The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission released initial numbers from the 2025 Bear Hunt, the first bear hunt in ...

For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida’s swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the vocal opposition of ...

Florida's black bear hunting season will open for 23 days, between Dec. 6 and Dec. 28. FWC will issue 187 permits throughout the state. Each permit holder is limited to take one bear. Come December, ...

Florida's first black bear hunt in ten years is scheduled to begin on December 6, pending a court challenge. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued 187 permits for the hunt, ...

The real problem, according to hunting critics: unsecured trash cans. Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade will take place as scheduled next month after a state judge on Monday denied a motion by a ...

Joel Cleveland beat the odds – 953 to 1, to be precise – to secure a bear hunting permit in Florida starting at the crack of dawn on Dec. 6. He won't be using it, however. Florida’s first bear hunting ...

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Permit applications for Florida's first bear hunting season in 10 years are now open for the next 10 days. People interested can apply through 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 22. A permit is ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (WESH) – Florida’s bear hunt is now underway. Over the next three weeks, and for the first time since 2015, hunters are expected to take several dozen black bears statewide. Bear ...

This month, Florida allowed the first black bear hunt in 10 years after the last one was ended abruptly over too many killed.

Florida is holding its first bear hunting season in a decade, prompting a battle between state officials and wildlife advocates. A "Spare a Bear, Bag a Tag" campaign encouraged conservationists to win ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida black bear hunt begins this Saturday, Dec. 6, for the first time in ten years. Black bear hunting was outlawed across the state in 1994, when the population reached ...