Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three months after Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioners approved it, the controversial Florida bear hunt has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planning and preparing a whole turkey for Thanksgiving dinner can start days ahead of the holiday itself. But those who want to ...

Florida has reopened black bear hunting for the first time in ten years, and you are watching a clash between two very different visions of conservation. Supporters see a tightly controlled season as ...

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 ...

A Leon County circuit judge on Monday rejected a group's request for a temporary injunction to halt Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade. With the three-week hunt set to begin Dec. 6, Circuit ...

For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida’s swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the vocal opposition of ...

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 ...

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

Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade ended with 52 bears killed — far fewer than the 172 the state wildlife commission had allowed for. Despite the lower number, officials called the hunt a ...