It is ethically wrong to…

It is ethically wrong to hunt during a time when females are nursing because of the orphaning and subsequent death of cubs. This is unpreventable as hunters and conservationists are unable to assess the nursing status of bears due to the bears' parenting behaviours. So even if it is regulation to not hunt nursing bears, this is impossible to implement in the field due to bear behaviour.

It is wrong to hunt bears during a critical time for them physiologically due to insufficient available food to maintain body weight during a period of depleted nutrients following hibernation and nursing.

Bears are extremely vulnerable in the spring because of their concentration in limited habitat areas and reduced physical condition following hibernation.

Hunting vehicle activity has a negative impact on stream fisheries in the spring due to rutted roads and silting in high-erosion soils.

There should not be different ethical standards for popular game hunting such as deer than there are for bear hunting.

All aspects of hunting bears is unethical, particularly baiting, which congregates bears into unnatural situations; is inconsistent with the concept of fair chase that is applied as an argument in favour of hunting; predisposes bears to become nuisance bears by habituating them to human-provided foods, particularly during a season when young are learning feeding practices from their mothers.