Much of Wyoming’s mountainous bear county is buried in massive amounts of snow, and with even more expected before spring black bear hunting seasons open in May, things might seem grim for hunters. One bear hunter, however, says the snow could actually work in favor for the hunters.
Cowboy State Daily Movie Review: “Like cocaine itself, ‘Cocaine Bear’ is an exercise in completely reckless abandon. It’s a manifestation of that special American brand of excess that Van Halen front man David Lee Roth summed up perfectly when he said, ‘If two is good, then 10 is better.’”
Good news! The highly-anticipated movie ‘Cocaine Bear’ will be released later this week. Wyoming outdoorsmen say it is an appropriate movie for the Cowboy State as there are frequent human-bear incidents but none, that they know of, involving cocaine-addled grizzlies though.
More than 1,000 garbage containers that were certified “bear resistant” were distributed around Teton County, but it turns out they weren’t. A grizzly ripped one apart in a live test.
Unlike Canada where a retired wildlife official speculated that black bears are now hunting humans, Colorado authorities don’t believe that’s happening but black bear attacks on people did increase this year.
Although a 34-year wildlife official in Canada says black bears are now hunting humans, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department say their records don’t show evidence of black bears in Wyoming deliberately stalking, killing, and eating people.
A Lake Tahoe homeowner woke up on Saturday night to the sound of two bears beating the crap out of each other in her backyard shed. Her security cam captured the fight.
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A young black bear spotted in a Casper neighborhood was safely transported away on Sunday evening, a Wyoming Game and Fish Department spokeswoman said.
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured a bear in Casper early Sunday morning according to the Casper Police.
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More proof that spring has finally come to the Rocky Mountains occurred Sunday when a bear destroyed a car because people didn’t follow basic common sense.
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A Wyoming wildlife group is offering free bear-proof trash cans to the residents of Teton County in an attempt to cut down on bear encounters that could potentially turn fatal.
The Game & Fish Department blames the increase on more people and more grizzlies using the same land area.
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We should be grateful that dopes don’t take the advice of wildlife officials to lock their car doors because we would never see videos like these…
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Cowboy State Daily editor Jimmy Orr writes: If there was a Hall of Fame for destruction caused by bears, this is a sure-fire nominee.
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Record traffic and an increased presence of bears on the highway between Cody and Yellowstone National Park are being blamed for the deaths of two bears
Game & Fish officials said the bear learned that people food was an “easy food source” and had no other options.
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A bear — or gang of bears — opened the doors of eight cars on Saturday night in search of food in Estes Park, Colorado. Officials say stupid humans are to blame.
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A Colorado bear broke into a car that had a case of beer in it and stayed there for more than an hour.
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After multiple bear encounters with humans in recent weeks, one of Yellowstone’s leading bear biologists posted a video this week to educate visitors on what to do if or when they encounter a bear.
Beginning this spring and continuing through early fall, department biologists will conduct grizzly bear trapping operations in both front and backcountry areas. All trap sites will be posted with area closure signs in the direct vicinity.
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A man has uploaded a video of his weekend encounter with a hungry bear in Grand Teton National Park that shows the bear attempting to chase him.
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Grand Teton National Park officials are doing their best to keep bears and humans from encountering each other (at least, for now) in the park as bears begin to wake from hibernation.
No tourists could be seen trying to bother the bear, so that is likely not the reason the bear was “singing” in the tree last week.
One of 399’s bear cubs apparently has a limp but appears to be doing better.
An emaciated black bear cub who had been separated from his mother was euthanized on Saturday morning in Lander.
The bear that shares its name with a jumbo jet ‘747’ won the most prestigious fat-bear competition in the world.
It’s 2am. You hear a noise. You decide to investigate. And you see a bear walking down the hall. First thing you do? Grab your phone and film it.
A convenience store worker says fighting bears was not in his job description.
Three bears entered a Red Lodge, Montana house earlier this week and dined on peaches and chocolate before the owner asked them to leave.
Grizzly bear capture operations have been extended from Aug. 28 to Oct. 23, the National Park Service announced Monday.
The National Park Service is recommending not “pushing your slower friends down” if a bear is attacking.
A black bear was euthanized Thursday in Grand Teton National Park for public safety, according to a news release from the National Park Service.
The bear is reported to have cubs with her which could lead to a potentially dangerous encounter.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced Wednesday that as part of an ongoing effort to monitor grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, it would conduct capture operations in the northwest portion of the state over the next few months.
