bear hunt

Connecticut wildlife officials are drafting plans for a bear hunt lottery that would decide who gets to kill a limited number of bears.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 2011 Bear Hunt begins Monday with hunters in possession of a permit allowed to kill one black bear each.

Hunters have bagged 13 bears in Nevada's inaugural bear hunt, and the season is still one female away from coming to an end.

Since the season opened Aug. 20, hunters have killed 12 bears: five females and seven males.

Since the season opened Aug. 20, hunters have killed 12 bears -- five females and seven males.

Black bears will remain in the crosshairs of Nevada hunters after a legislative panel agreed Wednesday to make regulations authorizing an annual hunt permanent, despite objections from critics who argue it's unsafe for outdoor enthusiasts in the Tahoe Basin and jeopardizes the state's bruin population.

An expanded bear hunting season in Colorado is off the table next year, according to a lawmaker who proposed the idea unsuccessfully this year.

Bear hunters will have to wait a little longer to find out if they've been given a Minnesota bear hunting permit for 2011.

Already accepting applications for Nevada's first black bear hunting season, the state Wildlife Commission plans to hear an administrative appeal this week from a group of conservationists and Lake Tahoe residents who say the hunt is illegal.

Russia has banned the hunting of polar bears this year, thanks to a group with close ties to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a longtime defender of large endangered animals.