HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Some Connecticut lawmakers want bear hunting to be legal. The state’s Environmental Committee discussed a proposal on Wednesday at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.

Florida officials are reconsidering bear hunting, nearly a decade after the last hunt was cut short. Conservationists argue habitat loss, not overpopulation, is the real threat, while proponents ...

Louisiana is expanding black bear hunting just one year after its first season in decades, more than doubling the number of hunters allowed to participate and more than tripling the number of ...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida wildlife officials will hold a series of online meetings in March and April about the possibility of a return to bear hunting in the state. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Although it’s been nearly a decade since Florida last allowed hunting of black bears, hundreds who took part this week in a meeting about another possible hunt proved it remains a divisive issue.

Now, black bears could be the next trophy for hunters as the FWC considers a statewide bear hunt. At a meeting last year, the public weighed in on the pros and the cons of a black bear hunt.

Louisiana will expand its black bear hunting season in 2025, increasing the number of permits and opening two new hunting areas. The decision comes after a successful inaugural hunt in 2024 ...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida wildlife officials will hold a series of online meetings in March and April about the possibility of a return to bear hunting in the state. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Florida wildlife officials will hold a series of online meetings in March and April about the possibility of a return to bear hunting in the state. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

"Bear hunts are not necessary to reduce the number of bear-human interactions," former state Sen. Ray Lesniak said in a public meeting in 2022, regarding the initial reinstatement of the annual hunt ...