Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new black bear hunt may be on in Florida for three weeks in December to address rising bear populations in the state. But the ...

State wildlife officials say a regulated hunt is needed to manage the bear population. Opponents say the new rules will lead to trophy hunting. By Patricia Mazzei and Andrew Pantazi Andrew Pantazi ...

Florida’s black bear population has risen from a few hundred animals in the 1970s to more than 4,000 today. After years of bear population increases and growing numbers of human-bear conflicts, the ...

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 ...