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Oklahoma’s Proposed Bear Hunt Brings Out The Best In Outrageous Rhetoric

April 2, 2009

While I’m still attempting to get definitive answers from someone at the Oklahoma Division of Wildlife Conservation as to the thought process in deciding to allow for the hunting harvest of 20 black bears by archery hunting first, followed by muzzle loader hunting after that, if the 20-bear quota hasn’t been reached. All I’m trying to do is find out why preferred treatment is being given to archery hunters. In their thinking, there maybe a good explanation but inquisitive minds can’t help but ask why.

In the meantime, the press, specifically the Associated Press, prints for it’s readers utter nonsense concerning bears and bear hunting. In an article link sent to me by a reader, we find the AP traveled from Oklahoma all the way to Oregon to find an anti-bear hunting organization willing to speak out against the proposal. Read more


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