http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2010/03/16/comparing-wisconsins-and-michigans-bear-management-programs-concern-over-michigan-bear-population-numbers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comparing-wisconsins-and-michigans-bear-management-programs-concern-over-michigan-bear-population-numbers Black Bear Blog - The Politics of Hunting, Fishing and the Outdoors. Protecting our American Heritage. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2010/03/16/comparing-wisconsins-and-michigans-bear-management-programs-concern-over-michigan-bear-population-numbers/#comment-17983 Jim Richards Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:23:14 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/?p=9748#comment-17983 Jes, How true, you have to let those jakes go on by to get that old strutting bird. Jes,
How true, you have to let those jakes go on by to get that old strutting bird.

]]> http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2010/03/16/comparing-wisconsins-and-michigans-bear-management-programs-concern-over-michigan-bear-population-numbers/#comment-17982 jes Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:03:38 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/?p=9748#comment-17982 Same applies to the bigger turkeys, and deer....The smarter ones wait and let the younger, more stupid ones go in and check it out, before they consider it safe...(I've got many a trophy by just watching the first ones come in and check it out) Same applies to the bigger turkeys, and deer….The smarter ones wait and let the younger, more stupid ones go in and check it out, before they consider it safe…(I’ve got many a trophy by just watching the first ones come in and check it out)

]]> http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2010/03/16/comparing-wisconsins-and-michigans-bear-management-programs-concern-over-michigan-bear-population-numbers/#comment-17981 Jim Richards Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:57:50 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/?p=9748#comment-17981 Giving out more tags than there are Bears is a common thing with the fish and game. It's the same with Elk or Deer as well. It's all about the money. As far as bears three years and younger being up to 68% of the harvest is because they are the ones who come to a bait first. Young bears want to get in and out before the older mature boars come for dinner. Most hunters shoot the first legal bear they see resulting in younger bears being taken. If you want a big bear you have to learn to wait. Giving out more tags than there are Bears is a common thing with the fish and game. It’s the same with Elk or Deer as well. It’s all about the money.
As far as bears three years and younger being up to 68% of the harvest is because they are the ones who come to a bait first. Young bears want to get in and out before the older mature boars come for dinner. Most hunters shoot the first legal bear they see resulting in younger bears being taken. If you want a big bear you have to learn to wait.

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