The season started Dec. 6, making its return in Florida for the first time in a decade. Last December, FWC staff presented an update on black bears in the state to commissioners. In March 2025, a ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to analyze the state’s first permitted bear hunt in a decade, the agency has started to release more data.

As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to analyze the state's first permitted bear hunt in a ...

The 36th Annual Relyance Bank Arkansas Big Buck Classic presented by Arkansas Best Chevy Dealers returns to the Arkansas ...

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Public debates continue after the hunting season, with a full report potentially bringing more answers. Florida’s first state-sanctioned black bear hunt in a decade finished on December 28th, 2025.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced today a major access initiative that will require that most public lands managed by the Department of the Interior are open to hunting and fishing access ...

Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Jeff Nemeth wasn’t one of them — he and his son killed a 503-pound bear on a private ...

Florida held its first black bear hunt in nearly a decade, with 52 bears killed out of 172 permits issued. The hunt created a deep divide between hunters and animal rights activists, who debated the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Jeff Nemeth wasn’t one of them. He and his son harvested a 503-pound ...