FWC okays bear hunt for 2025 hunting season

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  Not surprisingly, judging from  its preliminary vote in May, the Board of Commissioners of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recently voted to approve a 23-day black bear hunt during December of the current hunting season. The new rules, which the FWC approved at its meeting in Havana on Wednesday, Aug. 13, establish bear hunting zones within four of the seven existing bear management units (BMUs). All told, the FWC will issue a