A 13-year-old Louisiana hunter made history in 2024 when he pulled the trigger on a hunt more than 30 years in the making. By PJ DelHomme This record-book entry has so many angles that it’s hard to kn...
Imagine a 300-pound male bear at the edge of a hardwood forest that borders a crop field bursting with ripe corn. Does he take a detour to avoid venturing into this exposed area, or does he walk in and enjoy the abundance of food? Would it matter if this was the only crop field in the area or adjacent to five other fields? Or if there were many bears in the area? Or if there were people nearby? What if this bear was a sow with two cubs in tow?
SCIENCE BLASTS
By John F. Organ, B&C Professional Member
Excerpt from Fall 2017 issue of Fair Chase
It’s pretty common knowledge these days that black and grizzly bears are very effic...
By Steve Côté
In most instances, a confrontation between a white-tailed deer and a black bear would be decided in favor of the bear. Dr. Steve Côté, a scientist with the Université Laval ...
On July 1, 1975, the world’s record black bear skull was found along the edge of the Manti-La Sal National Forest, about seven miles east of Ephraim, Utah. In the West, black bears are occasionally se...
By Jim Shockey
Though some may disagree, black bears are one of the most sought after of all the big game species. Who hasn’t desired a black bear rug? Next to whitetail deer, there is an...
