Connecticut Considers Legalizing Bear Hunting

Barbara Metzler September 12, 2012 at 08:02 pm

Bear hunts are 100% trophy hunts. Hunters kill bears to stuff them, mount their heads and make them into rugs.
Garbage containment is extremely important not only for keeping bears away from homes, but it also reduces their population growth rate. Bears without access to unnatural food sources will not gain as much weight. Weight is a critical factor in their reproductive cycle. The more people know about bear hunts, the more they support nonlethal black bear management. Bear population statistics are controversial and CANNOT be substantiated. People are at GREATER risk of being hurt by a hunting accident than by a bear. Killing bears does not stop conflicts or the rare aberrant behavior of an atypical  bear! People who provide attractants lure bears into residential areas.  Killing will not stop that either.

Justin September 12, 2012 at 10:34 pm

Barbara you are obviously uniformed. People eat bear meat, I have personally eaten black bear and it is delicious. The article states there where 16 break ins in one year. There where 27 hunting accidents from 2000-2010 in CT. So you clearly are making up your statements and don't know what the heck you are talking about. Wild life management works.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/rpt/2011-R-0062.htm http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Big-Bear-Stew-Allrecipes http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/rpt/2011-R-0062.htm

farm guy September 13, 2012 at 12:18 pm

I agree with Justin. Barbara, a trophy hunt means that people hunt for animals with a large rack of antlers or a large body, often passing over several other smaller animals. It means they fish for the biggest fish they can and throw the others back to spawn and continue the life cycle. This doesn't mean they kill an animal and take only what they are going to hang on the wall. All of the meat is butchered for the hunter's family and friends and quite often the meat is donated to feed the homeless and those living in poverty. If I were in need of a meal, I would be more thankful to those donating bear meat than those donating an old can of peas from the back of their cabinet for some canned food drive. As for your statisitcs, I have to chuckle. C'mon, it's easy to see you made those up or got them from some PETA talking points.

Bill Smith September 16, 2012 at 09:37 pm

I'm with Justin, Barbara. You are clearly an anti hunting zealot with no knowledge or experience to back up you OPINION. Go have a hamburger and get over it.

Blount September 16, 2012 at 11:29 pm

I totally agree with Barbara. It's not the bears fault that greedy developers have utilized their living quarters to build overly expensive homes. Humans have a way of destroying animals and their habitats. Leave them alone!
From: An animal lover

love connecticut September 28, 2012 at 02:19 am

People need to be educated about not feeding bears and leaving out feeders. This is ridiculous to even consider hunting. If people continue to leave out garbage and bird feeders than a fine should be considered to the offenders not killing the bears. It is irresponsible to feed the bears even inadvertanly. As the saying goes "A fed bear is a dead bear." Common sense is not so common anymore.