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

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, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Fifty-two bears were killed during Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade, state wildlife officials ...

Read full article: Bear euthanized after being shot in Lake County; Florida wildlife officials relocate younger bear found nearby ORLANDO, Fla. – Starting this weekend, hunters will be able to hunt ...

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

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 ...

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

Florida is less than a week 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. When News 6 asked the ...

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...

Hunters killed 368 bears during the first part of New Jersey’s annual bear hunt for 2025, a 7.3% decrease compared to the same time last year, data from the state Department of Environmental ...