Florida's first bear hunt in a decade generated $900K in fees but limited data for the public and minimal business for ...

Before he had made two jumps George slammed another 180-grain bullet into his chest, and again he stopped but didn’t go down.

Our black bears deserve better; our people deserve better. Pandering to special interest groups and blood sport enthusiasts ...

Florida’s first state-sanctioned black bear hunt in a decade finished on December 28th, 2025. Arguments and backlash about ...

Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Jeff Nemeth wasn't one of them - he and his son killed a 503-pound bear on a private ...

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 bears killed. The ...

Two Montana men have been sentenced each to a misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act after reaching plea ...

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Florida Capitol on Monday, calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to stop the state’s first black bear hunt in a ...

State wildlife officials said the hunt was needed to manage Florida's growing bear population, while opponents said the agency was using flawed data to allow what they called a "trophy hunt." ...

The proposed regulatory change would apply to private land spanning a massive area from Metro Vancouver to Hope and northward ...