When viewed from the front, a grizzly’s face is broad while a black bear’s is narrower. Ears: Grizzly bears have short, rounded ears. Black bear ears are taller and more pointed. Claws: Grizzly bears ...

Dogs might also become helpful in bear scat identification. Jonkel is currently working with Working Dogs for Conservation to train dogs to identify wildlife scats, specifically bear scats. It remains ...

On June 8, a hunter shot and killed a grizzly bear in the Idaho panhandle, north of Upper Priest Lake.

In light of the new regulation requiring a bear identification test before hunting black bears in Idaho, I began to wonder just how hard it is to distinguish the two species.

IDAHO FALLS – Effective Jan. 1, anyone hunting black bears in Idaho must show proof that they have passed a bear ...

The Idaho Fish and Game announced on Tuesday that it will not issue a citation to a hunter who killed a federally protected grizzly bear June 10 while hunting over a legal black bear bait site ...

File photo of a grizzly bear. Wildlife officials wrongly identified a grizzly as a black bear in the Idaho Panhandle region. A hunter then killed it, officials said. Jim Peaco National Park ...

PRIEST LAKE, Idaho – Idaho Fish and Game stressed the importance of proper bear identification after a young female grizzly was mistakenly shot dead by a hunter in Bonner County, ...

Grizzly bear mistakenly shot, killed by hunter in North Idaho On Friday, May 9, a hunter shot and killed a young female grizzly bear he thought was a black bear. To stream KGW on your phone, you ...

Last June, a hunter shot a grizzly near St. Maries after consulting with Idaho Fish and Game about whether the bear – which he’d seen on a trail camera – was a grizzly or black bear.

JACKSON, Wyo.— Nine conservation organizations sent letters today urging the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Idaho Department of Fish and Game to require black bear hunters to take a bear ...