Florida held its first black bear hunt in over a decade last December, and the results are in.

As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to analyze the state’s first permitted bear hunt in a decade, the agency has started to release more data.

After animal-rights groups bought up dozens of tags to keep them from hunters, the state announced a conservative — and ...

Florida's first bear hunt in a decade resulted in 52 bears killed across different counties, with Collier County leading in ...

Video: Check out other top stories from across Tampa Bay TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida held its first black bear hunt in over a decade last December, and the results are in. The Florida Fish and ...

As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to analyze the state's first permitted bear hunt in a ...

Florida's first bear hunt in a decade killed 52 bears and generated nearly $900,000, but wildlife managers and advocates ...

Florida's first bear hunt in a decade killed 52 bears and generated nearly $900,000, but wildlife managers and advocates disagree on its success.

Public debates continue after the hunting season, with a full report potentially bringing more answers. Florida’s first state-sanctioned black bear hunt in a decade finished on December 28th, 2025.

The Florida hunt exposed deep emotional divisions among animal rights activists and hunters. In social media forums and in dueling media interviews, the groups fiercely debated the morals and heritage ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – 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 harvested a 503-pound ...