JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Bear harvest permit applications for the 2025 regulated bear hunting season in Florida open at 10 a.m. EDT on September 12 and close on September 22.<\/p>\n
A bear harvest permit<\/a> is required for hunting bears in one of the four selected Bear Harvest Zones from December 6 to 28, 2025. <\/p>\n Applicants must be at least 18 years old by October 1, and each application costs $5, plus handling fees. Permits will be distributed by random drawing, with a cost of $100 for residents and $300 for nonresidents, plus handling fees.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Hunters can submit their applications online at GoOutdoorsFlorida.com<\/a> by logging into their account and selecting \u2018Apply for Limited Entry\/Quota Permits.\u2019 <\/p>\n Alternatively, they can complete an application worksheet and present it to a license agent or a tax collector\u2019s office.<\/p>\n Only one nontransferable permit may be issued per person, and no more than 10% of all permits will be issued to nonresidents.<\/p>\n For more information on how to apply, hunters can visit MyFWC.com\/License<\/a> and click on \u2018Limited Entry and Quota Permits.\u2019 <\/p>\n Additional details about bear hunting in Florida can be found at MyFWC.com\/BearHunting<\/a>. <\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Bear harvest permit applications for the 2025 regulated bear hunting season in Florida open at…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":221192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,120381,120382,7323,3188,723,84933,120380,7324,120383,120384,7310,7327,7325,7326,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":{"0":"post-221191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-bear-harvest-zones","11":"tag-bear-hunting","12":"tag-cbs47","13":"tag-fl","14":"tag-florida","15":"tag-florida-bear-hunt","16":"tag-florida-bear-hunt-applications","17":"tag-fox30","18":"tag-hunting-licenses","19":"tag-hunting-permits","20":"tag-jacksonville","21":"tag-jacksonville-fl","22":"tag-northeast-florida","23":"tag-southeast-georgia","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-usa","30":"tag-wfox","31":"tag-wjax"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115192041610964536","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}