I would question the science…

I would question the science suggesting that the current genetic and/or geographic isolation & decline of the Bruce Peninsula population warrants closing the fall hunt. With the increase in the forest cover in adjacent counties since WWII, black bear movement is less restricted by lack of continuous suitable habitat. Black bear observations are now fairly frequent in Grey, Simcoe, and Huron Counties suggesting that migration is possible. Also if the fall hunt on the Bruce is closed I believe that black bears may be de-valued to nuisance animals instead of game animals resulting in animals being killed, unreported, and abandoned.
I am not a bear hunter but I am acquainted with resident deer hunters who hunt bear incidentally to pursuing deer. These are meat hunters.