A bear walks into a 'burb, but state's new bear dogs scare him out again

[backwoods_boy]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008918747_beardogs25m.html

didnt know if you saw this or not.
im headed back to my bosses property to try and eliminate his bear problem as soon as it opens up.

[Slider]

WOW!!! Eliminate baiting and Hound hunting for Bear's and you have a Bear problem? Go Figure!!!

[backwoods_boy]

i know funny how that happens
 

[GoldTip]

Moron who wrote the article, or someone at the fish and game who gave the info that this would be "the first Karelian bear dog used for enforcement" in the United States should maybe do a little fact checking.  Dave Wedum of the Montana Fish and Game who trapped and released more Montana grizzlies than anyone else while working for the F&G, was a next door neighbor of mine and he had Karelian bear dogs back in the early 80's.

[phishisgroovin]

WOW Eliminate Hound hunting to the general Public but its A-OK for the badges to do it.
Washington State Government officials 

[coasty]

dont they have some repode hounds  seens like alot of money

[mulehunter]

 I thank them for sending him right direction to our home!    No bears have ever came after I heard about it and quickly put TrailCamera out.   BEAR  Look VERY familiare to me in Seattle paper  as  the bear in my TrailCamera  I am hoping to see him again with in few weeks!   


 

Mulehunter 

[Forrestrover]

Must have been a really slow news day. I couldn't believe that was the front page story!

[75johndeere]

gotta love this post. where is my free bear tag?

Not entirely true. The state also gave hunters a free bear tag with the license packages and the option for a second tag for $5. Before the ban on baiting you had to by a tag and most hunters did not. With the free tag if they saw a bear while out hunting they now shoot them. The bears in the suburbs are there because the people in the suburbs do not let people hunt them and there is an ample food supply and the ban on hounds has not chnaged that at all.