After animal-rights groups bought up dozens of tags to keep them from hunters, the state announced a conservative — and ...

Thanks to decades of conservation efforts, black bear populations are rebounding across the U.S. In Arkansas, hunters talk about their annual black bear hunt — a practice they acknowledge is ...

Video: Check out other top stories from across Tampa Bay TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida held its first black bear hunt in over ...

Florida's first bear hunt in a decade generated $900K in fees but limited data for the public and minimal business for ...

A Manchester hunter who illegally shot a second bear and abandoned the carcass on the forest floor in Winhall has taken a plea deal for a fine and zero jail time.

Florida's first bear hunt in a decade killed 52 bears and generated nearly $900,000, but wildlife managers and advocates disagree on its success.

Nevada’s black bear hunt amounts to an unsportsmanlike escapade, say wildlife advocates, who contend the state-sanctioned practice of hounding reduces the sport to shooting fish in a barrel. With a ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida's swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the vocal ...

Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade resulted in the killing of 52 bears. No citations were issued to participating ...

Several times a year, Iowans report sightings of black bears in the state. Those animals would gain new protections under a ...