Florida Judge Rules Bear Hunt to Cull Growing & Dangerous Population is Legitimate

AmmoLand ^ | December 4, 2025 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

A Florida circuit judge refused to halt the long-planned and anticipated Florida bear hunt. The bear hunt is the first to be allowed since 2014-15, when 305 bears were harvested in two days. Bear Warriors United, a non-profit association, attempted to stop the hunt. Here is the first sentence in Bear Warriors United vision:

 Our vision is to create a Florida where people and wildlife coexist in balance and mutual respect.

The vision implies nature is in balance without humans, and animals are legitimately regarded as the equal of humans. It is a basic misunderstanding of reality. There is no “balance” in nature unless it is created and maintained by humans. Respect for humans by animals is created by a justified fear of humans. Animals do not read laws. Animals are not concerned with human ethics or morals. Animals are not people. Most bears killed in Florida are cubs, killed and eaten by adult male bears. The scheduled bear hunt is aimed at killing adult male bears, by scheduling the hunt for the period most female bears with cubs are already in dens for hibernation, and adult males are still out and about.

About 300 bears are killed in vehicle collisions in Florida each year. The last study to determine the bear population was in 2014-15. The population was estimated at about 4,350. The growth of the bear population in Florida was estimated to reach 11,000 by 2026, which happens to be the same as the bear population was estimated to be before European contact. Florida, because of human intervention, is much more productive of food available to bears than it was before European contact.

In the planned hunt, it is unlikely more than 133 bears will be harvested.

[sport]

A monkey hunt has my vote.

[GranTorino]

Ron’s better looking brother.

[Big Red Badger]

“Mutual Respect”-Rainbows and Unicorns!
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It’s Not that They ‘Love’ animals,
They Hate People!

[marktwain]

Is there ANYTHING federal judges don’t stick their noses into anymore?

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This was a Florida state judge upholding a Florida law.

[marktwain]

Judges should have no legal jurisdiction over matters involving wildlife.

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The “expert” wildlife managers, in many cases, have been captured by Deep Green ideology.

[Hot Tabasco]

Here in Michigan, Federal Judges got involved in two separate cases. The first one was a Judge halted a dove hunting season after the state was sued by an environmental group founded by the Humane Society of the United States.

The second one was when a Federal judge stopped the DNR from controlling a cormorant population via oiling the nesting eggs. That forced the DNR to just observe the nesting sites........

[fidelis]

Classic video of a woman trying to stop a bear from eating her kayak (if you can stand listening to her):

Black Bear Gnaws on Delta 15s Seakayak in Berg Bay, Alaska

[marktwain]

Yes, some judges are out of control...

[BiteYourSelf]

I’d say with a gun .🤔

[nutmeg]

Wow, what an image! 😳