Black Bears

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Post #3 continued... Conservation groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Legal Defense Fund have petitioned the federal government to approve an endangered species protection designation for Florida black bears. 
The commission last year set a collective "harvest objective" of 320 bears that could be killed in four parts of the state opened for the hunt. The quota was based on an estimated 3,000-plus bears in the state. 
A limit of one bear per hunter was set. Hunting permits were sold at $100 to state residents and $300 fot people from out of state, with 3,778 sold in total. The 2015 hunt was projected to last up to a week. Instead, it was called off after two days as the bear death count quickly reached 304.  Reply