State wildlife officials are drafting a detailed plan for a bear hunt — the first in a decade — over three weeks in December, ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering Florida's first black bear hunt in 10 years as the ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is holding a series of virtual public meetings this week, as it asks ...

Overall hunter success rates aligned with similar hunts in other states (nearly 11 percent in the East Panhandle Bear Management Unit, for instance). A local anti-hunting group sued Florida over the ...

Each year, thousands of injured, orphaned, or sick wild animals in the Florida Panhandle face uncertain fates. But thanks to the tireless efforts of dedicated wildlife rehabilitators, many of these ...

The largest number of bear kills would be allowed in the eastern Panhandle ... hunting must be in bear management.” Record-breaking seaweed in Atlantic could mean stinky beaches in South Florida ...

The last bear hunt in Florida was in 2015 and was met with public ... with hunters hitting nearly triple the kill limit in the Panhandle region. There was a public outcry at how quickly the ...