The RGJ reports that 17 bears — 11 male and 6 female — have been killed thus far in the 2014 Nevada bear hunt. Since the Nevada Department of Wildlife reports Nevada’s bear population is 2:1 male/female ratio, hunters have half the chance of encountering a female. It appears then that Nevada bear hunters demonstrate […]
Sixteen black bears have been killed by Nevada hunters thus far this season for the highest total since the hunt started four years ago. Two male bears were killed Saturday in the Pine Nut Mountains, surpassing the previous season highs for the number of bears killed of 14 last year and in 2011, the first […]
Nevada’s fourth season for black bear hunting starts today and if controversy over the hunt has died somewhat in intensity, opponents say they remain determined to keep up the fight. Up to 20 bears can be legally killed during a hunt that lasts until Dec. 31, with hunting allowed across much of the east flank […]
A NV bear hunter killed W-92, pictured here with his sister. Please stop this senseless killing by emailing sscourby@ndow.org. Ask her to “forward your email to the Wildlife Commissioners and Bear Committee members and enter it into the record.” The Commissioners are voting May 10 to approve killing more bears in the 2014 hunt. Tell […]
RENO — With applications for big game tags due in mid-April, Bear advocates are urging people to support saving the bears instead of hunting them. No Bear Hunt Nevada is encouraging people to get a “Sav -Um” license instead of a hunting license. “The Save-Um campaign is a fundraiser with the idea of trying to […]
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On Jan. 17, the RGJ reported the Bear Committee (a subcommittee of the Wildlife Commission) will meet to review the bear hunt. The 2013 Legislature, in SB82, asked the commission to make an “unbiased and informed recommendation concerning the viability of hunting black bears in NV,” “Predicated on sound scientific data.” In that same article, […]
As ordered by the Legislature, Nevada wildlife officials today are poised to review the state’s controversial hunting season for black bears. A committee of the Nevada Wildlife Commission is scheduled to discuss what is described as a “top-to-bottom” review of the bear hunt, which ended its third season Dec. 31. The full commission is scheduled […]
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s third black bear hunting season is in the books. The Department of Wildlife says 14 bears were killed by hunters, with the last one killed on Nov. 23. Of those, four were female and 10 were male. As many as 20 were allowed to be killed in the season […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS RENO — A new effort is building to require bear-proof trash containers at Lake Tahoe and other mountain communities along Nevada’s western mountain ranges. The possibility of adopting tighter trash regulations in Incline Village and other bear-prone areas such as Verdi, Galena and Washoe Valley is scheduled to be discussed by […]
