CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Black bear season is opening in western Maryland with some significant changes in the way the hunt is conducted.

The four-day season opening Monday is the first with a predetermined end date since a 50-year moratorium on Maryland bear hunting ended in 2004.

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