Applications for Florida's 2026 regulated bear hunting season close Sept. 21.

Learn application dates, permit costs and eligibility requirements for local hunters seeking a Florida bear hunt tag.

FLORIDA (WMBB) – The application window for the 2025 bear hunt has officially closed. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commissioners approved the controversial bear hunt during their August ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released the results of the state’s first black bear hunt in a decade — one which drew legal action and protests.

PASCHALL-BROWN, WESH TWO NEWS. FOR THE FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION WILL BE HOLDING A LOTTERY TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR THE STATE’S FIRST BEAR HUNT IN A DECADE. BUT THE ODDS ARE DEFINITELY NOT ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, is opening a registration period for hopeful hunters starting ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has released the results of Florida's 2025 black bear hunt. The three-week season drew sharp criticism from animal advocacy groups despite ...

Hunters killed 52 black bears during Florida's 2025 bear hunt, which was the first one permitted in ten years. The hunt was recommended by the FWC to manage a growing bear population, which has led to ...

Florida's black bear hunt will return this December for the first time in nearly a decade. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) unanimously approved an annual hunting season.

Florida is less than a week into its 2025 Black Bear Hunt, but we still don’t know how many bears have been harvested, or even if any hunters have bagged a single bear yet. When News 6 asked the ...

HAVANA, Fla. — It’s official: Florida will see its first bear hunt in a decade this December, assuming the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s decision holds up in court. The issue of ...