1.   Ballot initiatives included limits on bear hunting and on property taxes.

2.   Bear hunting has become a contentious issue in several states.

3.   Conservationists say the hodgepodge of state regulations on bear hunting and sale of bear parts makes it difficult to nab poachers unless they are caught in the act.

4.   Critics and advocates of bear hunting say the controversy reflects two trends.

5.   Eight U.S. states with black bear populations allow bear hunting and the sale of bear parts acquired legally.

6.   He and his men were trout fishing and bear hunting when Custer died.

7.   He favors bear hunting, but says he has no interest in taking part.

8.   Hunters offer alarming predictions that bears will maim children and senior citizens if bear hunting is curtailed.

9.   Public pressure forced the Colorado Division of Wildlife to stop spring bear hunting.

10.   Sources say the Russian president contracted double pneumonia after he ignored flu symptoms and went bear hunting.