I wonder how many bears in FL come in contact with the pythons of the reptilian variety.
I suppose I wouldn’t care if the law were otherwise.
It sounds like they should legalize shooting from a vehicle, though.
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What are you supposed to do? Sit there and ‘take it’?
Go ahead. Hit me, Mother fu****
[the greatest known cause of adult bear deaths is vehicle collisions. 276 bears were killed in vehicle collisions in 2020, 289 in 2021, and 286 in 2022]
See, now this is exactly why I’m against bears being allowed to drive. (paws for effect)
Amazing, huh? As many are killed every year by vehicles as existed in Florida just 40 years earlier.
I don’t care what the state laws say. If a bear attacks you, you have a right to self-defense.
Why don’t they just eliminate the right to arm bears?
I see black bears all the time April - December... Never had an issue and 99% of the time they take off when they see you. Had a few wander a little close to the front door and to save ammo I just toss a few firecrackers and they take off. Had one up on the deck which is 14’ off the ground while we were on vacation. Saw the paw prints in the pollen on the deck and the nose print on the door. Put and electric fence up around the deck railing base and nothing since plus that got rid of the raccoons.
I’ll take wildlife to humans any day.
We are up to our ears in bears!
The Florida Fish and Game tried relocating nuisance bears up to 500 miles away, but they come right back to where they were captured.
So now they euthanize them................
Like Canadien Geese, racoons and white tailed deer, the black bears have learned to adapt to co existing with humans.
I don’t know about anyone else, but if I find myself threatened by a bear, I will not be waiting on some state general assembly to make a ruling allowing me to kill the bear. This is silly. Government has become silly.
As far as I’m concerned, ZERO bears is the right number, since they have such a crappy attitude about life.
My niece and NIL had black bear(s) wandering around their neighborhood in Gulf Breeze (Pensacola area) a few years back. I looked at the area on a map, and realized they were a few blocks from the Naval Live Oaks Nature Preserve. This is a piece of land that was kept for strategic materials in the day of wooden ships. Today, it is prime wildlife habitat right next to lots of neighborhoods. Black bear sightings shouldn’t be a surprise there.
A friend of mine lives near a protected forest that has an active bear population. His two dogs used to keep them out of his yard by barking. One summer day, that no longer worked. A bear pushed in a panel on the screen enclosing his pool so she and her two cubs could take a dip and rest in the shade. My friend’s two dogs quietly and glumly looked on from behind the safety of the sliding glass door to the house.
Look out Ned, "It's coming right for us!"
That's the Law.