Florida hunters may celebrate this holiday season with three weeks of bear hunting. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working on a plan to issue 187 permits to harvest black ...

State wildlife officials are drafting a detailed plan for a bear hunt — the first in a decade — over three weeks in December, although they insist ... but surrendering to the whims of hunters who aim ...

The hunt is planned for December 2025, pending approval by the FWC commission in August. A new black bear hunt may be on in Florida for three weeks in December to address rising bear populations ...

For the first time in a decade, the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working up a proposal for a black bear hunt.