Florida's black bears are no longer out of the woods. After years of protection, the state just made them fair game.

Mixed reactions across the board after the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission's unanimous vote to allow a bear hunt in the state, which is the first in a decade.

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"I think it's been a long time coming," said Dylan Hubbard, the President, Florida Guides Association.

"They're more scared of us than we should be of them," said Anthony Marinelli, a Tampa resident.

"There are certainly enough bears in Florida where you could biologically hunt them," said Carlton Ward Jr, a conservation photographer and CEO of Wildpath. "But whether you should hunt them or not depends on bigger questions."

FWC's chairman Rodney Barreto said in a stat

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