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The US Fish & Wildlife service created a regulation requiring the reporting of a self defense shooting of a grizzly bear in the lower 48 states decades ago. The regulation probably violates the Fifth Amendment. Not reporting has its own set of risks which may be greater than reporting.
Radical animal rights groups filed sa habeas corpus petition to “free” five elephants from the Pittsburgh Zoo by declaring them legal “persons” with the right to bodily liberty. Sound radical? It is…
2025 is a record year for the number of people killed by bears in Japan. More people are killed by wild bears in Japan than are killed by wild bears in the United States.
One of the significant advantages of using handguns to defend against bear attacks is that defense with a handgun is far more likely to result in a dead bear.
Thankfully, over 1.2 million bears have been legally culled …in North America in just the last 25 years, and more than 1 million of those deaths happened here in the United States.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Iron Bar Holdings v. Cape, ending a five-year legal fight over whether hunters can “corner-cross” between adjoining parcels of public land without trespassing on private property.
There have been two fatal bear attacks in Arkansas in 2025. They are the first recorded fatal attacks in the state since 1892.
In this fourth update of the ongoing study of how effective handguns are when fired in defense against bears, the 98% effective rate persists. 15 more incidents have been documented where handguns were fired in defense against a bear or bears. This makes a total of 205 documented cases.
An attack by an Asiatic black bear on an 82-year-old woman walking in the city of Daisen in Japan, has been captured on surveillance video.
The Florida black bear hunt scheduled for December 2025 will harvest a small number of bears compared to the overall population in the state.
A 72-year-old man was fatally attacked by a 70 lb black bear in Arkansas on September 3, 2025. He died on September 14, 2025.
Instead of arguing in court or rallying outside government buildings, anti-hunting groups are attempting something new: flooding the permit lottery in hopes of keeping hunters out of the woods.
“Especially with the predators that we have up here in the UP,” …“This simply allows someone that’s normally able to open carry with a firearm in Michigan to open carry a firearm while bow hunting in the state of Michigan.”
The video of a homeowner defending his home from a black bear intruder has gone viral. The Defender has added some details, explaining how the bear got in, and what firearm and ammunition was used.
The standard was established under the Wallen case, when Dan Calvert Wallen shot 3 grizzly bears on his property with a .22 rimfire rifle.
While environmentalists cheer about reducing carbon footprints, hunters can use the very same subsidies to extend their range, haul out more game, and put meat in the freezer.
A NJ appeals court has upheld the state’s authority to hunt black bears, rejecting claims by anti-hunting groups. Citizens hunting & managing bear populations continue despite years of political & legal attacks.
Hunters in Florida are again afforded the opportunity to pursue black bears through regulated hunting supported by science-based wildlife management decision making.
Information released by the US Fish and Wildlife Service shows the number of grizzly bears killed in defense of human life is 5-10 times greater than previously thought.
On July 1, 2024, the Florida law restoring the right of people to defend themselves, their pets, and their homes from black bears went into effect. In the first six months, the law was invoked four times.
Two Pennsylvania Republicans are teaming up to modernize the state’s hunting laws, pushing to end the state’s long-standing prohibition on semi-autos for deer & bear.
Nugent wrote. “Out-of-touch, even corrupt bureaucrats…are a very dangerous scourge that good, caring people must be ever vigilant of and willing to push back and stop at all costs.
Armed people act confidently, without fear in wild areas. Animals sense this confidence and learn to avoid the dangerous humans.
A successful defensive use of GLOCK 10mm pistols to stop a grizzly bear attack in the interior of Alaska on July 19, 2025 has been recorded.
On May 21, 2025, near Choteau, MT, Justin Lee and John Long used their pistols to stop an attack of a grizzly bear. Here are the details.
federal judge in southern Illinois has ordered five Mississippi men to pay nearly $120,000 in fines and restitution after they admitted to illegally poaching trophy whitetail deer
Two members of the House Judiciary Committee say the case against Michelino Sunseri epitomizes the overcriminalization that President Trump decries…
Montana wildlife officials are considering a bold move to bring wolf numbers back down and give deer, elk, a chance. Proposing a wolf kill quota to 500 animals for the 2025-2026 season—nearly half of the estimated statewide population of 1,091 wolves.
Feral hogs are wreaking havoc on Georgia’s farms, forests, and wildlife habitat—and the state is asking residents to help fight back. In return, the Georgia DNR is offering a big reward…
Now, animal rights activists at organizations like the Humane World for Animals are pushing their radical anti-hunting, anti-gun animal rights agenda. on the global financial system to penalize American…
