsburgh Action News he was in his hunting spot in Moraine State Park in Butler ...
Orlando Sentinel

Judge rules that Florida’s bear hunt will go on next month

A judge in Tallahassee rejected Monday a plea from a Central Florida bear advocacy group to halt the state’s planned bear hunt. Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey ruled against Bear Warriors United after ...