A black bear tagged by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to track the species' population. (Courtesy CT DEEP) They’ve been accused of raiding crops, ransacking trash cans and ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission took another step towards reinstating an annual black bear hunt. Wildlife commissioners voted 4-1 on Wednesday, May 21, to have a black bear hunt for 23 days ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued 172 black bear permits for the December hunt, which ended on the ...

The official number of bears killed in Florida's black bear hunt is 52, according to FWC, far lower than the number of ...

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, ...

A total of 172 permits were issued through a lottery system. Each permit allowed the harvest of one black bear ...

Bowhunters are now permitted to hunt black bears in the Garden State. Bear hunting season has begun in New Jersey – a controversial decision that state officials say is intended to curb the population ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Wildlife officials in Florida are hours away from a big decision. The commission will vote on whether or not to allow a statewide black bear hunt. “The bears really have no place ...

The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade will take place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife officials despite strong opposition to the eventual use of dogs and ...

HAVANA, Fla. — Florida wildlife commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday in support of the state's first black bear hunt in 10 years. During a meeting Wednesday in Havana, commissioners for the ...

After months of debate and protest, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved the 2025 Black Bear ...