Nevada’s black bear hunt amounts to an unsportsmanlike escapade, say wildlife advocates, who contend the state-sanctioned ...

Blood-trailing dogs may track down black bears shot by hunters if a bill before the Wyoming Legislature passes. It’s already legal to use dogs to ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This week, Florida Wildlife officials approved a bear hunt in Florida for the first time in ten years. One of the controversial elements of the hunt is the use of dogs -- and now, ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Dogs could be used to chase black bears in Kentucky under a new proposal that’s being heralded by hunters and assailed by animal rights activists. The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife ...

A California ban on the use of hounds in bear hunting had a dramatic impact this past year -- the number of bears killed fell sharply. This follows a heated battle in the state legislature between ...

This story, “No Way Out,” appeared in the April 2005 issue of Outdoor Life. The regulations it references applied to that time period, and have not been updated. Philip Propst couldn’t see his dogs or ...

Hunters transport a bear that was shot and killed during the 2016 hunting season across Lake Tugaloo. The hunters were taking the animal to station where a state wildlife official could weigh the ...