The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters says there has been a large increase in the number of bears in the province since the cancellation of the spring bear hunt.
Terry Quinney is a biologist with the OFAH and says the
fall bear hunt simply hasn’t made up for the loss of the spring bear hunt.
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Quinney suggests that about 15 hundred fewer bears are killed each year because of the loss of the spring bear hunt and that’s resulted in more nuicence bear complaints.
