Florida bear?

[Flbt]

Fwc has had a open talk about bringing bear season back. Or so I have been told.
I hope they do.

 

[SETH RINGER]

FWC WANTS TO AND THEY NEED TOO, BUT THERE ARE TOO MANY ANTI'S AND ANTI JUDGES TO LET IT HAPPEN.

 

[Hunt anything]

I think they tried pretty hard 8 or 10 years ago. It may have opened briefly but was shut down rather quickly.

 

[TackleThis]

We have a HUGE problem with bears in our area. If they would bring it back, or allow tags to become readily available for a season, it would be GREAT.

 

[skydiver386]

I see them on the Cellular trail cam I have on my property near Cedar Key, but never when I'm there. If tags become available I'll jump on one.

 

[Flbt]

I think they tried pretty hard 8 or 10 years ago. It may have opened briefly but was shut down rather quickly.

What I was told they had a set number that they wanted taken
And that number was hit on day 1
So they cut the season

That just means there are way to many bear

 

[thi9elsp]

Hasn't been a season since 2015. FWC is conducting public comment meetings around the state to gauge interest. Hopefully, it will move forward.

 

[Sabre]

What I was told they had a set number that they wanted taken
And that number was hit on day 1
So they cut the season

That just means there are way to many bear

Nah, any good anti-hunter will tall you that means it's too easy to hunt them, hunting them is unfair, and you are a monster for hunting them.

That's what Wisconsin anti-hunters and politicians said when they closed wolf season in Wisconsin after a very short window because they hit quota so fast.

Which might have something to do with the wolf population being absolutely massive there....but nah.

 

[coreydb]

Yeah.....it's unfair to hunt them until a child gets molested or killed.

 

[coreydb]

....just like the damn pythons moving north from the 'glades.

 

[Flbt]

Nah, any good anti-hunter will tall you that means it's too easy to hunt them, hunting them is unfair, and you are a monster for hunting them.

That's what Wisconsin anti-hunters and politicians said when they closed wolf season in Wisconsin after a very short window because they hit quota so fast.

Which might have something to do with the wolf population being absolutely massive there....but nah.

I don’t mind being a monster

 

[Flbt]

Hasn't been a season since 2015. FWC is conducting public comment meetings around the state to gauge interest. Hopefully, it will move forward.

I hunted with my dad down at camp dixey
About 1/2 way to Carabell the last year of the hunt before the stop. They killed more bear down there than the previous 5 years.

You could not keep a bee hive down there they were destroyeing the electric fence arms them all the time
The problem is the bear have gotten bigger
I think they had to be 75 lbs and finally went to 100 lbs. the ones you see now are a lot closer to 400-500 lbs that a different animal there.

 

[thi9elsp]

@Flbt we visit friends in Apalachicola and Ken has talked about the bears when he was deer hunting the area. they reopen the season

 

[Hunt anything]

@Flbt we visit friends in Apalachicola and Ken has talked about the bears when he was deer hunting the area. they reopen the season

We go to apalachicola scalloping every year and 2 years ago there were bear tracks on the shoulder of the road next to our house we were renting.