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

Missourians hoping to hunt black bear or elk this fall should note that applications for a limited number of permits open in ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton announced last week that hunters harvested an estimated 1,759 black bears during the 2025-26 hunting seasons.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Applications opened Friday for Florida’s first regulated black bear hunt in a decade, a lottery that will distribute just 187 harvest permits and has reignited a heated dispute ...

South Carolina hunters are killing more black bears than ever as restrictions are eased on stalking and shooting the animals, a trend that concerns animal welfare groups but one that reflects state ...

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

Officials are weighing whether or not to allow hunters in California to kill two bears per hunting season, as opposed to one.

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. Roberts Ranch and ...

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

Hunters transport a bear that was shot and killed during the 2016 hunting season across Lake Tugaloo. The hunters were taking the animal to station where a state wildlife official could weigh the ...