Comments on: Bill Would Block Black Bear Hunts

By: kathy

kathy — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:57:02 +0000

Hunting black bears should never be legal, they are too scarce already. Black bears rarely ever hurt anyone. Should you shoot and kill a dog or a human who gets in your trash can?

By: Sedition

Sedition — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 01:34:52 +0000

There shouldn’t be a yearly bear hunt just for the sake of a bear hunt. Good stewardship should dictate that when their numbers start to pose a danger to both humans and their own kind, then a measured hunt should be allowed.
I would be curious to see what the numbers are now as compared to before the last hunt to make sure we aren’t going overboard with either the hunt itself or the anti-hunt PETA type ban.
Keep the numbers as stable as possible and don’t swing too far in either direction. The bears will suffer from over hunting, both the bears AND humans will suffer from not hunting at all.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 19:21:30 +0000

Will you be the next person mauled while putting your trash in your bear-proof trashcan next year, or the year after, or in year 2020?

Wildlife cannot be stockpiled…no matter how much you bunny-huggers want to look at ‘em and have them around you.

Why don’t you Floridians let FWC & the state wildlife biologists do their jobs and properly manage the bear population?

Seems like most of ya’ll are more concerned about the bear’sites quality of death than quality of life!

By: WHISPERJET

WHISPERJET — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:36:46 +0000

I ALSO AGREE WITH JAY..IT IS JUST COMMON SENSE…WE NEED TO .DO ALL WE CAN TO PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE..THAT IS WHY WE CHOSE TO LIVE IN NW FLA..WE ARE BLESSED WITH ABUNDANT WILDLIFE AND MOST OF US ENJOY FISHING , CAMPING , AND HUNTING..I SAW MY LAST FLA. PANTHER NEAR BARRINEAU PARK IN FEB. OF 1962..WHAT AN AMAZING SIGHT..I DON’T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE OF OUR WILDLIFE DISAPPEAR FROM OUR FOREST..

By: Linda Wyatt

Linda Wyatt — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:57:52 +0000

Please save these beautiful animals.They deserve to live.

By: Leon

Leon — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:27:03 +0000

Bear in the picture shows obviously that it is getting into trash.
This is not natural behavior, humans have encroached upon natural habitat and forced the Bears to look for whatever food is available. Since the dawn of mankind, it has been natural to hunt for sustenance. In order to reduce human conflict with nature animal populations must be controlled. Legalized hunting is obviously the very best way to achieve this. Unless some of you anti-hunters think it best to control human population growth.!

By: anne 1of2

anne 1of2 — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:22:32 +0000

This must be Jay day. We are all in agreement. If someone built a house in my backyard I’d be looking for snacks too. 10 years seems like a long time. I always cry when they kill the mother of cubs because she was in a neighborhood which used to be her home.

By: jp

jp — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:03:45 +0000

FWC has been putting aside sound wildlife studies for political appeasement to the fringe anti hunting, anti gun crowd.
Like most animals deer destroying thousands of dollars of crops, bears only have one natural enemy = vehicles.
These protesters put no value on human life.
Just how comfortable can people with small children be letting their children play outside with bears roaming freely through their property?
This problem with bears has at least two sides;
One is the huge influx of new residents with housing being built in places where bears live.
The other is the bear population has been allowed to increase unchecked for years.
The FWC’s number count of bears is seriously flawed. Their count is much lower than many of us that actually get out of town know. We do not need a degree in wildlife biology to reconise a bear, track, scat or see a cabbage palm ripped apart for the heart to know that bears are in an area.
Spending $1,825,000 for bear proof trash cans is only a bandade fix at best. The state sholud make money selling licenses instead of this costly use of our tax dollars.

By: Chris in Molino

Chris in Molino — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:01:56 +0000

I agree with Jay.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:01:56 +0000

I agree with Jay 100%, just learn to live with them and enjoy them from a safe spot.