A couple of bears from this spring on my beaver pile

That second bear sure looks like a good one. I wish we had a spring season.

That would be nice.

That's not as bad as here. Last I heard it was about 5-6 points. And there is a lot of bears around.

Where abouts are you roughly?

They are thick around here. To the point that plenty of folks anymore view them s a pest like a coyote or porcupine.

No E-mail so i figure I will have 3 NR points going into next year.'

What area are you applying for, Mike?

Unit 12 here takes 6 to 7 years usually to get drawn,this my 5th year,couldn't find anything yet,by the 25th we usually find out!Way too many bears up here too.....

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Hopefully I get drawn next year #6,but I wont hold my breath on that!!!!!!!!!!!!Our DNR wildlife people are special!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^%$#%^T^R$%#^&657i67uew86q

I agree Rick that is to long. We are about 5 yrs. between getting drawn and that is getting to be to much. There are way to many bear complaints in our area every year and it gets worse by the year.

It's getting to a point that folks are not complaining. I would love to know how many bears are getting wasted now that more folks are viewing them like vermin. I'd much rather see more licenses, and actually have the bears get utilized as opposed to being dragged off to the back forty to rot.

I agree Sam. The thing is the only good thing about getting drawn every 5 years is that there are no hunters in the area we hunt. But at one time I was getting drawn every other year. I was getting my bear but there were bear hunters behind every tree. I don't know what the right thing the DNR could do.

I've always wondered how a spring season would go. We could double the opportunity without increasing the competition. Maybe there's a reason that it wouldn't be a good idea, but it seems to work out elsewhere. And I don't think the DNR wants to lower bear numbers anyway.

I don't know. In a month when the breeding starts we will have bears being hit on the roads. We have road kill bears here all the time in June and early July.

It's getting to a point that folks are not complaining. I would love to know how many bears are getting wasted now that more folks are viewing them like vermin. I'd much rather see more licenses, and actually have the bears get utilized as opposed to being dragged off to the back forty to rot.

Yep, plenty of bears around,.the old days you threw a chain around their neck and tractored them up.
Nowadays you reach in the back pocket!

You have to remember when talking about Minnesotans.......they elected Tim Walz for governor!

I can't provide any sort of argument, martentrapper.

Touche!,..will we ever live it down?

Short detour from OP:https://www.fox9.com/news/mn-fraud-feeding-our-future-ringleader-aimee-bock-be-sentenced-thursday.
41 years, I think she may very well turn on Waltz and Ellison!
Too many bears,too many fraudsters in Minnsota!