Black Bear Den

Bear studies and turkey season are in our sights on Kentucky Afield television this weekend, Feb. 27 and 28.

Follow Kentucky Afield television to Letcher County, where snowy mountainsides set the backdrop for black bear research. Biologists with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, with assistance from University of Kentucky researchers, climb into the bears winter dens to count cubs and place radio-tracking collars on hibernating mother bears. Research on bears - one of the forests most secretive animals - helps us to better understand growth and travel patterns of these mammals.

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• kentucky
• afield
• black
• bear
• hunting
• fishing
• outdoors
• tim
• farmer
• eastern
• cubs
• den

[BIGLOU642003]

great video and info, great job guys

[gpfordstang302]

wow! that place is barely a mile from my house!! and I know the guy in the blue hoodie and camo overalls lol

[saylean]

I always enjoy your Dept of F and W vids from Kentucky, plus, I love black bears. Cheers from WA!

[freestylze]

ya gotta love Kentucky!

[Snakehunter0930]

This looks like Harlan county Ky, I hunt alot in harlan and things and I know there is several bears there. I have ran into them in the summer and I go the OTHER way lol.

[indianadeerhunting]

Awesome video guys thanks so much for posting this I really learned alot and it must have taken some nerves to do that, I was also wandering if you or anybody else could tell me if there are bears moving in Indiana?!?!?

5/5!!!!

[icollectstuffdude]

Bravo! Great piece..

[tuguns2]

That is just awesome. Thanks guys.