The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is preparing to launch the state’s first bear hunting season in a ...

A second vote on the hunt must be taken by the state in August, but all indications point to a 187-quota hunt that could last ...

Hunting provides access to the resource, allowing hunters to use the meat, pelt, fat and other parts of any bear they harvest ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) voted 4-1 to move forward with the state's first bear hunt in a ...

Better yet, let’s work harder to safely live with them. Please stop the bear hunt! Diane Miller, Plantation Bear hunts are barbaric. I am hopeful that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

The vast majority of the negative bear interactions stem from bird feeders and trash in yards, according to DEEP.

Florida black bear. By Barb Elkin via iStock for WMNF News. ©2025 The News Service of Florida. Florida wildlife officials next week will hear a proposal to create an annual “limited-entry” black bear ...

Securing garbage, removing bird feeders, and eliminating food attractants are far more effective than random hunts. In a Florida black bear study, FWC biologists found that securing bear ...

Florida wildlife officials this week will hear a proposal to create an annual “limited-entry” black bear hunt, with a December hunting period the first in more than a decade.