• A bear hunt this fall would be broken into three, four-day periods, with hunters applying on a first-come, first-served basis. Those are some staff recommendations that are before the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission today.
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• The National Rifle Association and Unified Sportsmen of Florida are urging the state’s wildlife authorities to not only hold another bear hunt, but to expand it. This comes as two central Florida counties say they don’t want the hunt in their backyards.
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• Seminole County wants to ban bear hunting.
Leaders are considering the plausibility of an ordinance that would prohibit bear hunting in Seminole County should Florida hold another statewide hunt.
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• Environmental advocate Chuck O’Neal is running for the state senate. He launched his campaign Tuesday for the District 11 seat currently held by Alan Hays.
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• A DeBary man faces a misdemeanor citation after Florida’s bear hunt last month.
Wildlife authorities say the man tried to bait the bears using two honey buns, a chocolate éclair, a doughnut, a fish filet and a piece of cherry pie.
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• The central Florida activist behind litigation that had sought to stop the state’s bear hunt is running for the Florida House of Representatives.
Chuck O’Neal says he plans to run for the seat held by Scott Plakon.
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• The bear hunt is over but not the controversy surrounding it. Then George O’Leary abruptly ends his storied career with the University of Central Florida’s football program but not in the winning style he would have wanted. And what about the terms of his contract?And Floridians Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush mixed it up in the third GOP presidential primary debate Wednesday night.
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