I found out some info.the bears mate around may into june.And if they did have a spring hunt.What happens if to many females get harvested and that will have some impact on the pop.and if pop. goes down to much in a area it can take close to 10 years to make a comeback.And they will mate every 3 to 5 years. And I contacted the DNR with this same ? Hopefully they will email me with some more answers. But the new head guy for the DNR sounds like he'll be good to the hunters and fisherman.