On the morning of Oct. 18, a big game hunter shot and killed a male grizzly bear in self-defense after it charged him from a ...

The hunter said he fired four rounds in self-defense after being charged by the bear Wednesday afternoon, according to the ...

WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A West Virginia angler got quite the surprise during a recent fishing tournament. Steve Jackson was participating in the Western SQT at East Lynn Lake in Wayne County over ...

LAKE TAHOE, California (KGO) -- The fight to save the life of a mama black bear in Lake Tahoe is reaching a fever pitch. Tahoe residents recently gathered to say "no" to the killing of bear #753, more ...

After a flood of applications, would-be Florida bear hunters have a one-in-a-thousand chance – the same as cracking open a double-yolk egg – of winning the lottery for a permit. The Florida Fish and ...

Katrina Shadix submitted 550 applications for bear hunting permits hours before the deadline to enter Florida’s lottery for the black bear hunt. At $5 a pop, Shadix spent $2,750 on applications, but ...

The Florida bear hunt is set to take place in December, and on Friday, many hopeful participants will learn if they've secured a permit. With 163,000 applicants vying for just 172 permits, the chances ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida is set to hold its first bear hunt in a decade this December, with more than 160,000 applicants vying for just 172 permits. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Just a small fraction of people who applied to participate in Florida's bear hunt will be issued a permit. Wildlife officials said 163,459 applications were submitted, and only 172 will ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number of permits, including from opponents who are trying to reduce the ...

Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade is set to take place in December, but conservationists are challenging it in court. On Wednesday, a group called Bear Warriors United filed a lawsuit ...

BLOCK FLORIDA’S FIRST BEAR HUNT IN A DECADE. BEAR WARRIORS UNITED FILED A LAWSUIT YESTERDAY IN LEON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. THE LAWSUIT ARGUES THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION ...