Bear Archives - Carolina Sportsman

May 21, 2022

Four black bear award were presented at the 2022 Dixie Deer Classic, held March 4-6 at the N.C. State Fairgrounds. […]

The NCWRC has approved a limited number of permit-only bear hunts to take place on three bear sanctuaries. […]

Beau is proudly sitting next to his 556-pound bear from Carteret County, N.C. He is pictured with his dad, brother, and friends! […]

Joshua Parker and Cora Parker

After a bear cub was sighted with a jug stuck on its head near Asheville, N.C., the NCWRC found it, removed the jug, and released the cub. […]

James McCaskill killed a 665-pound bear on his first bear hunt in Tyrrell County, N.C. on Nov. 17, 2021. […]

Brenton Hilbourn of Delco, N.C. killed his first bear on Nov. 13, 2021 in Green Swamp. He shot the 246-pound bear with a lever action .44 Mag. […]

Sean Kearney killed a 134-pound Horry County, S.C. black bear on Oct. 23, 2021 with a Thompson Center muzzleloader. […]

You never know what you’ll see — like these black bears, sleeping and eating — in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. […]

Six-year-old Gauge Britt of Myrtle Beach, S.C. killed a 212-pound Horry County black bear on Oct. 20, 2021. […]