I am an adult Ontario…

I am an adult Ontario resident. I request that any spring bear hunt be abolished permanently..
The risk of errant bullets especially around unmarked bait sites makes me afraid for my safety and for that of my friends and loved ones who enjoy outdoor recreational activities such as camping, hiking, canoeing and photography. Further my love of being in nature extends to ethical ecotourism where one may have the opportunity to see wildlife without concern of seeing injured or dead animals due to hunting or hearing shots.
I also suggest that the practice of baiting be banned both during, and after or before any hunting season. Baiting indiscriminately attracts many species; baiting poses an increased danger to non-hunters especially when the sites are unmarked and unregistered.
Crown land is held in trust for everyone - not just hunters.
Government should base bear hunt decisions on good science and on recommendations from wildlife biologists/conservationists. And, as the government established and concluded a bear hunt pilot project in past years, the data, results and conclusions should be made easily publicly available.
Human-bear conflicts are caused by human behaviour that leaves food sources around that then attracts bears (such as garbage and birdfeeders)-in other words, hunting of bears cannot be justified using the excuse of human-bear conflict.
Of great importance is that a hunter cannot tell whether they are shooting at a smaller male bear or at a nursing female in May as cubs are too young then to forage for food with their mother-thus leaving those nursing females foraging alone, and their cubs left alone, at great risk
One further point is that using dogs to assist the hunting of bears(of other wildlife) should be banned immediately as such practice is cruel, harmful to wildlife in general, and adds even more risk to the great many residents and tourists who enjoy recreational activities in nature.