What do y’all think of the politics of bear hunting in Louisiana?

Just the black bears huh? Sounds raciss.

I’ve never seen a wild black bear where I live in Louisiana, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were any number of them in North Louisiana. I would not be opposed to a limited hunting season with tags similar to how we treat alligators.

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Department of Wildlife and Fisheries initiated a process that could allow up to 10 hunters to kill one bear each, for a total of 10 bears, next year.

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If the biologists have done the work to determine that this is the sustainable limit in Louisiana I’m good with it.

By the time the State allows any intervention, LA will be overrun with black bears... Usually the way it goes...

I’ve seen 3 different sows fron stand this year. Feeders don’t stand a chance.

When I did my hunter education class, they made sure to cover bears and how they were protected.

They also talked about a guy who had mistakenly killed a bear and got in deep shite over it. What made me smile was that the guy was a professor at ULL and his background was supposedly biology. And he claimed he had mistaken the bear for a pig.

Wildlife management should NEVER be done at the ballot box.

It should be left up to the state game and fish departments.

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Don’t shoot one with a GPS tracker on its neck. And if you shoot one be very selective about who you tell and don’t bring it to a taxidermist and don’t post the photos on Facebook.

You will probably have to be Jeff Landry’s cousin or political donor to end up with one of the ten legitimate bear tags.

People do it in other states. Bear is pretty freaking greasy, though.

Coworker have some some bear sticks/mini sausages a couple years back. The taste was ok, but even just one felt pretty damn heavy in the stomach. Was weird.