In 2015, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission considered opening a bear hunting season for the first time in over two decades (1994!) and held a series of meetings to hear from the public on the proposal. I (Ashlee Ellis Smith) was at one of those meetings. Walking into the basketball arena at one of […]
Bear hunting spans from first people to step foot on the North American continent to modern-day hunters that hunt black bears in the spring season. That practice, tradition, and pastime is now being challenged with a recent question posed by a Fish and Game Commissioner: “Why do we still hunt bears in the Spring?” It’s […]
Spring brings the first breath of warmth into the woods and the promise of a great reawakening for wildlife. As winter’s cold grip loosens and the snow begins to melt, the first to stir in the secluded dens of the forest are the mature male black bears or boars (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. […]