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

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

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

Richard Klitzberg of Boca Raton wrote a letter to the editor full of unsubstantiated assertions that concluded with the ...

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 is overseeing the hunt, and the state granted 172 lottery style permits for ...

BEAR ADVOCATES HAVE SPENT MONTHS NOW AND HAVE MARCHED AT THE STATE CAPITOL. EVEN THEY FILED LAWSUITS, ALL TO TRY AND STOP ...

The state argues the hunt is needed after years of rising bear complaints. Wildlife officials estimate more than 4,000 black ...

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

An animal advocacy group called Bear Warriors United sued to stop the hunt, arguing that allowing people to blow away 172 ...

Florida has seen the controversial return of legal black bear hunting for the first time in a decade, as hunters armed with ...

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.