While FWC is mum on black bear kills, Naples taxidermist has two from south Florida

Bucky Flowers has been processing hides for 49 years, everything from deer to turkey and now, Florida black bears. He's ...
WUFT

Florida’s black bear hunt, unpopular among residents, still scheduled

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 ...
WFLA News Channel 8

First Florida black bear hunt in a decade kicks off this weekend

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida black bear hunt begins this Saturday, Dec. 6, for the first time in ten years. Black bear hunting was outlawed across the state in 1994, when the population reached ...
The News-Press

Wildlife agency issues 172 Florida black bear hunt permits for December hunt

Florida distributes 172 black bear permits to hunters, non-hunters for December's black bear hunt. Environmental groups have bought dozens of Florida black bear hunting permits. How will that impact ...
Hawk Central

Florida bear hunt is on, so far. When it starts, what to know

Florida's first black bear hunt in ten years is scheduled to begin on December 6, pending a court challenge. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued 187 permits for the hunt, ...
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The Florida Black Bear Hunt’s Return After a Decade: Key Facts Every Outdoors Person Should Know

After years of debate and shifting wildlife pressures, Florida is heading toward reinstituting its black bear hunt for the first time in a decade. The decision reflects changing population estimates, ...
WTSP

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 run from Dec. 6 through Dec. 28, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...
Miami New Times

Florida Black Bear Population Shows Sharp Decline Ahead of State Hunt

A state-sanctioned hunt to slash rising human-bear interactions may be predicated on a false belief that Florida black bear populations have been growing, according to newly released research from the ...
WESH

Florida's black bear advocates challenge the FWC's decision to conduct hunt

WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW. FIRST AT FOUR. OPPONENTS ARE ASKING A JUDGE TO STOP A BEAR HUNT SCHEDULED TO START NEXT WEEK. BEAR WARRIORS UNITED IS SUING THE STATE AND ASKING THE COURT TO ISSUE AN ...
News4Jax

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

A black bear in Florida (Florida Fish and Wildlife, Tim Donovan/FWC) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida’s swamps ...