ORLANDO, Fla. – 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 harvested a 503-pound ...

South Carolina hunters are killing more black bears than ever as restrictions are eased on stalking and shooting the animals, a trend that concerns animal welfare groups but one that reflects state ...

As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to analyze the state's first permitted bear hunt in a ...

After animal-rights groups bought up dozens of tags to keep them from hunters, the state announced a conservative — and ...

Florida's first bear hunt in a decade killed 52 bears and generated nearly $900,000, but wildlife managers and advocates disagree on its success.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In spite of opposition from wildlife advocates, the first black bear hunt in Florida since 2015, will run from Dec. 6 through Dec. 28, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — A total of 16 Louisiana black bears were harvested during the second bear hunting season, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has announced. The harvest ...

California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife decided to increase tag limits on black bears so that hunters can kill two in a ...

Hunters transport a bear that was shot and killed during the 2016 hunting season across Lake Tugaloo. The hunters were taking the animal to station where a state wildlife official could weigh the ...