It may be a surprise to learn that Kentucky was once known as “the Black Bear State.” Biologists suggest that in the early ...

For the first time in ten years, hunters equipped with rifles and crossbows are spreading out across Florida's swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, despite loud protests from ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced on Monday that hunters harvested an estimated 1,759 black bears during the 2025-26 hunting seasons. According to DEC’s tracking of the ...

During New York’s 2025 big game hunting seasons, hunters harvested an estimated 1,759 black bears, with an estimated 557 ...

Florida has reopened black bear hunting for the first time in ten years, and you are watching a clash between two very different visions of conservation. Supporters see a tightly controlled season as ...

Prospective bear hunters have until Friday, May 1, to apply for a bear hunting license from the Minnesota Department of ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton said hunters harvested an estimated 1,759 ...

Black bear hunters in New York had a banner year, according to harvest numbers just released by the state Department of ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds Missourians interested in hunting black bear and/or elk in the state ...