The 2025 New Jersey bear hunt opened Oct. 13 with the fewest amount of bears killed on the first day in seven years, ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission will have an overlapping archery, muzzleloader and special firearms season in October.

With bear season in Pennsylvania now underway in certain parts of the state, the Game Commission says the 2025 season should ...

Archery season is reduced from three weeks to one week this year, as officials aim to boost participation in the November firearms season after years of declining bear harvests.

The fall season is split into two segments for 2025. The first runs Oct. 13–18 and is archery-only, with muzzleloaders ...

For the upcoming Florida black bear hunt, more than 160,000 chances in the lottery were purchased for $5 each, for just 172 permits statewide. Led by Speak Up Wekiva, the Sierra Club, and other ...

The only thing left to do on one of this year's most controversial issues it to hold the Florida black bear hunt, which is ...

The environmentalists’ strategy may hand at least 39 bears a reprieve from the December harvest, and undermine the state’s ...

Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for just 172 permits. Hunt opponents submitted some permits to try reduce the number of bears killed.