After Florida wildlife officials approved the state’s first black bear hunt in a decade, wildlife expert Ron Magill became ...

Hunters will need to apply for permits to participate in the December 2025 bear hunt. The last bear hunt in Florida occurred ...

Sixty-eight bears will be permitted for harvest from 11 eastern panhandle counties, including Franklin, Leon and Wakulla; 18 bears from 12 Central Florida counties; 46 from five North Florida counties ...

A bear hunt based on ‘stale’ population estimates risk ‘irreversible ecological loss,’ hunting opponents warn.

Bear Warriors United filed a lawsuit Friday against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission over bear hunt ...

Come December, Florida hunters will grab their rifles, put on their hunting caps and legally declare that it’s bear hunting ...

For the first time in a decade, Floridians will be legally allowed to hunt black bears in the state. The move was unanimously ...

The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade will take place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife ...

State wildlife officials say a regulated hunt is needed to manage the bear population. Opponents say the new rules will lead ...

Last week, for the first time since 2015, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 5-0 to approve rules to ...

Hunting plays an important role in maintaining healthy populations of wildlife. Though I am not a hunter, I understand the ...

If the bear numbers ever increase to a point that a hunt could be scientifically justified to sustain a healthy population, it should only be conducted in those zones or areas of Florida where it ...