State wildlife officials are drafting a detailed plan for a bear hunt — the first in a decade — over three weeks in December, although they insist other options are under consideration to manage Florida’s largest land mammal.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering Florida's first black bear hunt in 10 years as the population rises.

A black bear walks between two homes in Longwood, Florida. Photo: Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via