TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— Bear harvest permit applications for the 2025 hunting season are set to open today. The application opens today at 10 a.m. and can be submitted through Sept. 22 at 11:59 p.m.

For the first time in a decade, Floridians will be legally allowed to hunt black bears in the state. The move was unanimously approved by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this ...

State wildlife officials next month could approve rules for a three-week bear hunt in December that would have "a more structured format" than a hunt halted a decade ago after a limit was quickly ...

Get ready, hunters: Minnesota's bear hunting season is less than two weeks away. Here's what you should know before it starts. When is Minnesota's bear hunting season? The season starts Sept. 1 and ...

Florida wildlife officials have approved the state's first bear hunting season in a decade as the black bear population continues to grow and encounters with humans increase. The Florida Fish and ...

HAVANA, Fla. (WCTV) - Bear hunting is returning to the state of Florida for the first time in a decade. During a meeting Wednesday in Havana, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

For the first time in a decade, hunting permits applications for Florida’s black bears are open. The licenses will be issued in a random drawing. They are being reintroduced after a unanimous vote by ...

New Jersey’s black bear hunt will continue after a state appeals court rejected a constitutional challenge to the agency that oversees wildlife management. In a decision released Thursday, the ...