The season's initial six-day run allows the use of archery and muzzleloaders. It concluded Saturday with 392 bears killed, up ...

He is bear-ing the weight of his actions. A New Jersey bow hunter who killed a 770-pound black bear this week, setting a ...

A New Jersey hunter set what is believed to be a state record on Tuesday morning when he used a compound bow to kill a ...

Image via Brian Melvin A bow hunter recently took down an impressive 770 pound black bear setting the state record in New ...

What he did was perfectly legal, and many believe absolutely necessary for public safety and even the health of the overall ...

A five-day archery and muzzleloader season starts Oct. 14 in northwest NJ. Can it arrest a black bear population boom?

Brian Melvin's 770-pound black bear is the largest on record taken by a New Jersey bowhunter. He'd been chasing the bear for ...

A controversial hunting season is underway in New Jersey as wildlife officials warn that more black bears could cause ...

Brian Melvin, of West Orange, spent three seasons tracking a 770-pound bear.

Bear hunting season has begun in New Jersey -- a controversial measure aimed to curb the population of nuisance black bears ...

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection estimates that the bear population will exceed 4,000 by 2027, and according to ...

In Sussex County alone, 36 black bears were killed in New Jersey on the first day of the hunting season, according to the New ...