Comments on: Florida Targets October For Black Bear Hunt

By: Missy

Missy — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 20:53:12 +0000

whats the difference in a drunk person driving drunk and all…hits a person and kills them or wait what bout a raged human on drugs with a gun pistol whipping a pregeant woman…or better yet..what bout a pimp postituting a girl for money and drugs….is this the way human beings behave?????….the black bear who doesnt act as stupid as some humans…and yet we kill’em off with guns because they over populated or heaven forbid are hungry after a long winter nap and wonder into a neighborhood……shame shame shame….The only humane answer is population control of which i’m sure there are plenty of veternarians who can fix it and without killing.

By: smitty

smitty — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:34:28 +0000

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Just because a person does not approve of the killing of wildlife, such as bears, deer, elk, etc. that doesn’t mean they are tree huggers or vegetarians (as most rednecks think). It means there are some of us that don’t like wholesale killing of wildlife that we moved into their habitat and now its time to get rid of them. And yes, I am opposed to killing deer as well. I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this killing debate.

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 11:47:29 +0000

It will take several years of relocating nuisance bears to where the hunted bears are killed out of.
The hunted bears will not be where the nuisance incidents are happening because hunting won’t be allowed there.

By: Pop

Pop — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:43:30 +0000

Bearface, I’m just curious! Are you a vegetarian??

By: Bareface

Bareface — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:21:16 +0000

Humans are the black bears worst enemy. If you want to kill a bear and hang it head on your wall for show and all….at least make it FAIR. Try hunting and killing animals without guns and bow and arrows. Maybe face to face..yeahhhhhh…. See whose head would be hanging….good lawdy Cant believe hunting and stalking animals is still legal. What a HORRIBLE tradition to pass on to our kids.

By: PensacolaEd

PensacolaEd — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:55:31 +0000

Jason, You mean like the deer and turkeys that hunters made extinct? Oh wait, the deer and turkey populations are at all-time highs, that can’t be it. Maybe those extinct elk…no, the elk populations are so healthy, that they are transplanting elk into new states like Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky.

Just exactly what animals has regulated hunting resulting in “killing them all”?.

By: jason

jason — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:57:53 +0000

I wanted to see one in the wild before they killed them all

By: PensacolaEd

PensacolaEd — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:51:03 +0000

How is the hunting of black bears any more “terrible” than the hunting of deer, turkeys, alligators or any other creature? Is it because you have a Teddy Bear, and you think all bears are warm and cuddly? Managed hunting will maintain the bear herd at a healthy population, and more importantly, re-instill the fear of humans into them.

Two years ago, I was deer hunting in the Ocala National Forest during bow season, and had a 200+ pound black bear come in to my hunting area and charge me. That bear had absolutely no fear of humans, and that’s a dangerous thing. Rather than associating humans with fear and danger, the bears now associate us with food.

Bravo to the FWC for ignoring the tree-huggers and relying on SCIENCE, rather than emotions to effectively manage the bear population.

By: hunter 101

hunter 101 — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:11:53 +0000

this is the best thing the FWC could have proposed to do the incline in bears is very dangerous they’ve destroyed several pieces of property of mine lets get rid of them

By: redneck

redneck — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:10:20 +0000

I will be one of the ones doing these bear hunt, these the best thing i have herd!!!