Comments on: FWC Eyes Bear Hunts, But Says Trash Is Real Culprit http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:45:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: haley http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit/comment-page-1#comment-291980 haley Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:41:50 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205741#comment-291980 If you ppl who advocate killing these bears cause you only kill to feed your family are some truly cruel ppl. There has got to be another answer other than "I got me a big gun." Let me go kill some bear. That is not the answer. If you ppl who advocate killing these bears cause you only kill to feed your family are some truly cruel ppl. There has got to be another answer other than “I got me a big gun.” Let me go kill some bear. That is not the answer.

]]> By: jdm http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit/comment-page-1#comment-291955 jdm Mon, 09 Feb 2015 03:13:48 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205741#comment-291955 Hey,,, the bear in the picture looks kinda poor, ya'll need to put more food in the garbage, more better food. jeeperman", Man has been here for as long as the other species I believe, I think he named them didn't he? Hey,,, the bear in the picture looks kinda poor, ya’ll need to put more food in the garbage, more better food.

jeeperman”, Man has been here for as long as the other species I believe, I think he named them didn’t he?

]]> By: jeeperman http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit/comment-page-1#comment-291935 jeeperman Sun, 08 Feb 2015 14:46:46 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205741#comment-291935 Funny how for eons and eons all was in balance. Then came along man and screwed it all up. Take out the easy pickens garbage food source and mother nature will regulate the bear population to a ratio that will only support a certain number of bears. Funny how for eons and eons all was in balance.
Then came along man and screwed it all up.
Take out the easy pickens garbage food source and mother nature will regulate the bear population to a ratio that will only support a certain number of bears.

]]> By: Niknak50 http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit/comment-page-1#comment-291933 Niknak50 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 13:41:12 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205741#comment-291933 government agencies never really solve anything, do they? This is not a bear problem, it's a trash/garbage problem government agencies never really solve anything, do they? This is not a bear problem, it’s a trash/garbage problem

]]> By: Bob's Brother http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit/comment-page-1#comment-291914 Bob's Brother Sun, 08 Feb 2015 00:58:45 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205741#comment-291914 I find the comments very interesting. There has been an explosion of the population of bears for the simple reason that there is no hunting season for them. The reason they're raiding trash in suburbs isn't b/c they have been pushed out of their territory, it's b/c there isn't enough food in their natural habitat to support their numbers. When they rely on trash for food, they feed, and breed. Wanna solve your bear problems? Kill yourself or kill some of the bears. I find the comments very interesting. There has been an explosion of the population of bears for the simple reason that there is no hunting season for them. The reason they’re raiding trash in suburbs isn’t b/c they have been pushed out of their territory, it’s b/c there isn’t enough food in their natural habitat to support their numbers. When they rely on trash for food, they feed, and breed.
Wanna solve your bear problems? Kill yourself or kill some of the bears.

]]> By: rhubarb rubber http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit/comment-page-1#comment-291897 rhubarb rubber Sat, 07 Feb 2015 15:45:04 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205741#comment-291897 @jeeperman your solution is too simple and reasonable. Unfortunately if FWC gives tickets to the property owner for attracting the bears to their property by not properly storing the trash, the property owner will stop calling FWC for fear of receiving a ticket. Then when their child is eaten or mauled while running around naked with a fistful of convenience store Krispy Kremes unattended in the yard they will blame that on the bear instead of their lack of accountability as a parent and filth as a person in general. A logically devoid version of the situation will be broadly spread by social media. Videos will be edited of a family closely resembling the Thompson/Shannon clan calling for the eradication of the bear population as the only possible solution and the simple idea of cleaning up after yourself will never emerge. Then large scale illegal hunting of the bear population will begin, fueled by a twisted version of virtue, with the culprit gladly admitting his action to friends and family who will reinforce them. @jeeperman your solution is too simple and reasonable. Unfortunately if FWC gives tickets to the property owner for attracting the bears to their property by not properly storing the trash, the property owner will stop calling FWC for fear of receiving a ticket. Then when their child is eaten or mauled while running around naked with a fistful of convenience store Krispy Kremes unattended in the yard they will blame that on the bear instead of their lack of accountability as a parent and filth as a person in general. A logically devoid version of the situation will be broadly spread by social media. Videos will be edited of a family closely resembling the Thompson/Shannon clan calling for the eradication of the bear population as the only possible solution and the simple idea of cleaning up after yourself will never emerge. Then large scale illegal hunting of the bear population will begin, fueled by a twisted version of virtue, with the culprit gladly admitting his action to friends and family who will reinforce them.

]]> By: Jane http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit/comment-page-1#comment-291883 Jane Sat, 07 Feb 2015 11:05:35 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205741#comment-291883 The bears have always been here. People moved into their area. Then we put food out in the garbage and get upset when they come to get it. Bear-proof containers for garbage will help. Stay away from the bears and make lots of noise when you are outside. That will help keep them away. I imagine when people are out mowing lawns the bear problem goes down due to noise, etc. Just a thought. I have lived in "bear country" and never had problems with them. The bears have always been here. People moved into their area. Then we put food out in the garbage and get upset when they come to get it. Bear-proof containers for garbage will help. Stay away from the bears and make lots of noise when you are outside. That will help keep them away. I imagine when people are out mowing lawns the bear problem goes down due to noise, etc. Just a thought. I have lived in “bear country” and never had problems with them.

]]> By: Ed Kessler http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit/comment-page-1#comment-291882 Ed Kessler Sat, 07 Feb 2015 10:42:16 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205741#comment-291882 Those people talking about allowing hunting being the end of the Florida Black Bear need a dose of reality. If that were true, the whitetail deer would be extinct already, instead deer populations are at an all-time high. Similarly, elk and turkey have been restored to their historical ranges, there are now elk in Kentucky, Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Where do you suppose the money came from for these efforts? From HUNTERS. Do some research, look up the Pittmann-Robertson Act on Google. Hunters do more for wildlife populations and habitat restoration than all the tree-hugging, tofu-eating bambi-lovers put together. Ever heard of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, or the National Wild Turkey Foundation? Those two HUNTER-BASED organizations have placed millions of acres into perpetual wildness. To bash hunting and claim to be an animal lover, while wearing a leather belt, and eating a steak is just hypocritical. Those people talking about allowing hunting being the end of the Florida Black Bear need a dose of reality. If that were true, the whitetail deer would be extinct already, instead deer populations are at an all-time high. Similarly, elk and turkey have been restored to their historical ranges, there are now elk in Kentucky, Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Where do you suppose the money came from for these efforts? From HUNTERS. Do some research, look up the Pittmann-Robertson Act on Google. Hunters do more for wildlife populations and habitat restoration than all the tree-hugging, tofu-eating bambi-lovers put together. Ever heard of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, or the National Wild Turkey Foundation? Those two HUNTER-BASED organizations have placed millions of acres into perpetual wildness. To bash hunting and claim to be an animal lover, while wearing a leather belt, and eating a steak is just hypocritical.

]]> By: melodies4us http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit/comment-page-1#comment-291877 melodies4us Sat, 07 Feb 2015 04:26:49 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205741#comment-291877 How sad. This will put an end to bears in Florida. How sad. This will put an end to bears in Florida.

]]> By: Tony http://www.northescambia.com/2015/02/fwc-eyes-bear-hunt-but-says-trash-is-real-culprit/comment-page-1#comment-291867 Tony Fri, 06 Feb 2015 23:54:33 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=205741#comment-291867 I'm sure some may cleaning their rifles while they typed responses. Wise up it's always about the money. Also apparently you have never visited the dumpsters at the Apartments on 29 and seen the dumpsters overflowing, the scene of the slaughter of the bear in the picture above. So this cynic has wised up. I too was an avid hunter and become disgusted with the treatment of landowners property and the carnage left behind just so a set of horns can be placed on a plaque, if you treat nature and landowners with respect cudos to you. But exactly who is coming over to dinner for bear meat. Keep cleaning your guns but I think there is always and alternative to slaughtering a hungry bear. If you go to the mountains in Tennessee they have bear proof trash receptacles and they work when used properly. I’m sure some may cleaning their rifles while they typed responses. Wise up it’s always about the money. Also apparently you have never visited the dumpsters at the Apartments on 29 and seen the dumpsters overflowing, the scene of the slaughter of the bear in the picture above. So this cynic has wised up. I too was an avid hunter and become disgusted with the treatment of landowners property and the carnage left behind just so a set of horns can be placed on a plaque, if you treat nature and landowners with respect cudos to you. But exactly who is coming over to dinner for bear meat. Keep cleaning your guns but I think there is always and alternative to slaughtering a hungry bear. If you go to the mountains in Tennessee they have bear proof trash receptacles and they work when used properly.

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