street. Petersburg, Florida – Florida I Hunt bear in a decade It attracted more than 160,000 applicants for a limited number of permits, including opponents who are trying to reduce the number of dead bears.
the Fish preservation and wildlife committee in Florida 172 Bear Hunt’s permits through the random lottery to chase December, a slight decrease from 187 proposed permits at the beginning. The declaration of the fisherman allows the killing of one bear in areas where the population is considered a large degree sufficiently.
Wildlife officials say Florida has an estimated 4000 black bear.
Applications were taken from September 12 to Monday. “The agency received 163,459 requests, adding that it does not contain records of the number of applications it obtained to chase 2015, killing more than 300 bear within two days.
“We will collect and evaluate the data that will be used to form future fishing, such as the number of unused permits and the success of the hunter,” Nols said.
Several anti -fishing organizations, including Sierra Club and the bear motivation, encouraged people to obtain fishing licenses and apply for a bear permit that will never be used.
“By participating in this lottery, the life of the bear will be saved,” said Chuck O’Neill, head and founder of speaking at Wekiva. Speak about wildlife. “There are now thousands of animal advocates within the FWCS database for licensed fishermen who receive surveys on new hunting rules. This effect will be perceived for decades.”
Opponents Also prosecute To try to stop fishing. A great deal of discussion focused on whether the research is necessary.
There was only one documented Black black bear attack In Florida, May was the 89 -year -old Robert Marcil and his daughter’s dog in a rural area. Officials in many parts of the state say that contacts that are likely to be dangerous to a person are increasing, and that environmentalists say largely because people beyond bear habitats.
FWC says on its website that hunting is a proven way to control wildlife groups.
This year’s fishing plan has tougher rules than 2015 chase, which has been offered permits to anyone who can pay for it. This led to a chaotic event that was closed early. At least 38 bears were killed with the cubs, which means that the small bears may have died as well.
This year will be held from December 6 to December 28. It costs $ 100 for Florida residents and $ 300 for non -residents. No cubs or females can be killed with cubs, according to FWC employees.
Special land owners with 5,000 acres (2023 hectares) or more can carry what FWC call “Harvest” on their property under the proposal. Bears can be hunted at bait foodstuffs on private property. Also, Bowhunting will be allowed under rules similar to that deer.
In the future, FWC expects the bear chasing between October 1 and December 31, taking into account more studies on the effect of hunting and animal population. In the coming years, fishermen can use up to six dogs for each of them to follow the bears.
Florida also allows hunting Crocodiles From mid -August to November, along with removal over a year of gas snake from private lands and public lands run by FWC. The state also has Bethon’s annual challenge Presenting prizes and confessing to picking the snake in Florida Evergalides.