The WVDNR has announced applications are available for permits for the limited bear firearms season this fall in West Virginia.
Limited Bear Firearms Season Permit Applications Now Available
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North Carolina’s Operation ‘Something Bruin’ Used to Terrorize Western NC Citizens
This four-year, $2 million undercover operation was conducted to uncover bear poaching rings in our state. However, it has instead raised serious questions about the officers and agents involved in the operation…
Hunters, Be Prepared for Bears
With big game rifle season to open Saturday, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reminds hunters that bears are still out and active throughout the fall…
Maine Anti-Hunting Extremists are Threatening Your Hunting Heritage
The Humane Society of the United States announced they are resurrecting an attempt to ban traditional methods of taking black bear. Threatening Maine’s sustainable bear management program…
Sportsmen’s Action Stalls Maine Anti-Bear Hunting Bill
Last week, hundreds of Maine sportsmen and women packed a legislative hearing in opposition to a bill that would have banned bear hunting with dogs and bear trapping…
Hearing Scheduled on Maine Anti-Bear Hunting Bill
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is pushing legislation that would shut down significant portions of Maine’s bear hunting season…
Undercover Wildlife Operation Cracks Down on Poaching in North Carolina, Georgia
State and federal wildlife officials announced today an undercover operation involving more than 80 wildlife violators and as many as 900 wildlife violations detected…
Nevada Bear Hunting Ban Hearing Scheduled
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners will hear a petition this Friday, February 1st, seeking to ban the hunting of bears with hounds in the state…
Nevada Wildlife Commission Postpones Decision on Anti-Bear Hunt Petition
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners announced that they would postpone making a decision on whether to accept or deny a petition to ban the hunting of bears with dogs in the state…
Nevada Department of Wildlife to Consider Ban on Hunting Bear with Dogs
In a move to more closely mirror California’s anti-hunting environment, the Nevada Department of Wildlife will be hearing a petition to ban the use of hounds by hunters when bear hunting…
Wise and Sustainable Use of Grizzly Bears
The Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia (GOABC) supports the North American Wildlife Conservation Model.
Science & Courts Agree on Legitimacy of Bear Hunting
Animal Protection League of New Jersey and Bear Education and Resource Group challenged the Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy, which includes an annual hunt.
NJOA Refutes Sierra Club & Affirms Bear Hunt as Warranted
New Jersey Outdoor Alliance believes that a black bear hunt is a responsible, pragmatic, environmentally sound, science-based method for bringing the black bear population in line with the cultural carrying capacity of available habitat…
829lb Black Bear Takes Record In NJ Bear Hunt
A Morris County deer hunter who shot one of the biggest black bears taken in North America was disappointed…
Anti-Hunting BEAR Group Receives Pants on Fire Liar Award
The New Jersey Star Ledger News Paper featured a story calling out a small group of radical New Jersey Animal Rights activist for a blatantly lying to show support for their cause…
Pennsylvania Preliminary 2011 Bear Harvest Ranks Second
Preliminary bear harvest results from the state’s three recently concluded seasons show that hunters harvested 3,968 bears, which would rank the total harvest as the second highest in Pennsylvania history…
NJ Bear Hunt Is On – Court Agrees With Scientific Bear Management Policy
This ruling affirms the science- and fact- based policy that we have adopted as part of a comprehensive approach to managing black bears in New Jersey…
New Jersey Bear Permits On Sale Monday, November 21 2012
The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife is reminding hunters that over-the-counter sale of leftover and unclaimed black bear hunting permits will begin at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 21…
New Jersey 2010 Black Bear Harvest Data
The 2010 Black Bear Hunting Season, held December 6-11, 2010 resulted in a total legal harvest of 592 black bears…
Maryland Black Bear Hunt Closed
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) closed the 2011 black bear hunting season at 9 p.m. today with hunters reporting 65 bears to mandatory check stations…
Bountiful Black Bears
The work of anti-hunting groups who opposed the use of bait and/or hounds to hunt bears in past years can also be blamed —or thanked— for increased bear populations that threaten humans…
Radical Anti-Hunters With No Regard For The Truth File Spurious Petition on Nevada Bears
Among the more desperate actions taken by anti-hunting groups lately is the petition, filed by Big Wildlife and NoBearHuntNV, to grant black bears in Nevada federal protection under the Endangered Species Act…
2011 Maryland Black Bear Hunting Lottery is Underway
Online applications for the Maryland Black Bear Lottery are being accepted until 11:59 p.m. (almost midnight) on Friday, September 2…
NJOA Comments on Recent Black Bear Attack in New Jersey
We are relieved that yesterday’s attack resulted in only minor injuries, but it should be a sobering omen to take bear management seriously…
Pennsylvania Game Commission Posts Bear Age Data On Website
Hunters interested in learning the age of the bear they harvested during the 2010 seasons can log onto the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s website…
New Jersey 2010 Black Bear Hunting Season Results
The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife has released the final results of the 2010 Black Bear Hunting Season, held December 6-11, 2010…
SCI Applauds Congressional Hearing on Legislation to Import Legally Harvested Polar Bears
Young’s bill will amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act to authorize the Secretary to issue import permits for polar bears taken legally from approved populations in Canada prior to the importation ban…
Pennsylvania Game Commission Releases Official 2010 Bear Harvest Numbers
This harvest ranks fifth among Pennsylvania’s annual bear harvests. In 2005, hunters set a record harvest of 4,164 bears…
West Virginia DNR Charges Three Barbour Co. Residents in Bear Case
Three Barbour County residents have been arrested and charged with several violations of West Virginia wildlife laws involving the illegal killing of two black bears…
Wisconsin 2011 Bear Drawing Complete
The 2011 Class A bear drawing is complete. Notices to successful applicants were mailed yesterday…