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 ...

VICTIMS COULD GO TO BOTH. FWC IS PROPOSING A THREE WEEK BEAR HUNT IN DECEMBER TO ADDRESS WHAT IT SAYS IS A FAST GROWING BEAR POPULATION. A VOTE IS SET FOR NEXT WEEK, AND SOME PEOPLE SAY THE TIMING FOR ...

OCALA, Fla. — After over three hours of public input, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spent about 30 minutes discussing and asking questions to staff about a bear hunt before voting ...

Two Wasilla men were sentenced for operating an illegal guide and outfitter business tied to unlawful wildlife harvests and ...

Two Wasilla men were sentenced Tuesday for running an illegal guide-outfitter business out of Kodiak.

The sentences include worldwide hunting and fishing bans for both defendants. ANCHORAGE – Two Wasilla men were sentenced last ...

Federal prosecutors say the men ran unlicensed hunting trips out of Kodiak, including deer and waterfowl hunts, while neither ...

Kodiak, a black bear that lived at Grandfather Mountain nature park since 1999, has died at 27 years old, park officials said in a news release. The bear — also known as Kody — was euthanized April 24 ...

A new bill in the Mississippi Legislature could reintroduce black bear hunting for the first time in nearly a century. The proposed legislation would authorize the state's wildlife department to ...

Consider this treasured family photograph as something of a national Rorschach test. What do you see? A proud, young father introducing his infant son to the joy and satisfaction of a successful hunt?

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 ...