Outdoor Life

Bear Hunting with My 7-Year-Old Daughter Has Taught Us Both Some Important Lessons

I knew too well the disappointment my daughter was feeling. She had pulled her hat down over her eyes to hide the tears on the late-night boat ride home. We had both hoped that her first trip to hunt ...
CBS News

For first time in decade, Florida kicks off black bear hunt despite vocal opposition of critics

For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida's swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the vocal opposition of ...

I Shot a Monster Interior Grizzly Bear With My Recurve Bow

The biggest interior grizzly bear ever killed by a bowhunter was shot in May 2009 by Pennsylvania hunter Rob Debias. It was ...
WUFT

Florida’s black bear hunt, unpopular among residents, still scheduled

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...
Sun Sentinel

Florida bear advocates fear a ‘massacre’ as hunt rules are proposed

Florida released proposed rules Wednesday for an annual hunt of the state’s largest land mammal, the black bear, but bear advocates quickly blasted those rules for favoring trophy hunters and said ...
7News Miami

Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade approved despite strong opposition

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...
Orlando Sentinel

Rules for Florida proposed bear hunt: ‘It’s going to be a massacre’

Florida released proposed rules Wednesday for an annual hunt of the state’s largest land mammal, the black bear, but bear advocates quickly blasted those rules for favoring trophy hunters and said ...
WLRN

Florida bear hunt to take place next month after judge rejects injunction

The real problem, according to hunting critics: unsecured trash cans. Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade will take place as scheduled next month after a state judge on Monday denied a motion by a ...
WPBF Channel 25 on MSN

Florida's 2025 black bear hunt results in 52 bears harvested

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported that 52 bears were harvested during the 2025 black bear ...
Miami New Times

Florida Releases Kill Count for 2025 Black Bear Hunt: What to Know

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

Florida's black bear advocates challenge the FWC's decision to conduct hunt

WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW. FIRST AT FOUR. OPPONENTS ARE ASKING A JUDGE TO STOP A BEAR HUNT SCHEDULED TO START NEXT WEEK. BEAR WARRIORS UNITED IS SUING THE STATE AND ASKING THE COURT TO ISSUE AN ...
WPBF

Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade approved despite strong opposition

E-BIKES. THEY ALSO HANDED OUT NEARLY TWO DOZEN TICKETS. TODAY, THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION APPROVED A PROPOSAL PERMITTING THE HUNTING OF BLACK BEARS. THE LAST TIME THIS ...