News
Tracking success: MDWFP advances black bear research
The MDWFP Black Bear Program is leaning into multiple research methods to continue better understanding our black bear population. […]
Black bears
Hunting
MDWFP partners with MSU to send out public bear survey
The MDWFP is working with MSU to gain a better understanding of the perceptions surrounding black bears through a statewide public survey. […]
News
MDWFP Black Bear Program rehomes abandoned cub
The MDWFP Black Bear Program recently rescued and rehomed an abandoned black bear cub from the South Delta to a new den in Wilkinson County. […]
Columns
Species Spotlight: American black bear
Wildlife biologists have identified as many as 16 subspecies of the black bear, but some controversy exists in classifying them all. […]
News
Black bear spotted swimming off N.C. coast
When two anglers fishing in North Carolina’s Bogue Inlet area saw a floating object in rough waves, they took a closer look and realized it was a swimming black bear. […]
News
Bears are on the move in Mississippi
The warmer days of spring and the landscape’s annual greening up bring with it increased activity by black bears throughout Mississippi. […]
Featured
North Carolina’s No. 2 all-time black bear killed by Virginia hunter
On the morning of Nov. 11, Thomas Capps of Richmond, Va., killed a 782-pound black bear from a blind overlooking a field of soybeans and corn on private land in Hyde County. The bear is officially the largest-ever killed in North Carolina by a still-hunter and is the second-largest bear ever taken in the state. […]
Events & Announcements
Arrest made in killing of Amite County black bear
An unidentified suspect has been arrested in the killing of a tagged black bear in Amite County after the alleged shooter confessed, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said Monday (Jan. 9).
The investigation began Dec. 19 after MDWFP received an anonymous call reporting a bear had been killed in the Busy Corner community. The agency worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to work the case. […]
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Radio-collared female black bear found dead in Bolivar County
The remains of a female black bear were recently found in Bolivar County. The bear had been previously captured by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks in July 2010 and fitted with a global positioning system collar for research purposes. […]