A deer hunter was attacked by a grizzly bear over the weekend in Montana’s Custer-Gallatin National Forest. According to Gallatin County Search & Rescue (GCSAR) the man required immediate medical attention and was quickly life-lighted to a nearby medical facility. “The GCSAR team members along with law enforcement…
Read MoreBlack bears and brown bears sometimes share the same territory, and because they can react very differently when encountered, it’s a good idea to be able to quickly determine which species you’re dealing with when hunting or hiking in bear country. Black bear vs brown bear seems easy…
Read MoreEarlier this summer, Field & Stream reported on two separate river otter attacks in the Golden State, including one in mid-July at Serene Lake near Lake Tahoe. At around noon on September 3rd, the otters at Serene Lake struck again. Matt Leffers, a 69-year-old general contractor from San…
Read MoreBack in July, 47-year-old Amy Adamson was killed by a grizzly bear on a popular hiking trail near the town of West Yellowstone, Montana. Last Saturday, the 10-year-old bear that mauled Adamson was euthanized by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) after it entered a West Yellowstone home…
Read MoreDo not try this at home. A man in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania got perilously close to a giant black bear that wandered into his yard recently—and a bystander caught the whole ordeal on camera. The video was posted on the private Instagram account @johnson2124 and later…
Read MoreTwo archery elk hunters are alive and one grizzly bear is dead after a run-in in Island Park, Idaho on September 1. The men were stalking through thick brush west of the Island Park Reservoir when they ran into a large boar grizzly at close range. It took…
Read MoreHere’s something you don’t see every day. In March of 2021, a group of tourists at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee stumbled upon a scene worthy of a National Geographic documentary: A black bear attempting to take down a fully grown feral hog. Philip Talbot,…
Read MoreGrizzly bears and black bears occupy much of the same territory in North America, and the two species are known to be fierce competitors. As the one of the continent’s top predators, grizzlies will even prey on black bears when the proper conditions aline. Grizzly-on-black bear predation isn’t…
Read MoreIt’s been a banner year for bad behavior in Yellowstone National Park, and the video evidence just keeps on piling up. The latest offense might be the most brazen and flat-out ignorant example of all. It features two full-grown men—one of whom is holding a small child—taking off…
Read MoreOn Saturday, August 19, a mountain goat on Utah’s Mount Timpanogos sent an off-leash retriever tumbling over a cliff to its death as the dog owner watched from a nearby hiking trail. In prior weeks, two other dog owners looked on as mountain goats on the same peak…
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