Some out of state PETA types ran an initiative to CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION to ban baiting and using dogs to hunt bears. Lots of TV ads showing poor little bear cubs. There was no organized funded opposition. It passed. We’ve had worsening bear problems every since.
There is no effective way to hunt them and few are taken by hunters. I don’t know anyone who has killed a bear by happening upon on while hunting deer or elk. Of course when a bear becomes a problem (and more do every year) government employees will come and BAIT the bear and kill it.
We’re up to our asses in bears. The household Garbage cans in Gulf Breeze had to be replaced with ‘bear-proof’ cans. The Florida Fish and Wildlife have captured these bears, put tracking GPS collars on them, and moved them 500 miles away and they come back!..........