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A Louisiana hunter with a black bear he harvested.

Veteran Tags Potential Record Black Bear During Louisiana’s First Bear Season in Decades Veteran Tags Potential Record Black Bear During Louisiana’s First Bear Season in Decades

By Jonathan Olivier

A young boy in a blaze orange hat poses with a large black bear.

Sixth Grader Tags Nearly 600-Pound Black Bear While Hunting with His Grandpa Sixth Grader Tags Nearly 600-Pound Black Bear While Hunting with His Grandpa

By Alice Jones Webb

‘He Was Just Getting His Dog.’ Virginia Houndsman Dies After a Black Bear Falls on Him in Freak Hunting Accident ‘He Was Just Getting His Dog.’ Virginia Houndsman Dies After a Black Bear Falls on Him in Freak Hunting Accident

Human hands stretch out a giant bear paw.

I Fought Off a Brown Bear with My Fishing Rod, and Other Close Calls While Living in Remote Alaska I Fought Off a Brown Bear with My Fishing Rod, and Other Close Calls While Living in Remote Alaska

By Scott Haugen

An illustration of a big black bear and a hunter

I Shot Michigan’s State-Record Black Bear on Thanksgiving Day I Shot Michigan’s State-Record Black Bear on Thanksgiving Day

By Bob Haataja, as told to Ben East

A 7-year-old hunter and her dad with a bear, turkey, and buck.

7-Year-Old Earns a Pennsylvania ‘Triple Trophy’ After Tagging a Black Bear, Buck, and Gobbler This Fall 7-Year-Old Earns a Pennsylvania ‘Triple Trophy’ After Tagging a Black Bear, Buck, and Gobbler This Fall

By Natalie Krebs

moose sniffs barrel

Video: Bull Moose Sniffs Hunter’s Rifle Barrel Video: Bull Moose Sniffs Hunter’s Rifle Barrel

By Richard P. Smith

new jersey bear

Bowhunter Shoots Massive 770-Pound Record Black Bear in New Jersey Bowhunter Shoots Massive 770-Pound Record Black Bear in New Jersey

Hunting Black Bears with a 6.5 Creedmoor

Hunting Black Bears with the 6.5 Creedmoor Hunting Black Bears with the 6.5 Creedmoor

By Derek Horner

A brown bear turns to look at something.

Hunter Survives Brown Bear Attack and a Gunshot Wound on Kenai Peninsula Hunter Survives Brown Bear Attack and a Gunshot Wound on Kenai Peninsula

By Alice Jones Webb

A german shepherd lounging on a porch

Minnesota Man Charged with Killing His Neighbor’s Dog While Under Investigation for Poaching Deer and Baiting Bears Minnesota Man Charged with Killing His Neighbor’s Dog While Under Investigation for Poaching Deer and Baiting Bears

By Alice Jones Webb

You Go I Stay feature story from Outdoor Life

Fred Bear in Alaska: Bowhunting a World-Record Brown Bear Fred Bear in Alaska: Bowhunting a World-Record Brown Bear

By Fred Bear, as told to Ben East

An illustration of an Outdoor Life story about a killer grizzly.

My Months-Long Hunt for a Cattle-Killing Grizzly, from the Archives My Months-Long Hunt for a Cattle-Killing Grizzly, from the Archives

A grizzly bear in a meadow.

Alberta Brings Back Grizzly Hunting, But Only for ‘Problem’ Bears Alberta Brings Back Grizzly Hunting, But Only for ‘Problem’ Bears

A grizzly bear eats an elk.

Watch: Grizzly Bear Eats a Cow Elk That’s Still Alive Watch: Grizzly Bear Eats a Cow Elk That’s Still Alive

old magazine illustration (hunter shooting charging bear) and title

The Hunt for a Man-Killing Black Bear, From the Archives The Hunt for a Man-Killing Black Bear, From the Archives

By Raymond R. Lyons

A screenshot of a video of a grizzly bear that looks like a black bear.

Idaho Hunter Avoids Charges for Killing Grizzly Because State Wildlife Officials Misidentified the Bear, Too Idaho Hunter Avoids Charges for Killing Grizzly Because State Wildlife Officials Misidentified the Bear, Too

A grizzly bear in the woods near Elkford, BC.

B.C. Black Bear Hunter Hospitalized After Killing a Grizzly in Self Defense B.C. Black Bear Hunter Hospitalized After Killing a Grizzly in Self Defense

A Louisiana black bear in a field.

Louisiana Establishes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season Since 1987 Louisiana Establishes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season Since 1987

old magazine pages

Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives