Generally speaking, black bears eat vegetation, berries, nuts, insects, fish, and meat. Bears are omnivores whose ... “I’ve seen where bears will walk through food plots just stripping the wheat heads ...

With a pink salmon in it's jaws, a five-year-old male retreats into the forest before slitting open the fish’s belly and eating only the eggs. Other bears may consume everything, from head to tail.

Unlike plant-eating deer and elk, carnivorous wolves or big cats, and predatory game fish, bears are true omnivores, meaning that they eat large quantities of both meat and plants. Sure, deer have ...