Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than half the bears killed during December's Florida bear hunt were from the state's Panhandle, but the biggest animal killed ...

More than half the bears killed during December's Florida bear hunt were from the state's Panhandle, but the biggest animal killed was a 697-pound male in Collier County. Overall, 52 bears were killed ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.(AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Fifty-two bears were killed during Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade, state wildlife officials said Tuesday. N.H. polling put Vance, Rubio against Buttigieg, Newsom and ...

Florida's recent black bear hunt resulted in 52 bears being taken out of 172 permits issued. Black bear advocate groups purchased 52 of the hunting permits to prevent those bears from being killed.