According to MassWildlife, the state's bear population is easily over 4,500, with an expected annual increase of 8%. The species has long been common in the central and western parts of the state ...

Melvin’s bear set a record previously established on Oct. 14, 2019, when a group of hunters in Morris County used a bow to shoot a 700-pound bear, the NJ Advance previously reported.

Authorities believe Pumpkin, the bear spotted around parts of the South Shore who loved to eat gourds and who police threatened to euthanize after the animal killed goats, is dead after it was ...

A New Jersey hunter set a state record on Tuesday morning when he used a compound bow to kill a 770-pound black bear in Morris County. Brian Melvin told NJ Advance Media he first saw the massive ...

CHOCOWINITY, N.C. (WITN /Gray News) - A hunter in North Carolina possibly set a world record by recently taking down a massive black bear with a bow and arrow. Brad Jones, 51, of Greenville, was ...