...Bingaman said black bear meat is a major source of spring-time meat, but, since brown bears started squatting at his bait sites in Clam Gulch, his black bear harvest has been drastically reduced. Following testimony in favor of increasing brown...

This year the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will use a drawing system to allocate black bear bait sites. In the past, black bear bait permits were issued on a first-come basis. Interested parties would wait in line at the Refuge...

...benefits to hunting this way. Having a bait site lures animals away from populated...often frequent a well maintained bait site. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge...experience. Points to remember: * All bait sites must be at least one mile from dwellings...

...week, and as a result the Kenai Peninsula recorded another bear shot in defense of life or property. ?We had a DLP at a bait site off of Swanson River Road last Thursday,? said Larry Lewis, a wildlife technician for the Alaska Department of Fish...

...aren't common during the winter months, but they happen. "We got a skull of a large animal that was shot at a black bear bait site in a legal area," Selinger said. "It was a big bear and we opened its gut and it had corn in there and some tabs from...