Our bear season is 4 days long. There are some extended seasons in some parts of the state. That season was Dec 2-7 this year. Far too late in the season IMO, especially in the northern mountains. It was 0 degrees Saturday night and there's often a ton of snow by then. Bear's den up. The plus is that we don't shoot pregnant females. They're already denned up. We do have a short archery bear season, but that's in November, too.