TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the application results Tuesday for the state's first black bear hunt in a decade: 163,459 applications were ...

PASCHALL-BROWN, WESH TWO NEWS. FOR THE FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION WILL BE HOLDING A LOTTERY TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR THE STATE’S FIRST BEAR HUNT IN A DECADE. BUT THE ODDS ARE DEFINITELY NOT ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Permit applications are now officially open for the 2025 black bear hunt. Applications opened this morning and will remain open through September 22. Each application costs ...

The Florida hunt exposed deep emotional divisions among animal rights activists and hunters. In social media forums and in ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Florida's first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number of permits, including from opponents who are trying to reduce the number of ...

Three months after Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioners approved it, the controversial Florida bear hunt has been reinstated and is scheduled for next month. Will it be be stopped?

A Leon County circuit judge on Monday rejected a group's request for a temporary injunction to halt Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade. With the three-week hunt set to begin Dec. 6, Circuit ...

For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida's swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the vocal opposition of ...