Come December, Florida hunters will grab their rifles, put on their hunting caps and legally declare that it’s bear hunting season. Only a decade after Florida’s last bear hunting season, mired in ...

Bear Warriors United conservation group last week asked a Florida judge for an emergency temporary injunction to halt the ...

State wildlife officials next month could approve rules for a three-week bear hunt in December that would have "a more structured format" than a hunt halted a decade ago after a limit was quickly ...

Most of the special permits to hunt Florida black bears in December have been claimed, a state wildlife spokesperson said this week, but more than three dozen are reportedly in the hands of hunt ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida is set to hold its first bear hunt in a decade this December, with more than 160,000 applicants vying for just 172 permits. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

State wildlife officials next month could approve rules for a three-week bear hunt in December that would have "a more structured format" than a hunt halted a decade ago after a limit was quickly ...

A Lake County man said the bear entered his home through an open garage door and eventually made its way to the bathroom, where he shot and killed it The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

The Central Florida-based nonprofit Bear Warriors United filed a lawsuit Friday against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, two days after the agency's unanimous vote approving a ...

In October 2015, Adam Sugalski stood at a check station in Lake City, Florida, and counted each dead Florida black bear brought in from the city’s hunt. The statewide hunt was called off after just ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said no injuries were reported A Florida homeowner shot and killed a bear that broke into his house on Sept. 19 A Lake County man said the bear ...