The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade will take place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife ...

State wildlife officials say a regulated hunt is needed to manage the bear population. Opponents say the new rules will lead ...

For the first time in a decade, Floridians will be legally allowed to hunt black bears in the state. The move was unanimously ...

Florida bear hunt opponents, unable to dissuade state wildlife commissioners last week from authorizing a sanctioned killing ...

Opponents of Florida’s first sanctioned black bear hunt in a decade are suing to stop the planned killings, arguing the ...

Bear Warriors United filed a lawsuit Friday against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission over bear hunt ...

Come December, Florida hunters will grab their rifles, put on their hunting caps and legally declare that it’s bear hunting ...

Bear Warriors United argues a new rule gives the FWC executive director "unbridled authority" to create hunting zones and ...

Sixty-eight bears will be permitted for harvest from 11 eastern panhandle counties, including Franklin, Leon and Wakulla; 18 bears from 12 Central Florida counties; 46 from five North Florida counties ...

Last week, for the first time since 2015, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 5-0 to approve rules to allow a 28-day black bear hunt in December in four zones in the state. FWC ...

After Florida wildlife officials approved the state’s first black bear hunt in a decade, wildlife expert Ron Magill became ...

Supporters of the hunt have claimed that overpopulation of the bears has caused a nuisance in local communities and that a ...