Maine’s general bear hunting season begins on the last Monday in August, and this year, that date – Monday, Aug. 25 – is right around the corner. Thousands of hunters from across the state and country ...

Zach LaFreniere of Howland tagged this record-setting black bear sow with a dressed weight of 358 pounds on Sept. 16, 2025, while hunting in Corinth. The bear’s estimated live weight was 429.6 pounds, ...

Election Day results involved many outdoors issues, but a defeated referendum on the ballot in the state of Maine could have had immediate consequences on bear hunting methods in that state and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maine supports about 25,000 black bears, with the highest densities in the North Woods, where continuous forest provides ideal ...

BEAR HUNT My hunt will be fully guided. I’ll be taken to a ground blind/tree stand overlooking an active bait each day. The actual position of the hunter is tailored to whether they are hunting with a ...

A man from New Jersey died while hunting in Somerset County on Tuesday. David Ridgway, 69, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, was hunting a bear in northern Pierce Pond Township around 8 a.m. Tuesday, the ...

A New Jersey man died Tuesday after suffering a medical event while bear hunting in Maine, officials said. David Ridgeway, 69, of Bridgeton, collapsed at about 8 a.m. while walking in the woods of ...

SOMERSET COUNTY, Maine (WABI) - A man from New Jersey died while hunting bear in central Somerset County. Authorities say 69-year old David Ridgway was walking in the woods around 8:00 Tuesday morning ...