The first regulated Florida black bear hunt in a decade has been underway since Dec. 6. But unlike the 2015 version, it’s ...

Florida’s first statewide black bear hunt in a decade is now more than a week underway, drawing intensifying criticism from ...

For the first time in a decade, hunters are fanning out across Florida to legally hunt the Florida black bear.

The state’s first sanctioned hunt of black bears in a decade kicks off amid sharply divided public opinion and efforts by humane advocates to cajole sportsmen not to shoot.

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.

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

The group Speak Up for Wildlife says they have reports of people killing Florida black bears without proper permits during ...

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

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

Chants of “stop the hunt,” echoed down Apalachee Parkway Monday, Nov. 17, as nearly 200 black bear hunt opponents began marching from the steps of the Historic Florida Capitol.

Planning and preparing a whole turkey for Thanksgiving dinner can start days ahead of the holiday itself. But those who want to hunt their own wild turkey in Florida may have to plan even further ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida black bear hunt begins this Saturday, Dec. 6, for the first time in ten years. Black bear hunting was outlawed across the state in 1994, when the population reached ...