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Florida Black Bear Hunt Passes At FWC Meeting
May 22, 2025
An annual black bear hunt took another step forward Wednesday at a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in Ocala.
The proposed hunt passed 4-1 on Wednesday to set the hunt for 23 this December, but a final vote will be required in August. The hunt will allow 187 bears to be removed from the state’s estimated 4,000 black bears.
“The resurgence of the Florida black bear is not just a victory for conservationists; it’s a win for all Floridians,” said Rodney Barreto, Chairman of the FWC. “Hunting is a biologically sound method to slow population growth, resulting in a healthy and well-managed Florida black bear population for the future.”
The bear hunt would not include Escambia or Santa Rosa counties; the closest area to be included would be Bay County.
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4 Responses to “Florida Black Bear Hunt Passes At FWC Meeting”
What do they expect the Bears to do. They are constantly taking the Bears and other animals homes from them. Killing them is unacceptable. Trapping them and relocating them is the only acceptable solution.
This was their home long before it was yours they’ve been here for years politicians and developers came in destroyed their home destroyed their food supply built you houses and moved you in now you want to kill them because they come in your yard it was their home first leave the Bears alone
I hope our bear population in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties wasn’t used to figure the 187 bears for the upcoming hunt. If it passes the other approval process it has to go through.
No hunt in Escambia are Santa Rosa Counties.WOW human and bear interaction’s happen frequently. Having to get bear proof locking systems to keep bears out of your trash cans. Bears having to be relocated to keep them out of neighborhoods. These examples barely scratch the surface of the problems that come up regularly in these two counties.