WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW. FIRST AT FOUR. OPPONENTS ARE ASKING A JUDGE TO STOP A BEAR HUNT SCHEDULED TO START NEXT WEEK. BEAR WARRIORS UNITED IS SUING THE STATE AND ASKING THE COURT TO ISSUE AN ...

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 ...

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 ...

Florida's first black bear hunt in ten years is scheduled to begin on December 6, pending a court challenge. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued 187 permits for the hunt, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Starting this weekend, hunters will be able to hunt Florida’s black bears, provided they have a permit. From Dec. 6 through Dec. 28, hunters who received a permit will be able to ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Florida judge denied an emergency request to block a December bear hunt but will allow a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality to proceed. The lawsuit questions whether the Florida Fish and ...

The battle over a state-run bear hunt that starts in two weeks heads to court today with opponents trying to stop it from happening. FOX 13’s Mariah Harrison reports. President Donald Trump's $2,000 ...

OCALA, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently released its proposed rules for a black bear hunt ahead of its meeting next week. Meanwhile, organizers of a group against ...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Next week, Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade is set to begin. A judge in Tallahassee refused to halt the hunt on Monday. While activists presented their arguments to stop ...

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 ...