Black Bear Hunting News
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California Senate Passes Anti-Hunting Bill California Senate Bill 1221, a bill that will ban the use of hounds to hunt black bears and bobcats, passed the state’s Senate today. The passage of SB 1221 by the senate casts a dark cloud over the future of all hunting and wildlife management in California. Senate Bill 1221 passed with a vote of 22 to 15 in favor. |
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Research Suggests Spray is Safer than Firearms in Preventing Bear Attacks
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Trash Management Key to Managing New Mexico Bear Issues
To make this a safe spring and summer for bears and humans, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is encouraging the public to manage their trash properly. |
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Missouri Bear Awareness Extra Important in Springtime Resource Scientist Jeff Beringer has a piece of advice for Missouri outdoors people and landowners: Be bear aware. Beringer is the bear specialist for the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). When someone sees a bear somewhere in the Show-Me State, they call him. His phone rings more often each spring, and this year is no exception. |
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Idaho Application Period for Controlled Hunts Opens May 1 The application period for this fall's deer, elk, pronghorn, fall black bear and fall turkey controlled hunts starts Tuesday, May 1, and runs through June 5. Hunters may apply for controlled hunts at any hunting and fishing license vendor, Fish and Game office; with a credit card by calling 1-800-55HUNT5; or online at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov. An additional fee is charged for telephone and Internet applications. Hunters must have a 2012 Idaho hunting license to apply. |
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Montana Spring Black Bear Hunting to Close in BMU 510 The hunting of all spring black bears in south-central Montana BMU 510, which includes portions of Big Horn, Carbon and Yellowstone counties, will close one-half hour after sunset on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. |
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Aspen, Colorado Bear Aware Training Announced Colorado Parks and Wildlife is inviting Aspen and upper Roaring Fork Valley residents to attend Bear Aware team training, Thursday May 10, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., in Aspen's Rio Grande Room, 455 Rio Grande Place. This group of volunteers will work in and around Aspen and Pitkin County. |
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Virginia Black Bear Tests Positive for Rabies On April 17th, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) was contacted by two men who encountered a bear that appeared to be acting very erratically in Afton, Virginia, Albemarle County. The men were driving a small 4-wheel off-road utility vehicle on a large, secluded parcel of land, when a bear approached and began biting the vehicle's tire, and then attempted to enter the occupied vehicle. The men were able to exit the vehicle without injury and ultimately shot and killed the bear. |
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Wisconsin Learn to Hunt Bear Application Process Open People interested in learning to hunt Wisconsin’s largest game animal have until May 25 to apply to participate in a Learn to Hunt Bear outing featuring classroom and field instruction capped with a real hunt with skilled mentors. |
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Input Sought for Colorado, Grand Mesa Bear Management Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking public input on the development of bear management plans for hunting units on the Grand Mesa. During the month of May, wildlife managers will host public meetings in Grand Junction, Hotchkiss, Rifle and Collbran to provide information on bear management and seek public comment on how to maintain a healthy bear population while reducing bear conflicts. The areas up for discussion include Game Management Units, 41, 42, 421, 411, 52, 53, 63 and 521. |
A firearm may seem like a more reliable item to carry in the backcountry than non-lethal spray, but according to two recent studies, firearms are no more effective than self-defense spray when it comes to handling bears. Two studies led by Brigham Young University Bear Biologist and Associate Professor of Wildlife Science Thomas S. Smith concluded that firearms don’t guarantee protection. 
Bear season begins soon at a trash can or dumpster near you.
