COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden started Wednesday with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists warned that the move would result in a 20% drop in the country’s predator ...

This story, “The Bear Chose Me,” appeared in the June 1956 issue of Outdoor Life. Polly Creek lies inside the boundary of what is now Lake Clark National Park & Preserve. His mouth was half open in ...

About 20% of Sweden’s brown bear population could be killed this hunting season after licenses were issued for 486 of the animals to culled, despite an outcry from conservation groups. There’s ...

A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a ...

This story, A Family Hunt for Alaska Brownies, originally ran 75 years ago, in the July 1947 issue. While it is a classic example of an OL family hunting adventure, it also shows how hunting ethics ...

A 32-year-old man was left with severe injuries after a brown bear mauled him and was accidentally shot in the ensuing struggle after he and his hunting partner were attacked in Alaska. The pair were ...

Brown bears and grizzlies, although closely related, are distinctly different animals. Grizzlies are widely distributed, and have the decency to live in mostly open country, including mountains. Brown ...