ORIGINAL: Hiawatha
ORIGINAL: hardcorehunter
I am not Canadian and can't answer why they do what they do up there. From what I have heard this about to be reversed because the ON bear pops are too high. To be honest, Canadians don't bear hunt and there may have not been enough pressure from Americans to keep the spring bear hunt open. I have bear hunted 7 times and only one was in the spring.
What makes you think pressure from the states would have kept the hunt open? I do not agree with closing the spring season however we are our own country and make our own laws despite the "pressure" from the states.
A lot of the revenue generated from bear hunting, be it in the spring or fall, comes directly from the states. The sportsmen here in the U.S. travel to Canada to hunt and with them comes money. Money has more influence than anything else in the world and we all know it.
U.S. hunters stop traveling to Canada to hunt and your outfitters lose quite a bit of money, again, be it in the spring or fall.