Hunters kick of Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade – this time with stricter rules - According to officials, the bear ...

Florida is four days into its 2025 Black Bear Hunt, but we still don’t know how many bears have been harvested, or even if any hunters have bagged a single bear yet.

From Dec. 6 through Dec. 28, hunters who received a permit will be able to harvest black bears on private property, with ...

Barring last-minute lawsuits, the first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade starts this weekend. Here's what to know.

Florida has launched its first state-sanctioned black bear hunt since 2015. State wildlife officials claim that the hunt will ...

The state’s first sanctioned hunt of black bears in a decade kicks off amid sharply divided public opinion and efforts by ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In spite of opposition from wildlife advocates, the first black bear hunt in Florida since 2015, will ...

One of the 172 hunters selected in a state lottery for the right to hunt a Florida black bear said he plans to use the permit ...

FLORIDA ( WESH) -- For the first time in more than a decade, hunters took to Florida's forests in search of black bears as ...

Joel Cleveland beat the odds – 953 to 1, to be precise – to secure a bear hunting permit. He won't be using it, however.

A Leon County circuit judge on Nov. 24 rejected a group’s request for a temporary injunction to halt the state’s first black ...

Florida's first black bear hunt in nearly a decade begins Saturday. Of 172 selected participants, some plan to hunt while ...