Bay Area deer and elk to be captured, collared for research

Deer and elk in a portion of the Bay Area will be captured by helicopter and outfitted with GPS collars during operations ...
News 13

FWC votes to move forward with final approval on a bear hunt

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 ...

Here are Wisconsin's state-record bucks, deer-hunting records

The Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club is the official state record-keeper for big-game hunting. It keeps the trophy records for ...
NKyTribune

Bluegrass Wildlife: ‘Tis the season for reindeer games — and other fun that all nature’s creatures create

By Howard Whiteman Murray State University Most of us can relate, in one way or another, to the iconic scene in A Christmas ...
Field & Stream

The Coldest Elk Hunt of My Life

As I got a fire burning with pages torn from an old paperback, my brother, Kevin, shuffled down the hill to the creek. The book was The Moviegoer, and I’d read about a third, so there was plenty of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Orlando Sentinel

After a decade off, Florida resumes bear hunting. Here’s what to expect.

Hunters will fan out across Florida beginning today as the first sanctioned hunt of black bears in a decade kicks off amid sharply divided public opinion and efforts by humane advocates to cajole — ...
New York Post

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

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 vocal opposition of ...
Tallahassee Democrat

They won the Florida hunting lottery. Instead they will spare the bear

Florida is holding its first bear hunting season in a decade, prompting a battle between state officials and wildlife advocates. A "Spare a Bear, Bag a Tag" campaign encouraged conservationists to win ...
WCTV

Florida opens first bear hunting season in decade

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Florida will open its first bear hunting season in a decade Saturday, marking a significant shift in the state’s wildlife management approach.