If the FWC approves, Florida will hold its first bear hunt in ten years. But the agency is taking steps to avoid the problems ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is preparing to launch the state’s first bear hunting season in a decade, with I-10 marking the northern boundary of the East Panhandle Bear ...

Anyone can hunt in Florida, as long as they are properly licensed. O'Neal said the proposed Florida bear hunt along with the approval of Amendment 2 last year makes it possible for him and others ...

State wildlife officials next month could approve rules for a three-week bear hunt in December that would have “a more ...

The first modern bear hunt was held in 2015, three years after the FWC removed the black bear from the state's list of protected species. Florida was once home to 10,000 bears or more, but that ...

This story, “Face to Face,” appeared in the July 1968 issue of Outdoor Life. EVEN IF ITS HAIR isn’t bris­tling the wrong way, a 300-pound bear standing on his hind feet is a spine-chilling thing to ...

Newberry (period 3) Sept. 25 – Oct. 26 Red Oak Sept. 13–23 and Oct. 3–9 2025 elk hunting season dates Hunt period 1 Aug. 26–29, Sept. 12–15 and Sept. 26–29 Hunt period 2 Dec. 13–21 ...

For Segment B of black bear season, lasting Dec. 9-14, bear hunting will be permitted in New Jersey for shotgun and muzzleloader rifles only, according to the NJFW.

Another citizen recounted the hunt from 2015. “The last hunt 320 bears were killed in 48 hours. Many of us were there. There were a lot of cubs in the back of trucks. 40% were lactating females.

Florida’s bear population is currently estimated at 4,050, up from just 1,200 in the 1990s when the state ended annual bear hunts. If approved, this would be the first season since 2015, when a ...