STATE BEAR HUNT IN DECEMBER HAVE SCORED DOZENS OF PERMITS IN HOPES OF SAVING AS MANY BEARS AS POSSIBLE FROM BEING HARVESTED. WESH 2’S GREG FOX EXPLAINS WHY THE TACTIC MAY WORK THIS YEAR, BUT NOT IN ...

The first Black Bear hunt in Florida in a decade is in the books, ending Sunday after three weeks in four primary bear zones in the state, yet few to no details have been revealed. Sign up for our ...

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 ...

Florida’s first state-sanctioned black bear hunt in a decade finished on December 28th, 2025. Arguments and backlash about this hunt immediately followed. Supporters of Florida’s black bear hunt ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission took another step towards reinstating an annual black bear hunt. Wildlife commissioners voted 4-1 on Wednesday, May 21, to have a black bear hunt for 23 days ...

Hunters will fan out across Florida beginning today as the first sanctioned hunt of black bears in a decade kicks off amid sharply divided public opinion and efforts by humane advocates to cajole — ...