Ontario launches spring bear hunt 'pilot program'

Maybe someone is actually listening down in Queens Park. I'm amazed.

Now all they have to do is expand it. There are plenty of rural communities well outside of these management areas struggling with problem bears.

I'll bet that Brigitte Bardot won't give a hang about something that can kill and eat her.

I honestly figured people would have to start getting severely mauled/killed up here before the government did anything. Saying "sorry" is much easier than taking preemptive action.

I did find this newsbit. Guess what side of the fence they're on.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1584888



Figures. Of course the bleeding hearts in Toronto are against the hunt, they don't have to deal with the consequences, at least not until problem bears start appearing regularly in Metro Toronto. Then they'll give a shit.

While I'm not a particular fan of hunting, I find it interesting how black bears seem to be thriving near large, populated areas of eastern North America.

A few years ago, I visited a friend in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. She took me up to a park on the ridge from which you could see the entire Manhattan skyline lit up at night--a short 20 km. away.

And what did they have in that park? Bear-proof trash bins with warnings, all of 25 minutes from Times Square.

And bears have been spotted roaming around apartments 12 km from downtown Los Angeles, to say nothing of mountain lions caught in Chicago neighborhoods.

We seriously need deer culls around here, as well ... either that or introduce packs of wolves, again. It's the deer that ultimately suffer starvation, etc. without predation. It is a part of their existence to be prey.

Absolutely.

I live in a rural area of the upper midwest of the US in a small town of 25,000, about 3 blocks from downtown. During winter, I find deer wandering up and down my street and in the alleys. Last fall, a friend of mine was trapped trying to get out of her car in the driveway by a rutting buck that charged her.

Folks around here turn down night shifts at work--if they've got the luxury--because of the deer-vehicle collisions. I can't go 4 km from my house during winter without seeing a hit and dead deer by the side of the road.

Fortunately mountain lions are slowly moving into the area. Hopefully that will help. A bit further north in parts of Minnesota there are thousands of wolves and they don't seem to have the same problems or at least fewer problems.

But right now, no of course, you cant shoot a deer within the city limits whether it's deer season or not.

If gunfire in the city isn't welcome - some of the best deer hunting I've done was off a backyard deck with a bow.

If gunfire in the city isn't welcome - some of the best deer hunting I've done was off a backyard deck with a bow.

Knowing this place, I doubt if they would even allow that--I believe there is a no-hunting policy period within the city--too many kids, houses, and so on from my deck. I do live in a small city where you can walk to the country in 15 minutes, but it's still a city.

Problem too is that folks think the deer are cute and feed them, also illegal, but they get away with it because, well, the deer are cute.

They're yard rats as far as I'm concerned. I have a nice-sized Labrador, but he can't be outside all the time, at least in winter, plus he's been charged by a buck in the street once.

If gunfire in the city isn't welcome - some of the best deer hunting I've done was off a backyard deck with a bow.

Problem too is that folks think the deer are cute and feed them, also illegal, but they get away with it because, well, the deer are cute.

They're yard rats as far as I'm concerned. I have a nice-sized Labrador, but he can't be outside all the time, at least in winter, plus he's been charged by a buck in the street once.

That's too bad. People don't understand that they are cutest at a distance. It does them no favours to domesticate them.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/bri ... e14278563/

I've seen my friends Irish Wolfhounds chase - and bring down - whitetails. Also, somewhat illegal. But sometimes you can't control them when they turn from 'dogs' to 'a pack of dogs'.

Not true. She's not so fond of muslims and they are known to kill and eat people.

Mountain lions in Chicago neighbourhoods?
Bears roaming around LA?
Yikes!

At least Americans can carry guns.

Mountain lions in Chicago neighbourhoods?
Bears roaming around LA?
Yikes!

At least Americans can carry guns.

Actually, they arm Bears too.

I'd say she will.
I'd say she wouldn't want people harmed though.
She's a warrior...
.....has an anti-whaling boat named after her.

Mountain lions in Chicago neighbourhoods?
Bears roaming around LA?
Yikes!

At least Americans can carry guns.

Actually, they arm Bears too.


Bears could probably figure out how to use guns, they seem to be able to figure out how to do everything else.