The new Connecticut bill stripped out much of the language allowing a bear hunt and replaced it with new rules for killing ...

This year was no different, as his bear hunting bill failed to advance out of committee. Senate Bill No. 54, introduced by Berthel at the start of the legislative session in January, would have ...

Alarmed by the steady stream of headlines documenting their run-ins with humans, some lawmakers say it’s past time for the state to open a hunting season on bears. The debate over bear hunting ...

The bear legislation next heads to the Senate, while the Sunday firearms-hunting bill - a companion to a 2015 law allowing Sunday bow hunting on private property - goes to the House of ...

Louisiana is expanding black bear hunting just one year after its first season in decades, more than doubling the number of hunters allowed to participate and more than tripling the number of ...

Louisiana will expand its black bear hunting season in 2025, increasing the number of permits and opening two new hunting areas. The decision comes after a successful inaugural hunt in 2024 ...

“Despite the title of this bill, an ‘Act Concerning Bear Hunting,’ this bill is not moving forward a bear hunt,” said state Rep. John-Michael Parker, D-Madison, who serves as co-chair of ...