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Court Rejects Curbs on “Deer Dog Hunting” in Florida Wildlife Management Area

April 11, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Still fair game. (DNR)

Property owners sued the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission for not properly keeping hunters’ dogs away from their lands. They won, only for an appeals court to reverse the decision.

Twelve Counties Get Money to Reduce Conflicts With Bears, But Flagler Is Not On the List

December 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Volusia and Putnam counties will receive a combined $98,000. Flagler County will receive no grant. The announcement came six months after the Fish and Wildlife commission voted against holding a bear hunt this year.

Florida Justices Let Felon Carry Hunting Rifle, Saying Prohibition Doesn’t Apply to Antique Guns

September 22, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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In a 5-2 decision, justices cleared Weeks on the gun-possession charge because state law treats antique firearms — and their replicas — different from other guns. The ruling said lawmakers exempted firearms manufactured in or before 1918 and their replicas from the prohibition on felons possessing guns.

Florida Bears Celebrate: There Will Be No Hunt This Year, Wildlife Commission Narrowly Rules

June 23, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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After hours of objections from animal-rights advocates and support from hunters, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-3 late Wednesday against a staff recommendation to hold a hunt in October that could have been smaller — in terms of permits and hunting grounds — than the 2015 event in which 304 bears were killed over two days.

Proposed Bear Hunt This Fall Would Unfold In Three Separate Four-Day Periods

June 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The recommendation to hold the state’s second bear hunt in the past 20 years expands on a proposal from state biologists without offering hard numbers of bears that could be killed or suggesting a number of permits that could be made available or the costs of permits.

Volusia County Wants Out Of the Next Bear Hunt

May 5, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The Volusia County Council on Thursday unanimously approved a “symbolic” resolution urging the commission to reinstate a prohibition on hunting Florida black bears.

Claiming “Robust” Bear Population, Florida Wildlife Commission Targets Another Hunt

April 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The commission in October 2015 held its first bear hunt in more than two decades as a means to slow the increase of black bears in the state and to reduce dangerous interactions between bears and humans. But the hunt was highly controversial, with opponents protesting in various parts of the state.

Citing Overreach, Senate Kills Public Record Exemption for Hunters’ Personal Information

February 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation, welcomed the defeat of the bill, which she labeled “the Ted Nugent Act” because of publicity surrounding a bear hunt last year.

More Public Record Exemptions For Gun Owners, This Time For Hunters and Fishermen

February 10, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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People getting hunting, fishing and boating licenses and certificates from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission would be shielded from public record disclosures.

Florida Wildlife Officials Call Bear Hunt a “Success,” Opponents Call It a Slaughter

November 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Some 304 bears were killed in two days and few hunters cited for violations, but critics called it a slaughter, saying most of the bears were killed on private land, where state regulations could be more easily skirted.

Hunting Bear at Whole Foods Misfires

November 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The chairman of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s comparison of hunting bear to shopping at Whole Foods prompts Tom O’Hara to investigate. He strikes out on bear meat.

Bear-Kill Quota Popped 5 Days Early:
Florida Officials Reassess Before Next Hunt

October 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials acknowledged the agency “underestimated the hunter success for the first day,” and said a number of scenarios from the planned week-long hunt — cut down to two days — will have to be factored into future planning.

Seek Cover, Teddy: 3,500 Hunters Take Guns and Bows to Bears Across Florida

October 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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The hunt, which includes Flagler County, limits each permit holder to killing a single bear weighing at least 100 pounds and won’t exceed the overall 320 bears targeted for what the commission calls a “harvest.”

Fish and Wildlife Escorts 2 Teens Out of Seminole Woods Area Over Illegal Hunting

October 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Officers searched the woods with weapons drawn for hunters yesterday evening between Seward Trail East and Sea Breeze Trail in Palm Coast. Two teen hunters were found and issued a warning for hunting on private property.

Split Florida Conservation Commission Approves Letting Hunters Kill 10% of Bear Population in 4 Regions

September 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission cleared the killing of at least 320 black bears for two to seven days in October, the first bear-hunting season in two decades.

Permitted Hunters Outnumber Florida Black Bears 6-to-1 as Killing Season Nears

August 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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Florida’s October hunt has drawn almost 1,800 hunters against a black bear quota of 320, in parts of the state where the killing will be allowed.

Not So Fast on Killing Teddy: Conservationists File Suit to Stop Bear Hunting in Florida

August 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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With permits for this fall’s hunt going on sale Monday, the Seminole County-based group Speak Up Wekiva filed a lawsuit in Leon County circuit court Friday challenging the constitutionality of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-approved bear hunt.

Florida Issues “Open Season” Bear-Hunting Rules as Humane Society Calls For Delay

May 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Opponents of the proposed hunt have argued the state should consider relocating problem bears and that people need to be held more responsible for leaving out unsecured food and trash that attracts bears.

You May Soon Shoot Black Bears: FWC Will Set One Week in October For Hunting

April 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 54 Comments

Hunting up to 200 black bears in Flagler and other parts of Florida would be allowed as part of a management plan as the state’s bear population of 2,500 is in increasing contact with its human population of nearly 20 million.

Let the Hunting Begin:
Florida Lifts Ban on Silencers

November 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Friday agreed, with little comment, to issue an order that immediately removes a prohibition on the use of noise-suppressors, or silencers, with rifles and pistols.

Fish and Wildlife Proposing to Allow Silencers on Hunting Rifles and Pistols

September 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

While critics said muzzling rifle shots could increase the risk of people being struck by wayward bullets or cause people to wander unaware into hunting areas, backers of the proposal said such concerns are unfounded.

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