CADFW Votes in Favor of 2 Bear Tags!!

Mehhhh...sorry but feeling it's not so much a victory as it is an additional money grab by CADFW. Buddy of mine if a F&G biologist there and according to him Cali's bear pop "stability" number is based around an annual harvest of 16-17% of the population. Since the banning of hound hunting back in 2013 I think that that annual take for bears there has been about 3-4% and likely most of that by a very small but dedicated percentage of hunters.

Guess what I'm saying is that CADFW isn't giving up much by offering out a second tag....kind like here (Oregon) for bear and lions.
 
Mehhhh...sorry but feeling it's not so much a victory as it is an additional money grab by CADFW. Buddy of mine if a F&G biologist there and according to him Cali's bear pop "stability" number is based around an annual harvest of 16-17% of the population. Since the banning of hound hunting back in 2013 I think that that annual take for bears there has been about 3-4% and likely most of that by a very small but dedicated percentage of hunters.

Guess what I'm saying is that CADFW isn't giving up much by offering out a second tag....kind like here (Oregon) for bear and lions.
The bear population can sustain much more harvest and the population about 59,000 bears and growing according the the latest bear management. This is not a cdfw money grab, it is an honest effort to give hunters more opportunity in a sustainable way. Currently, some of the highest bear densities in the nation occur in California. In addition to the extra tag, the commission also opened up new counties to bear hunting.
 
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