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Preliminary First-Day Pennsylvania Bear Harvest Results

The first day of Pa’s bear season resulted in a harvest of 659 black bears, according to preliminary totals released Monday by the Pa Game Commission.

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Oregon: John Day Area Residents Urged to Take Steps to Avoid Bear Problems

Wildlife managers urge residents in the John Day area to take steps to avoid bear conflicts this fall. Secure garbage and food waste, clean up fallen fruit around trees.

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West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Warns: Don’t Feed the Bears

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) reminds residents that feeding black bears is a violation of state law as well as a misguided disservice to our state animal.....

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Spring Weather Has Bears on the Move – Remove Bird Feeders and Other Attractants

As the weather warms up each spring, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources receives many calls about bear sightings and bears damaging bird feeders, trash cans and grills.

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A Promising Bear Season Awaits

A sizable black-bear population awaits hunters in the state’s upcoming bear seasons, which during recent years have been some of the best on record for Pennsylvania bear hunting.

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Donations Provide Free Bear Spray to Some Montana Blackfoot Hunters

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with local partners to get free bear spray and safety tips into the hands of hunters headed to a few Blackfoot Valley hunting spots...

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Limited Bear Firearms Season Permit Applications Now Available

The WVDNR has announced applications are available for permits for the limited bear firearms season this fall in West Virginia.

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Pennsylvania Board Votes To Expand Bear Seasons

The Board also proposed retaining the statewide archery bear season, four-day general firearms bear season and extended seasons in all or portions of certain WMUs...

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Pennsylvania First-Day Bear Harvest Numbers Rank Second

Pennsylvania Game Commission officials today announced that hunters started the 2011 black bear season by taking a preliminary harvest of 1,936 black bears...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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