The agency says 4,605 licenses across 15 northern areas of the state will be lotteried off for the 2025 season.

Lottery winners will be notified by Sunday, June 1. The deadline to purchase bear hunting licenses awarded by lottery is Friday, Aug. 1. Any remaining unpurchased licenses will be available over the ...

For the first time in a decade, the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working up a proposal for a ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing a three-week bear hunt in December to address the growing bear population. The proposed hunt would allow for the harvest of 187 ...

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 proposed hunt from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...