re: Bill filed for starting a Louisiana bear season next year.

I live in a very high bear density area with a very long season. Since the population boom the deer and turkey numbers have plummeted. We can use dogs and there's a few large bear groups but the problem is for every 40 they tree they might shoot 1. They have a lot of pull in the state legislature and do everything they can to keep the bag limit to 1 and to keep it from coinciding with deer rifle season even though they account for very few kills. They just like the chase.

Bears are a part of the pig family but you don't see anyone screaming to save the pigs. I see on average 25-30 a year while deer hunting. I'd hate to even guess how many I get on cam. People will start taking matters into their own hands if they haven't started already.