The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) voted 4-1 to move forward with the state's first bear hunt in a ...

A second vote on the hunt must be taken by the state in August, but all indications point to a 187-quota hunt that could last ...

Hunting provides access to the resource, allowing hunters to use the meat, pelt, fat and other parts of any bear they harvest ...

A bear was spotted towering over traffic on a busy Florida interstate and the predator did not leave unscathed, according to ...

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 the ...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – It looks more likely that Florida will have a black bear hunt this year. Wednesday afternoon, the state’s wildlife commission gave its preliminary approval of the rules ...

But Florida biologists don't even know how many bears are in the state of Florida. The state has used estimate numbers from 2015 to say there are more than 4,000 bears in the Sunshine State.

Pictured are Bryan Smith, left, who shot and killed one of the first bears on opening day of Florida’s bear hunt in 2015. At right is Smith’s brother, Randy Smith.

It was the second reported bear attack in Florida this year, and it isn't the first time bears have been spotted in Collier County this year. A mother bear and her three cubs were spotted Jan. 31.

Male black bears in Florida are known to typically avoid humans. But the state says reports of black bear activity are up, with 2,000 complaints last year, compared with 1,000 in 2005.

The Florida black bear is a true conservation success story. The population has increased from just a few hundred bears in the 1970s to over 4,000 today, with the four […] The post Managing Florida's ...