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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.
1 posted on 10/18/2025 5:46:20 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Will not be visiting Florida during these dates then.


2 posted on 10/18/2025 5:52:12 AM PDT by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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Does the pic-a-nic basket ploy still work?


6 posted on 10/18/2025 6:06:33 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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“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.


7 posted on 10/18/2025 6:15:39 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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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.


8 posted on 10/18/2025 6:30:51 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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12 posted on 10/18/2025 7:15:46 AM PDT by null and void (The only man in all of Scotland is a 14 year old girl...)
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13 posted on 10/18/2025 7:16:28 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)
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To: marktwain

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


17 posted on 10/18/2025 7:33:56 AM PDT by bgill
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To: marktwain

Is it you, Yogi?


19 posted on 10/18/2025 7:57:52 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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