A spring hunt for brown bear on Alaska’s Baranof Island is a bucket-list experience, and, on the author’s hunt, included ...

This story, “The Bear Chose Me,” appeared in the June 1956 issue of Outdoor Life. Polly Creek lies inside the boundary of what is now Lake Clark National Park & Preserve. His mouth was half open in ...

Picking a great bear gun isn’t a complicated task ... 30/06, in confident hands, is a perfectly capable hunting rifle for big coastal brown bears. When confidence is lacking, it’s an even more ...

I had decided to try for a brown bear on the way home. Bob had killed a good brown three years earlier and wasn’t interested in another, but I wanted pictures as well as a trophy. Bob agreed to be my ...

When a hunter from Fairbanks heads to Kodiak Island for a buddy blacktail hunt, he just can't shake a bad feeling ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden started Wednesday with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists warned that the move would result in a 20% drop in the country’s predator ...

These days, the 59-year-old’s crowning achievement is his most horribilis. Flinner is back from a 12-day brown bear hunting trip to Alaska, cut in half by his gutting it out over Kodiak Island. He was ...

Area MnDNR Conservation Officer Weekly Reports for Bemidji, Walker, Brainerd, Mile Lacs and St. Cloud areas - October 2, 2025 ...