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Raleigh hunter kills 520-pound bear in Edgecombe County

Ryan Pridgen of Raleigh, N.C. killed a 520-pound bear while hunting with his hounds in Edgecombe County on Dec. 11, 2018. […]

Clayton hunter kills 616-pound bear in Craven County

Brian Cope

Matthew Griffin of Clayton, N.C. was deer hunting with his dad on Nov. 17 when he killed a 616-pound black bear in Craven County. And he had passed on shooting a different bear earlier on the same hunt. […]

500-yard shot downs 600+ pound bear in Pamlico County, N.C.

Brian Cope

Jeff Murphy of Madison, N.C. isn’t new to bear hunting — he’s killed nine bears in the past 15 or so years — but the one he killed on Nov. 13 was one unlike any he’s ever seen. Even from 500 yards away, which is the distance the bear was when Murphy shot it, he could tell it was abnormally large. […]

North Carolina’s best bears

Craig Holt

Wildlife biologists have a maxim: good habitat translates into more game animals. But the public often misunderstands the rule. It depends upon the adaptability of a species, and no game animal is more adaptive than black bears. It’s why bear numbers are growing in North Carolina’s mountains. […]

Hunter takes rare Caswell County bear

Craig Holt

David Barker of Semora, N.C. had seen one black bear over the past three years while deer hunting in Caswell County, and it was only a trail-camera photo. […]

640-pound bear killed in Edgecombe County, N.C.

Jeff Burleson

For Michael Taylor of Raleigh, N.C., a routine bear hunt on Dec. 17 in an Edgecombe County swamp thicket turned into a monumental experience when a 640-pound male black bear stepped out 15 feet from him along the trail without any dogs or any other hunters in sight. […]

Morganton, NC hunter kills big bear that broke 440-pound scale

Brian Cope

Matthew Chapman of Morganton, N.C. has killed his share of black bears over the years, but he’d never killed one so big that it broke a scale while determining its weight. That’s exactly what happened when he killed one in Burke County on Nov. 9 during an evening hunt. […]

Winston-Salem firefighter kills huge bruin on Thanksgiving afternoon

Dan Kibler

North Carolina is rightfully credited with having the world’s biggest black bears, but almost all of those enormous specimens come from the eastern third of the state, which features what is possibly the world’s best habitat for bruins. […]

2017 SC bear season was second best on record

Glenn Corley

According to Tammy Wactor, SCDNR Wildlife Biologist and Upstate Black Bear Coordinator, the 2017 Bear Season was the second highest season on record. […]