I doubt you are going to see anytype of bear hunting in florida in the next couple of years. Bears are a big problem here in the panhandle and I went to a meeting last year that had 2 GFC officers discussing bears. Everyone there were people who were on leases from St. Joe Paper Co. and were begging them to oen a season. They said it would probably be 4 to 5 years before a bear season came in if then.
On side note there was a GFC officer close to here a couple of months ago that saved a bear from drowning after it had been darted to be moved and before the drugs to affect it ran into the gulf. Guy got all kinds of write ups in the papers for saving the bear. Shoud have let it drown. They are like hogs, ig they can get to it they will tear it up.