As a Bear hunter and Bear…

As a Bear hunter and Bear hunting guide for Ontario residents only I find the proposal interesting. Since the Spring Bear hunt pilot project began I've observed a rapid and steady decline of Bears in WMU 62 just East of Tweed. The first year of the pilot I noticed 13 different Bears on my trail cameras. This past Spring hunt I've observed only 3 different Bears on my cameras. So the pilot program is doing what it was designed to do but the question is whether we can sustain these results without depleting the resource. Perhaps we can limit the season in years of bad crops both mast and domestic when female Bears won't gestate at least in WMUs heavily hunted.
Maybe open the season for 4 years and cancel it for 2 in hard it WMUs. Ontario is too big to have a blanket season for all WMUs. It may be time to get a bit specific on hard hunted WMUs.