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Posted on 08/22/2025 7:07:24 AM PDT by marktwain
On June 21, 2024, Governor DeSantis of Florida signed HB87, restoring the right of people to protect themselves, their pets, and their homes against aggressive black bears. The law went into effect on July 1, 2024.
From July to December 2024, FWC recorded four instances where people killed bears, but were not charged because of the new law. There were seven situations where people were charged with illegal kills. In 2021, during the same period, there were 17 illegal kills recorded; in 2022, there were seven illegal kills recorded during the same period. In 2023, there were seven illegal kills recorded in the same period (July – December). In 2024, one of the defensive situations where the new law made a difference made the news. From the account. The defender used a 9mm pistol.
The FWC said Tittle called his dogs, but the puppy did not return to him. The man grabbed his larger dog, but it pulled him toward the bear, and he ended up on the ground, officials said.
“I noticed that it was a bear. I called the dogs, and only the big dog came. Me and him kind of wrestled around here, and I was trying to hold him down. He wanted to go back because he wasn’t coming back,” Tittle told News 6.
Tittle said he saw the bear near his pup, so he attempted to fire a “warning shot” to scare the animals but struck the bear, according to the FWC, which said the animal tried to climb a tree but fell to the ground.
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300! That’s a lot of bears.
The chard shows the number of bears killed from human causes in Florida by year. The blue spike is when they had a very short hunting season. Another hunting season is expected in 2026.
Bears frequent roadside crossings in less remote areas , where there is little traffic. People often travel a little too fast, and dark bears in the middle of the road at dawn or dusk move a little too slow. I’m guilty Of just missing three over the course of thirty years of back road driving.
Not a Chicago fan, but I found this appropriate. Slainte.
“Good grief, the comedian’s a bear!”
“No he’s-a not. He’s a-wearin’ a necka-tie!!”
I’m for the Right to Arm Bears.
I live in New Brunswick Canada... We have about 17,000 bears and we kill about 1,500 to 2,000 bears every year... Very few are hit by cars.
You need to cull the population on a regular basis... Otherwise, you’ll be running from the bears rather than hunting the bears.
Bears in FLORIDA?
Something I would have never thought.
I have friends who have lived in Sanford, just outside Orlando for a long time. They send me the occasional video of a bear or a bear and cubs lumbering along in their neighborhood.
I live in New Brunswick Canada... We have about 17,000 bears and we kill about 1,500 to 2,000 bears every year... Very few are hit by cars.
So is Pooh, he has a shotgun.
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