[pct-l] bear canisters

[Carl Siechert]

There already is a bear hunting season in California...has been for years.
You can get more information from the DFG site
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/bear/index.html, but the short story
is:
Archery hunting in August-September; gun hunting in October-December;
maximum take, 1700 bears.

Hunting is not allowed in the national parks, but many of the worst Sierra
bear problems are on the Inyo-Sierra NF, where hunting is allowed in season.
Hunting (by itself, anyway) is not the solution.




On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:13 PM, kcristler <kerouc at verizon.net> wrote:

> There are too many protected bears, causing too many problems. If enough
> hikers (not necessarily thru's) DON'T carry bear cans, maybe enough violent
> encounters will happen such that a hunting season of some sort will be
> initiated. End of problem. (there will still be plenty of bears and people,
> just less problems)
>