please, please,please…

please, please,please protect the mother bears who are nursing in the spring. We have people that see a bear and feel it is free game. How can these hunters know this bear is female and feeding young? She usually hides her offspring to go and feed so she can nourish herself to feed her babies. If she does not return, her babies die, killing a whole family. Can we afford a spring bear hunt? I think not. Please reconsider