MENOMINEE COUNTY, MI – Four people were cited after an illegal bear bating investigation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. According to an official Department of Natural Resources report from late fall, ...

The bait is placed and branches inserted into the barrel for the 2025 bear hunting season. Credit: Courtesy of Pete Warner A year ago, I entertained the thought of trying to establish a bear bait site ...

Maine’s general bear hunting season begins on the last Monday in August, and this year, that date – Monday, Aug. 25 – is right around the corner. Thousands of hunters from across the state and country ...

State wildlife experts are concerned practices used to deter bears from peeling trees create new problems, and in the worst cases lure bears to their death, according to hundreds of documents obtained ...