Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Jeff ...

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

Fifty-two bears were killed in the first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade, far fewer than the cap the state had set, according to numbers released Tuesday by the state’s Fish and Wildlife ...

Three months after Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioners approved it, the controversial Florida bear hunt has been reinstated and is scheduled for next month. Will it be be stopped?

After Florida’s first black bear hunt in nearly a decade ended with far fewer animals killed than allowed, conservation ...

A total of 172 permits were issued through a lottery system. Each permit allowed the harvest of one black bear ...

State wildlife officials said the hunt was needed to manage Florida's growing bear population, while opponents said the ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released the results of the state’s first black bear hunt in ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued 172 black bear permits for the December hunt, which ended on the 28th.

After months of debate and protest, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved the 2025 Black Bear ...

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