Hunters harvested an estimated 1,759 black bears across New York during the 2025-26 hunting seasons, marking one of the highest totals in State history.

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 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — There is a battle over bear hunting in Oklahoma, after one state lawmaker presented a bill looking to extend the hunting season. However, wildlife experts say this will ...

Louisiana officials want to expand black bear hunting grounds to encompass wildlife management areas and private lands across the entire state. Black bear hunting has only been legal for the past two ...

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 ...

Internal documents show B.C.’s premier urban wildlife safety program has halted its oversight role and is no longer accepting ...

A black bear sits in an oak tree at Lake Eola Park in the heart of downtown Orlando on June 4, 2023. Florida revealed more details about the December 2025 bear hunt. Roger Simmons Orlando Sentinel/TNS ...

A black bear in Florida (Florida Fish and Wildlife, Tim Donovan/FWC) FLORIDA – As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to analyze the state’s first permitted bear hunt in a ...

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?

Wisconsin will issue a record-high 15,245 bear hunting licenses for the 2026 season. The decision aims to reduce the black bear population in certain areas and meet hunter demand. The statewide ...

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