‘Hiding the bears’: 10 days in, Florida FWC has not released bear hunt statistics

Florida’s first bear hunting season in a decade is now in its 10th day, but no one knows how many bears have been hunted at ...

This Group Is Paying Hunters $2,000 Not to Use Their Tags, in a Final Effort to Thwart Florida’s Bear Hunt

A group of Florida bear advocates is offering to pay tag-holding hunters $2,000 a piece to sit out on this year's hunt.

Bear hunters in Florida paid $2K to opt out of killing

Bear Warriors United calls it "Blunt the Hunt." They offer hunters $2,000 to cut up their state-issued tags that allow them ...

Florida kicks off first black bear hunt in a decade, despite pushback

For the first time in a decade, hunters are fanning out across Florida to legally hunt the Florida black bear.
WyoFile

Black bears are thriving and reclaiming old Wyoming haunts, even amid record hunting

When the West was being settled, black bears were wiped out from much of their native range. Slowly, they’ve reoccupied much ...
ClickOrlando

Florida’s bear hunt is underway, but FWC is not actively saying how many have been killed

Florida is four days into its 2025 Black Bear Hunt, but we still don’t know how many bears have been harvested, or even if any hunters have bagged a single bear yet.
ClickOrlando

Florida’s bear hunt starts Saturday. What you need to know

From Dec. 6 through Dec. 28, hunters who received a permit will be able to harvest black bears on private property, with ...
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Florida Bear Hunt: What to know about state's first regulated season since 2015

Florida has approved a December 2025 bear hunting season aimed at managing growing bear populations. The season runs from Dec ...

Florida kicks off its first black bear hunting season in a decade

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In spite of opposition from wildlife advocates, the first black bear hunt in Florida since 2015, will ...
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Animal advocates buy up bear hunt permits as Florida’s first hunt in a decade begins

One of the 172 hunters selected in a state lottery for the right to hunt a Florida black bear said he plans to use the permit ...

Florida Launches First Black Bear Hunt Since 2015 as Critics Attempt to Limit the Number of Bears Killed

Florida has launched its first state-sanctioned black bear hunt since 2015. State wildlife officials claim that the hunt will ...

‘On bear patrol’: Inside Japan’s fightback against a surge of deadly bear attacks

A surge of bear attacks in Japan has sparked alarm, with some hunters saying the situation is reaching emergency levels ...