Montana Wildlife Officials Kill Grizzly Bear from Helicopter
A 6 ½ year-old female grizzly bear was shot by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials after repeatedly killing sheep at a ranch near the Dry Fork of the Marias River. The bear was located on a plot of private land and Craig Glazier of Wildlife Services shot the grizzly as they circled the […]
Missouri Poacher Slapped with $99.50 Fine For Killing Black Bear
Wait, what? $99.50. That’s all is cost 40-year-old Chris Keown to illegally shoot a black bear using his muzzle-loader earlier in the month. Acting on a number of tips from the state’s Operation Game Thief, conservation agents conducted a thorough investigation and gathered pertinent evidence used to charge Keown. He was eventually cited for […]
Washington Man Gets Jail Time for Killing Grizzly Bear
In May 2015, Shalako Katzer of Mead, Washington, and his family set up for a camping trip at the Yaak Falls Campground in the Kootenai National Forest area in western Montana. After getting wind of a grizzly bear heading toward the campground, Katzer and his brother grabbed their firearms in preparation for the bear’s […]
Rare Grizzly-Polar Bear Hybrid Shot by Hunters in Nunavut
Perched atop a hill near Arviat, Nunavut in Canada’s north, Didji Ishalook spotted something from a distance while hunting earlier this month. What he first believed to be an Arctic fox or small polar bear turned out to be something he never could have expected. As he got closer, he determined it to be […]
Wolf & Grizzly Face Off In Battle for Bison Carcass
Lauren Fazen Hamilton was lucky enough to witness (and document) nature at its very finest. A Facebook post she made yesterday broadcast some fantastic imagery from the chance encounter as two primal predators faced off over the carcass of a deceased bison in Yellowstone National Park. A native of Powell, Wyoming, Hamilton and her […]
Montana Wildlife Officials Planning Spring and Fall Grizzly Bear Hunts
Waiting on the delisting of the grizzly bear from Endangered Species Act protection, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is hard at work planning future hunting regulations for the animals. Officials are proposing both spring and fall hunting seasons for grizzly bears spanning seven hunting districts closely situated to Yellowstone National Park. Each of the […]
University of Alaska Professor Mauled by a Bear While Leading Class
Leading a group of students on a mountaineering course, University of Alaska assistant professor Forest Wagner was mauled by a bear early last week. A sow, who was accompanied by her cubs, attacked Wagner as he lead the group of about 12 students and was airlifted off the mountain when a student was able […]
Exclusive Video Captures Bears Bathing in Yellowstone’s “Bear Bathtub”
It all started with a radio collar that slipped off the neck of a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park about ten years ago. Park researchers performed an air search over a portion of the back country and were able to pinpoint the approximate location of the collar and soon got to work collecting the […]
77-Year-Old Alaska Hunter Mauled by Grizzly
Glenn Bohn, a 77-yeard-old hunter is recovering in hospital from injuries he sustained after he was attacked by a grizzly bear just east of Denali National Park. The call came in at around 1:34pm Friday when Alaska State Troopers were notified that Bohn was bear hunting when he was attacked by the bear that was […]
Video: MT. Officials Release Captured Grizzly Bear
After cleaning out some chicken coops north of Columbia Falls, Montana, this three year old grizzly was captured by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Yesterday, officials from the department released the 211 pound male grizzly bear back into the North Fork of the Flathead drainage and let the cameras roll for an up-close and personal […]