State wildlife officials have unveiled plans for subdividing the sprawling Ocala National Forest into distinct hunting areas.The idea is to allow biologists to tailor hunting pressure to the needs ...

Opponents of state plans to bring back an annual bear hunt will hold rallies Monday in Ocala and four other locations across Florida and to reiterate a request that Gov. Rick Scott intervene.

An Ocala man is betting there’s enough interest in quail hunting to support the area’s first private quail-hunting preserve. Nick Warhurst has leased 1,000 acres of what he describes as prime ...

Recreational hunting licenses and permits in Florida range from $17 to almost $500, depending on your residency status, what you’d like to hunt and how long you’d like your permit to be in effect.