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N.J.’s 2025 bear hunt just killed 368 bears — and it’s not over yet

Hunters killed 368 bears during the first part of New Jersey’s annual bear hunt for 2025, a 7.3% decrease compared to the same time last year, data from the state Department of Environmental ...
WESH

Opponents plan to thwart bear hunt in Florida

NEXT TIME I SEE YOU. NEW AT FOUR. A NEW PUSH TO STOP A BEAR HUNT FROM HAPPENING IN FLORIDA. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS, THE STATE HAS GIVEN THE GO AHEAD TO SHOOT BLACK BEARS JUST LIKE THIS ONE ...
WESH

Florida bear hunt begins despite pushback

UPDATES. WELL, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE, HUNTERS FANNED OUT ACROSS THE STATE IN SEARCH OF BLACK BEARS. THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF BUILDUP TO THIS HUNT, WHICH IS SET TO START OR TO LAST ...
News 6 WKMG

Florida’s bear hunt is underway, but FWC is not actively saying how many have been killed

Florida is less than a week into its 2025 Black Bear Hunt, but we still don’t know how many bears have been harvested, or even if any hunters have bagged a single bear yet. When News 6 asked the ...
WUFT

Florida’s black bear hunt, unpopular among residents, still scheduled

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...
Orlando Sentinel

Last-ditch effort to stop Florida’s bear hunt

With Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade just two weeks away, opponents say they’ve used a combination of tactics to protect bears from bullets — and are heading to court Monday in Tallahassee ...
CNN

Florida allows black bear hunting for the first time in a decade

For the first time in a decade, Floridians will be legally allowed to hunt black bears in the state. The move was unanimously approved by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this ...
Hosted on MSN

Florida’s black bear hunt is back — and the controversy is bigger than ever

Florida has reopened black bear hunting, and you are stepping into a fight that has only hardened since the last season a decade ago. Supporters frame the move as overdue wildlife management, while ...
Orlando Sentinel

Judge rules that Florida’s bear hunt will go on next month

A judge in Tallahassee rejected Monday a plea from a Central Florida bear advocacy group to halt the state’s planned bear hunt. Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey ruled against Bear Warriors United after ...
Hosted on MSN

Florida kicks off first black bear hunt in a decade, despite pushback

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida’s swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the ...
NJ.com

N.J.’s controversial bear hunt just killed 368 bears — and it’s not over yet

Hunters killed 368 bears during the first part of New Jersey’s annual bear hunt, a decrease compared to the same time last year, data from the state Department of Environmental Protection shows. The ...