Black bears

If you're in the Missouri outdoors often enough, this kind of encounter is bound to happen.

Things are done differently in Missouri and I mean that as a good thing. However, there was this time when a Missouri guy saw a big bear cross a trail in front of him and his response was...different than what I probably would have done as he decided to capture video and chat with the animal.

This is why you pay close attention to tracks when you're out and about in the Missouri woods. A trail cam in the Show Me State got an up close and personal moment from a black bear who didn't know he was supposed to be hibernating.

It's no revelation that the black bear population is growing in Missouri, but will the population of these predators ever expand to the northern parts of the state? A new map share says yes and it's already begun.

The results are in, how many black bears were harvested during Bear Hunting season in the Show-Me State this year...?

If you want to go bear hunting in Missouri you now can, but there is A LOT you need to know before you bag your first black bear of the season...

If you've never seen a black bear in Missouri, the odds are you will eventually if you live in the state long enough. That's especially true this time of year as conservation agents are warning that black bear sightings are about to increase big time and there's one main reason why.

There has been a statement issued from the Missouri Department of Conservation about the possibility of encountering Black Bears in Missouri this spring.

Missouri’s first-ever bear hunt is drawing plenty of interest..