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BEAR HUNTING: A solution without a problem

| September 15, 2024 1:00 AM

An open letter to Fish and Game personnel:

It has come to my attention that there is a move afoot to require bear hunters to take a mandatory class to confirm that they can discern the difference between a grizzly and a black bear. This after one grizzly was misidentified by Fish and Game personnel, and then shot over a legal bait site by a hunter who immediately reported the shooting of a grizzly, previously identified as a black bear by F&G personnel.

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