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 surprise, his wet tongue lolling sideways between the ...

Learn the 2025 Alaska bear hunting season dates, rules, and tips for hunting black and brown bears in remote wilderness areas.

A sow brown bear walks with two cubs through the forest at Pack Creek on Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media) Two Juneau residents hunting on Admiralty Island at the end of September ended up face ...

The Fat Bear Week competition has grown exponentially since it started as a Facebook vote in 2014. “It's positive, it's a celebration, and it's also really fun,” says Mike Fitz, a former Katmai park ranger whose bearcams became the inspiration for the ...

Hunting associations have called for compensation rules and sums to be standardised. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.