More bear hunting in California

[Irrelevant]

Opinion: California's bears are thriving. Here's the case for letting hunters kill more of them

The state's latest plan to manage the black bear population shows a much larger population than its last estimate. More hunting would fund more conservation and research.

www.latimes.com

I've been off the ME bandwagon for a long time now. But I have to admit that Renella, when he's not trying to line his pockets by exploiting a public resource, is a very eloquent speaker for the hunting community.

 

[The_Yuki_Yama]

I would love a spring season. Hunting them in the fall here is tough.. Would also take a bait or hound option but I think that is less likely to happen with the political climate here.

 

[Flatbrimmer]

“One study found that a newborn mule deer west of the Sierra Nevada crest is over six times more likely to be killed by a black bear than to die of any other cause. And every time a mountain lion kills a prey animal in the Mendocino National Forest, it has a more than 70% chance of losing it to a black bear. This forces mountain lions to kill more deer and is likely linked to documented declines in that species’ local population.

Such is the eternal interplay between predators and prey, which has had a human dimension for thousands of years in California.”

Very interesting!