It would be an understatement to say people in Southwest Florida are passionate about the topic of bringing back a bear hunt. Based on emails we have received, comments on social media and a poll ...

Eighty-one percent of Floridians oppose a hunt to manage the state's black bear population, according to Kate MacFall, Florida director of Humane World for Animals. The executive leader at the ...

State wildlife officials next month could approve rules for a three-week bear hunt in December that would have "a more structured format" than a hunt halted a decade ago after a limit was quickly ...

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, ...

With Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade just two weeks away, opponents say they’ve used a combination of tactics to protect bears from bullets — and are heading to court Monday in Tallahassee ...

In this May 17, 2015, file photo, a Louisiana Black Bear, subspecies of the black bear rests in a water oak tree in a neighborhood in Marksville, La. TALLAHASSEE — State wildlife officials next month ...

Florida has reopened black bear hunting for the first time in ten years, and you are watching a clash between two very different visions of conservation. Supporters see a tightly controlled season as ...

For only the second time in modern history, Florida will likely hold a black bear hunt - this one in 2025. Wildlife managers voted May 21 to hold a black bear hunt in December, despite public outcry, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Permit applications are now officially open for the 2025 black bear hunt. Applications opened this morning and will remain open through September 22. Each application costs ...

Although the odds indicate regulators will OK the first black bear hunt in a decade in Florida, opponents will pull out all the rhetorical stops when the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

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

Come December, Florida hunters will grab their rifles, put on their hunting caps and legally declare that it’s bear hunting season. Only a decade after Florida’s last bear hunting season, mired in ...