Florida wildlife officials have approved the state's first bear hunting season in a decade as the black bear population continues to grow and encounters with humans increase. The Florida Fish and ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Applications opened Friday for Florida’s first regulated black bear hunt in a decade, a lottery that will distribute just 187 harvest permits and has reignited a heated dispute ...

Wildlife advocates across Florida are preparing for a wave of peaceful protests on Saturday in opposition to a proposed black bear trophy hunt under consideration by the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

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Florida wildlife commissioners voted unanimously (5-0) Wednesday morning to reinstate a black bear hunt and approve the final rules for the upcoming hunting season this winter. That regulated hunt ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Applications to hunt and kill a bear in Florida will begin on Friday. From Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. through Sept. 22, hunters can apply for a permit to participate in Florida's first ...

Florida's black bear hunt will return this December for the first time in nearly a decade. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) unanimously approved an annual hunting season.