MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday announced preliminary results for the 2024 bear season. This fall, bear hunters harvested 4,285 bears during the five-week ...

Officers in western Wisconsin are warning residents in Osseo about a larger black bear that has been spotted recently, and ...

The DNR's black bear litter and diet survey will inform bear management in Wisconsin. The agency intends to place GPS collars on 100 bear sows and study cub survival as part of the work.

In fact although he held a 2024 bear tag for Zone D and could have hunted for bear on his land, he opted to sit out the Wisconsin bear season. "I'll probably always hunt but now as I get older and ...