More details are surfacing about what a potential black bear hunting season would look like in Florida.

Over the last 14 months, black bears have attacked three different women in Seminole County. Katie and Rich Cummings live in the area where the attacks happened and, like many people, have their own bear-sighting story.

"The little girl next door was over visiting, and she was panicked — almost in tears," said Katie Cummings, a Seminole County resident. "She didn't want to go home because she knew that bear was in the tree."

The growing number of incidents prompted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to take new measures in an effort to control the bear population and keep people safe.

One idea currently on the table is to reinstate black bear hunting in Florida for the first time since it was banned in 1994.

A proposed black bear hunting season would last for just one week in the fall. In-state hunters would be required to have permits, which would cost $100.

Female bears with cubs and bears weighing less than 100 pounds pound would be protected under the proposal, officials said.

"If it's time to displace the bears and move them along to a different area, then it's time," Cummings said. "And if it's getting in the way of our personal life, then that is what is needed at this point."

Some Seminole County residents said people need to do a better job of containing their trash so bears aren't lured into neighborhoods.

The homeowners' association attorney in the Wingfield North neighborhood said residents are required to purchase bear-proof trash cans. Bear sightings have decreased since that requirement was put into place.

Florida Fish and Wildlife officials are also proposing to allow landowners to get a permit that would let them remove bears from their property. That would only be allowed if all other protective methods have been attempted, including FWC's bear traps.

Some people, however, question whether the proposed measures would even help.

"It's a popular salutation perhaps, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's based on any science," said Adam Pollack, a resident. "And science should be driving this decision, not popular opinion."

Fish and Wildlife commissioners will discuss and consider the black bear proposals Wednesday, Feb. 4, in Jacksonville.

Read more about the proposals.