The bill (HB10) does not state 25 males. DNR is to establish the numbers. Currently some people are using the 3S rule: shoot em, shovel em and shut up about it.
I'm hearing more and more stories about bears following hunters dragging out deer or of bears that come in right after a deer is gutted out. It only a matter of time before someone is hurt.
The one thing I don't like about this bill is that a season will be held only after the bear numbers excede the carrying capacity. To prevent a season DNR could give a high number.
Our Governor has stated that there will be no hunt as long as he is in office even though the state biologists and the wildlife advisory board both agreed we need one.