Florida Bear Hunt to Harvest Very Small Number of Bears

AmmoLand ^ | October 14, 2025 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

The Florida bear population is probably over 10,000. An official population estimate has not been done since 2014/15, when it was over 4,000.

[AndyTheBear]

Will not be visiting Florida during these dates then.

[George from New England]

What a joke

[George from New England]

Leftists still in control

[Surrounded_too]

Crooked Lottery.

Makes the whole state look crooked.

[Libloather]

Does the pic-a-nic basket ploy still work?

[coloradan]

“At least 39 of about 150 awarded permits went to people who specifically entered the lottery to prevent hunters from obtaining a permit.”

It would sure be a shame if some of them were mauled or killed by a bear. The reason The State, you know, the all-knowing, beneficent government that is the font of all wisdom, and can never have enough power, according to leftists, is having the hunt at all is because there are too many bears.

So, these protesters should consider whether they really know more than their overlords.

[Vigilanteman]

Bears, like any other wildlife, can become a nuisance if unchecked. They are finding it out the hard way in the rural areas of Japan where marginal land is being abandoned due to declining population and fewer farmers. The bears are finding out that people, pets and livestock are easier prey than what was left behind on the fallow land which was mainly undulates like deer.

[Starboard]

“you know, the all-knowing, beneficent government that is the font of all wisdom, and can never have enough power, according to leftists”

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Big government can only exist by continually expanding its power.

Small government doesn’t need lots of power.

The bigger government gets the smaller the people become.

[Ezekiel]

Leave it to the gummyment to Gummy up the works.

(It bears repeating.)

[DannyTN]

It’s bearly a hunt

[null and void]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

[Ezekiel]

It’s simply not pawsible fur the bureaucrats to do anything right.

This just ursa the little guy..

[DannyTN]

One of the bureacrats is probably collecting a honey pot.

[Ezekiel]

Must be a real piglet!

[bgill]

If only bears could issue 187,000 permits for bear hunters.

[skinny old man]

Don’t they need a Big Game license to apply?That wuld limit only hunters from applying.Unless the antis buy one too.

[Joe 6-pack]

Is it you, Yogi?

[GaryCrow]

Wildlife numbers have to be managed and biologists have determined there are too many bears. It’s a shame that on a discussion board for republicans where I’d like to think common sense would prevail we still see emotional kneejerk outbursts over something so obvious.