Black Bear Hunting Primer Stalking trophy black bears is one of the most challenging and intimidating pursuits in North American hunting, especially with a primitive weapon. Doing this when the autumn landscape is shrouded under a bounty of radiant tincture – the air thick with fall’s aromatic pleasures – is the biggest kick of all.
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Tennessee Black Bear Hunters Set Record 12/31/08
With the close of the 2008 bear hunting seasons on Wednesday, Dec. 17, Tennessee has recorded a new all time record harvest for black bears, according Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) reports. [Comments?]
California Bear Season Closes 12/10/08
The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) announces the closure of the statewide black bear hunting season. Under regulations adopted by the Fish and Game Commission, the black bear season is closed when DFG verifies 1,700 bears have been taken by hunters. [Comments?]
Pennsylvania Bear Harvest 5th Highest 12/05/08
Pennsylvania Game Commission preliminary bear harvest figures show that 2,936 bears were taken during the recently completed three-day season (Nov. 24-26), and an additional 68 bears were harvested during the two-day archery bear harvest (Nov. 19-20). [Comments?]
Pennsylvania Black Bear Season Outlook Good 11/14/08
Last year's black bear harvest was light, but weather permitting, the Pennsylvania Game Commission expects hunters to have good opportunities afield in the upcoming bear seasons. [Comments?]
New York Junior Hunting Season Opens Nov 15th 11/12/08
A major change to expand big-game hunting to 14- and 15-year-olds highlights the upcoming opening of the 2008 Southern Zone regular deer and the Catskill and Allegany bear seasons, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced. [Comments?]
Vancouver Resident Convicted of Shooting Black Bear 11/03/08
A West Vancouver resident has been convicted and fined a total of $3,000 in connection with the illegal shooting of a black bear cub near Whistler Senior Secondary School earlier this year. [Comments?]
Oregon 2009 Season Dates Approved by Commission 10/27/08
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted 2009 Big Game Regulations spelling out next year's season dates, bag limits, open areas, youth hunting opportunities and other regulations for big game (deer, elk, bear, cougar, bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain goat) and western gray squirrel). [Comments?]
Arizona Deadline for Spring Hunts Tuesday, Oct 14th 10/13/08
Hunters getting ready to mail their spring hunt-permit application might want to save the stamp and deliver it themselves - the hunt application deadline day is Tuesday, October 14 at 7 p.m. Postmarks don't count. [Comments?]
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West Virginia Once in a Lifetime Buck Although the weather in Kanawha County, West Virginia put a damper on opening day I was able to harvest this once in a lifetime buck on Wednesday, November 26th 2008 in Kanawha county. It is a 10 point with a 21 inch spread and very heavy mass.
