Wild black bear in Japan captured after multi-day hunt grips nation's attention

By Joseph Campbell and Chang-Ran Kim UTSUNOMIYA, Japan, June 9 (Reuters) - The Japanese city of Utsunomiya captured a wild ...
The Japan Times

Tokyo considers lifting ban on bear hunting for the first time in nearly 20 years

With the move to permit culling in the capital, authorities are hoping to put pressure on the wild animal and avert ...

3 tips to judge black bear size before your hunt this fall

One of the biggest challenges new bear hunters face is estimating the size of a black bear as it slips into view.
Anchorage Daily News

Too few caribou, too many bears: Bristol Bay subsistence hunters favor state bear cull to protect food

The state of Alaska’s cull of brown bears around the Mulchatna caribou herd north of Dillingham is not especially ...
Yahoo

Michigan’s bear hunting season saw ‘phenomenal number of unusually large bears’ taken in U.P.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 2,000 bears were taken in Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas during the 2025 hunting season. But the real story wasn’t ...

Wild black bear captured in Japanese city after multi-day hunt

Japanese authorities have captured a bear following a multi-day search that saw nearly 100 schools close.
WDBJ

VA Department of Wildlife Resources releases harvest data on black bears, deer, and wild turkeys

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources has released harvest numbers for the Fall 2025–26 big game hunting seasons on black bears, deer, and wild turkeys. According to DWR ...