The author's little girl, a crack shot since age four, turned seven this year, and she wanted to go bear hunting.

Florida wildlife officials are proposing a three-week bear hunt later this year, aiming to remove 187 bears out of an estimated population of 4,000. Supporters of the hunt argue it is a necessary ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is taking another step towards reinstating an annual black bear hunt. The commission is meeting Wednesday, May 21, in Ocala to consider rules for a ...

Meanwhile, a separate bill that would have allowed for a bear hunt fell victim to a late amendment and a dwindling clock. Hunters have fought unsuccessfully for decades to overturn the state’s ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has given preliminary approval for a black bear hunt for December and into the future.

“It’s going to be a massacre,” said Debbie Rhodes, a bear advocate in Central Florida. The hunt in 2015 was supposed to last a week but was called off after just two days and 298 dead bear ...

we are probably going to see more bears move into developed areas. So that’s one reason we want to try to manage bear population growth,” Richardson explained at the start of the first virtual meeting ...

Bear hunt poll results: Are you for or against it ... I know bears are dangerous, but we have taken over their habitat. Where are they going to live? We must exercise more caution around them ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will hold three virtual meetings in April to discuss a possible black bear hunt. The FWC is considering a hunt due to the bear ...

HE’S NOT IN THERE. HE’S 89 YEARS OLD. AND THIS ALL COMES AS THE FWC PREPARES FOR A BLACK BEAR HUNT SET FOR DECEMBER. NOW, NEXT WEEK, THEY’RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED RULES FOR THAT HUNT.

“Someone’s going to get killed or severely hurt ... that we have enough information to move forward with any sort of bear hunt,” said Tanya Bourgoin, the wildlife committee chair with ...