PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — Saturday marks the beginning of Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade, but many would-be bear hunters won’t be gearing up to join in - and it’s not due to any shortage of bears.

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

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

As grizzly bear populations rise, a call for the reopening of grizzly bear hunting in Alberta is growing.

Louisiana's second iteration of its newly restarted black bear hunting season has ended with 16 bears killed, with the biggest weighing in at 565 pounds, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries ...

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

As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to analyze the state's first permitted bear hunt in a decade, the agency has started to release more data. A fact sheet posted Friday ...

"Mississippi black bears are normally very shy and not aggressive toward humans," experts said.