Wisconsin DNR wants board to reduce bear harvest quota
MADISON—State wildlife officials want to scale back the number of bears hunters can kill this year.
Department of Natural Resources officials have asked their board to reduce the 2013 statewide harvest limit to 4,000, a 13 percent decrease from last year. They also plan to ask the board to reduce the number of permits to 8,560, a 5 percent decrease from 2012.
DNR officials say relatively high harvest limits and permit levels since 2009 have contributed to an overall reduction in the state’s bear population of 18,500 animals.
The Natural Resources Board is scheduled to take up the matter at a meeting Wednesday in Madison.
Jan 21, 2013 at 3:43 p.m.
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Ok, Badgerlvr,
What do you suggest the DNR do? Increase the limits, or decrease the limits?
Jan 21, 2013 at 12:25 p.m.
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wislady: Have you EVER offered a comment that wasn't negative and disrespectful. Are you so lonely that the only thing that makes you feel better is to complain about everything?
Jan 21, 2013 at 11:37 a.m.
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If they had called for an increase, it would be a bad thing.
They have called for a decrease in permits, and it is still a bad thing?
Liberal logic, I guess.
Jan 21, 2013 at 8:40 a.m.
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Bales of bear will be in short supply.
Expect a sharp spike in bear futures.
Jan 21, 2013 at 7:49 a.m.
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I can't bear it.
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