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 ...

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

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

Florida Fish and Wildlife officers arrested James Goodspeed after he allegedly shot and killed a bear on private property in ...

Florida's controversial bear hunt started Dec. 6 and will end Dec. 28. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

Florida’s state sanctioned bear hunt began over the weekend, and over the next three weeks hunters are expected to take ...

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 ...

Florida has approved a December 2025 bear hunting season aimed at managing growing bear populations. The season runs from Dec ...

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

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