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 ...

Florida’s bear populations are on the rise, and a growing number of people in the Sunshine State are calling for a new black bear hunting season. In mid-December, at the urging of local ...

Frankly, the 6.5 Creedmoor is an ideal cartridge for black bear. A great black bear cartridge needs to do a lot of damage, be accurate, and allow you to shoot it well, without excessive recoil. From ...

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 ...

A proposed December black bear hunt would mark Florida’s first in a decade. Future seasons would be expanded from October to December. Permits would be limited and issued by lottery, unlike the ...