This story, “Upshot: A Record Bear,” appeared in the June 1969 issue of Outdoor Life. The two dogs took off like twin streaks, and within minutes they were out of hearing. We ran to the truck and ...

Saturday's rain cut down on the number of bow hunters in the woods for the last day of the archery season for black bears in northwestern New Jersey, but the season's total was still third-highest of ...

Bear hunting season is underway in Pennsylvania with more than 200,000 hunters expected in the field this year, though the state game commission expects just 3% of them will come home with a bear.

A New Jersey bow hunter just set a state record by killing a 770-pound black bear — a beast he’d been eyeing over the past two bear hunts. Brian Melvin, 39, first spotted the bear three years ago ...

A recent experience hunting in the woods was much more memorable than one Cabell Midland student would’ve preferred.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Soon, all hunters across the state will be able to hunt deer and bears. New York bowhunters can begin hunting deer in the Northern Zone on Saturday, while the Southern Zone bowhunting ...

Permits for this year's bear seasons went on sale Friday for the October archery hunt and the early December firearm hunt. The $2 permits require the buyer to have a valid hunting license, and are ...