FLORIDA — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has just released a memo shedding new light on what a proposed black bear hunt could look like in our state. The proposed rules ...

Florida's black bears are becoming more active, leading to increased sightings in suburban and urban areas, including Orlando ...

Florida black bear sightings can be reported online to FWC. The last regulated Florida black bear hunt was in 2015. A Florida man was mauled by a 263-pound black bear in May 2025.

FWC is scheduled to vote on the bear hunt one final time in August, and then it's expected that 187 permits will be issued.

Florida is once again barreling forward with a proposed black bear hunt that would start this year and continue for years to come. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission owes it to ...

Black Bear. Image by Danika Perkinson via Unsplash. This bear is most commonly found in North America and the state of Florida, Canada, and Alaska. The bear’s black and brown color phases are most ...

In this photo from Dec. 20, 2016, a black bear takes trash from an overturned garbage can in a Seminole County neighborhood in Longwood, Florida. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP) ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the first bear hunt in Florida in nearly a decade, to take place later this year. Commissioners ...

Video above: The latest news and weather headlines Ten years ago, Florida held a black bear hunt that resulted in more than 300 animals killed in just two days before it was halted early.

Florida wildlife officials gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the first black bear hunt since the last one 10 years ago, which was halted early after more than 300 bears were killed in only ...

Foes of the bear hunt traveled from all over the state to Ocala where the wildlife agency’s governing board convened to a standing room crowd at the College of Central Florida. Many sported ...

In southwest Florida, a 263-pound bear mauled and partially ate an 89-year-old man in Collier County earlier this month, believed to be the state’s first verified fatal bear attack.