Please stop the spring bear…

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Please stop the spring bear hunt. I find this a cruel and mis informed hunt that anyone can tell the difference between a young male or nursing female bear with cubs especially in the early spring when cubs are hiding up a tree and the mothers mamaries are not large enough to see from even close distances. If any honest hunter wishes to take the life of a bear they should at least only hunt in the fall where the chances of killing a mother bear with cubs would be minimized. If the spring hunt goes ahead then the dates should be moved to start June 1st to 15th as by this time more cubs stay with there moms and honest ethical hunters would not kill a mom with her cubs present. I am well aware that there are hunters who follow the rules and try to be ethical about taking a life of a wild animal. My brother is one of these hunters and lives off what he kills. I am concerned of the hunters that will not report what they kill, that will kill a few bears and only report the largest one they kill. I also wish bait stations on crown land would be illegal. I have come across bait stations while hiking and feel these are very unsafe as they are not marked and are ethically disgusting and put my own and my families safety at risk. If this spring bear hunt goes thru then any Hunter should have the license fee increased to cover the cost of having more officers being hired to protect and enforce the rules are being followed as I know there are many disgusting humans out there poaching, and lying about what they have killed. The last point is to ban dogs from being used to hunt. This is unsafe and cruel to both animals the bears and the dogs. I am a avid outdoorsman that lives in a city in Southern Ontario and I spend a lot of money to travel and vacation in Northern Ontario in hopes to see animals in the wild and get the perfect shot with my camera.
Thank you for your time to read it his and please take my concerns in consideration when maki g the decision of allowing a spring bear hunt in Ontario.
James