Marco Eagle

Black bear hunt: First two documented kills reported in South Florida

Bucky Flowers has been processing hides for 49 years, everything from deer to turkey and now, Florida black bears. He's ...

While FWC is mum on black bear kills, Naples taxidermist has two from south Florida

Bucky Flowers has been processing hides for 49 years, everything from deer to turkey and now, Florida black bears. He's ...
WCTV

Florida’s bear hunt nearing 7 days; kill count still unknown

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Florida’s controversial bear hunt will cross over the one-week threshold on Saturday, but the number of bears that have been hunted remains a mystery. A total of 172 permits ...
WESH

Bear hunters in Florida paid $2K to opt out of killing

NOW. THEY’VE MARCHED AT THE STATE CAPITOL. THEY’VE FILED LAWSUITS TO TRY AND STOP FLORIDA’S FIRST BEAR HUNT IN A DECADE. BUT AS WESH TWO MICHELLE MEREDITH REPORTS, ONE GROUP IS TRYING A NEW APPROACH ...
News 6 WKMG

Florida’s bear hunt is underway, but FWC is not actively saying how many have been killed

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 ...
WRAL

Florida kicks off first black bear hunt in a decade, despite pushback

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...
WTSP

Florida kicks off its first black bear hunting season in a decade

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In spite of opposition from wildlife advocates, the first black bear hunt in Florida since 2015, will run from Dec. 6 through Dec. 28, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...
KCBD

Florida bear hunting returns after a decade, despite pushback

ORLANDO, Fla. (WESH) – Florida’s bear hunt is now underway. Over the next three weeks, and for the first time since 2015, hunters are expected to take several dozen black bears statewide. Bear ...