Fifty-two bears were “harvested” during the recently wrapped 2025 bear hunt, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

I knew too well the disappointment my daughter was feeling. She had pulled her hat down over her eyes to hide the tears on the late-night boat ride home. We had both hoped that her first trip to hunt ...

A black bear photographed in a backyard in Connecticut. As their population of bears has grown, so has the frequency of their run-ins with people. Credit: Courtesy: CT DEEP Come Sundays this fall, the ...

Florida wildlife commissioners voted unanimously (5-0) Wednesday morning to reinstate a black bear hunt and approve the final rules for the upcoming hunting season this winter. That regulated hunt ...

Florida wildlife officials gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the first black bear hunt since the last one 10 years ago, which was halted early after more than 300 bears were killed in only two ...

Bowhunters are now permitted to hunt black bears in the Garden State. Bear hunting season has begun in New Jersey – a controversial decision that state officials say is intended to curb the population ...

If you’re planning a black bear hunt in North Carolina in 2025, timing is everything and you need to ensure you know the regulations of where you’re headed. Unlike states with a single, statewide ...

HAVANA, Fla. (WCTV) - Bear hunting is returning to the state of Florida for the first time in a decade. During a meeting Wednesday in Havana, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

UPDATES. WELL, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE, HUNTERS FANNED OUT ACROSS THE STATE IN SEARCH OF BLACK BEARS. THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF BUILDUP TO THIS HUNT, WHICH IS SET TO START OR TO LAST ...

State wildlife officials next month could approve rules for a three-week bear hunt in December that would have "a more structured format" than a hunt halted a decade ago after a limit was quickly ...

SINCE BEAR HUNTING HAS BEEN ALLOWED HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. BUT NOW THE POSSIBILITY OF IT HAPPENING AGAIN AND POSSIBLY THIS YEAR IS BEING CONSIDERED AS WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH REPORTS. THE ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commission is considering a bear hunt to take place this December. It would be the first bear hunt in Florida in ten years, and it’s a ...