The season started Dec. 6, making its return in Florida for the first time in a decade. Last December, FWC staff presented an update on black bears in the state to commissioners. In March 2025, a ...

Nearly 2,000 bears were taken in Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas during the 2025 hunting season. But the real story wasn’t just the sheer number of successful hunters - it was the size of the ...

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Public debates continue after the hunting season, with a full report potentially bringing more answers. Florida’s first state-sanctioned black bear hunt in a decade finished on December 28th, 2025.

Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Jeff Nemeth wasn’t one of them — he and his son killed a 503-pound bear on a private ...

Louisiana's second iteration of its newly restarted black bear hunting season has ended with 16 bears killed, with the biggest weighing in at 565 pounds, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries ...

Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade ended with 52 bears killed — far fewer than the 172 the state wildlife commission had allowed for. Despite the lower number, officials called the hunt a ...

Florida wildlife officials are hailing December’s black bear “harvest” as a safe and successful event, noting hunters killed dozens of bears during the highly criticized, state-sanctioned hunt. After ...

Florida's recent black bear hunt resulted in 52 bears being taken out of 172 permits issued. Black bear advocate groups purchased 52 of the hunting permits to prevent those bears from being killed.

ORLANDO, Fla. — FWC has released the results of the 2025 black bear hunt, which implemented new regulations aimed at sustainable wildlife management. Final amendments to bear hunting rules, approved ...

FLORIDA, USA — With the first black bear hunt in ten years officially complete, the actual number of bear kills reported was far lower than what state officials would have allowed. After 172 ...