TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Permit applications are now officially open for the 2025 black bear hunt. Applications opened this morning and will remain open through September 22. Each application costs ...

HUNTERS CAN NOW APPLY FOR A CHANCE TO JOIN THE BEAR HUNT. IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE, AND AS WESH TWO GREG FOX REPORTS, IT HAS THOSE FOR AND AGAINST THE HARVEST. DEBATING WHETHER IT’S NEEDED. SO ...

Applications opened Friday for Florida’s first regulated black bear hunt in a decade, a lottery that will distribute just 187 ...

Last month, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved the state’s first black bear hunt in over a decade.

Two Cornell University students sparked campus controversy after they lawfully hunted a black bear, then brought its remains ...

U.S.F&W Photo -- Hunters may have success finding bears in standing corn with the farmer’s permission, as well as in forest openings like powerline easements and in stands of beech and oak trees where ...

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says bear hunting season starts in September and reminds hunters about the bear hunting regulations. Vermont has two bear hunting seasons. The early season, ...

HAVANA, Fla. — Bear Warriors United, a nonprofit advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in opposition to the Florida black bear hunt.

This story has been updated to correct a typo. Bear Warriors United, an Oviedo-based nonprofit dedicated to defending Florida's wildlife, filed a lawsuit Aug. 15 to block the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

FLORIDA, USA — A nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting Florida wildlife has filed a petition against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission over the recent approval of the ...

Florida bear hunt opponents, unable to dissuade state wildlife commissioners last week from authorizing a sanctioned killing of the once imperiled species, are now trying their luck in court. This ...

Get ready, hunters: Minnesota's bear hunting season is less than two weeks away. Here's what you should know before it starts. When is Minnesota's bear hunting season? The season starts Sept. 1 and ...