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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: vandeman17 on August 29, 2022, 03:04:54 PM

Title: Too many Bears
Post by: vandeman17 on August 29, 2022, 03:04:54 PM: First year of no spring bear hunting. Coincidence.... :DOH:

“It’s been a pretty bad year as far as bears go,” Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Sargent Carlo Pace said of the number of calls received to his department. “We have constant calls and complaints just about every day in the last two months at least.”

https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/northwest/high-number-of-bear-sightings-in-upper-kittitas-county-cause-frustration/article_a4822a8a-6cad-56e1-9ac5-53ec2ae582ee.html
Title: Re: Too many Bears
Post by: OutHouse on August 29, 2022, 03:45:29 PM: Watch I bet the complainers are some of the persons who oppose predator control.
Title: Re: Too many Bears
Post by: 7mmfan on August 29, 2022, 03:47:17 PM: Devil's advocate here... were there spring bear permits in that area historically?
Title: Re: Too many Bears
Post by: vandeman17 on August 29, 2022, 03:51:52 PM: Quote from: 7mmfan on August 29, 2022, 03:47:17 PM
Devil's advocate here... were there spring bear permits in that area historically?

I didn't mean that no spring bear in that area lead to this but more big picture that we have too many bears EVERYWHERE yet they ended spring bear this year
Title: Re: Too many Bears
Post by: 7mmfan on August 29, 2022, 04:08:29 PM: Our state absolutely has an abundance of bears. Apparently everywhere except where I was hunting this weekend :dunno: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Too many Bears
Post by: buckcanyonlodge on August 29, 2022, 04:34:29 PM: OVER ABUNDANCE in Stevens county for sure...cancelled spring bear
Title: Re: Too many Bears
Post by: Stein on August 29, 2022, 04:41:14 PM: After listening to the commission, it is pretty obvious that the number of bears plays zero role in setting the seasons or closing seasons. The price of rice in China likely has more sway than something like biological data or proven game management practices.
Title: Re: Too many Bears
Post by: lewy on August 29, 2022, 04:54:45 PM: It wasn’t the bear numbers or the science that took our spring bear season. It was the incompetence of our commission, their agenda, and the false narrative from the anti’s that did.
Title: Re: Too many Bears
Post by: boneaddict on September 10, 2022, 07:00:21 AM: Right now there is a large putty tat running around the city of Yakima eating everyones pets. I find the posts on facebook quite hilarious. I also see a bunch of bird lovers with bears eating all of their bird seed. LOL Watching how the other half lives is kinda funny