The right thing the DNR could do is manage bears and not hunters.

I'm not much of a bear hunter, but I'd rather deal with competition than not being able to get a tag.

Well when you spend time and money into baiting and find out all the bears in the area go nocturnal because there is so much activity in an area because there is a bait every 1\2 mile going down a forest road you will see what competition does for bear hunting. I have bear hunted for about forty years and have hunted in many different areas of northern Minnesota. I have seen first hand what competition does.