Despite numerous efforts to try and stop it, the Florida black bear hunt officially kicks off Saturday.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the hunt will end on Dec. 28.

The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted in August to approve the hunt — the first since 2015. The commission used a lottery-style system to grant permits, with each permit-holder able to kill one bear.

A total of 172 permits were issued.

The FWC said it’s bringing back the hunt because it believes it is an effective tool to try and balance population numbers, which data shows is over 4,000.

But opponents of the hunt contend that the commission’s approval was not based on sound science and used outdated bear population estimates.

There was an emergency injunction that was fi

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