This proposal is deplorable. Hunting animals while in hibernation protecting their infants is absolutely criminal. That this is up for debate is a sad commentary on our times.
DO NOT PUT THIS INTO EFFECT.
As trappers we understand the need to balance habitat, predator/ prey, and substainability. a permanate spring hunt fits all these. At present we have 60 members of the same mind
While I support the return of the spring bear hunt, the general focus of this proposal, I do believe that MNRF has little clue as to the health of bear populations in Central and NE Ontario.
Read more
As a land owner on the Bruce Peninsula I have seen a decrease in the bear population. I also feel there were too many when we first bought our place. They still show up constantly on my trail cameras so I’m not sure the population is low. I do hunt but have not harvested any on my property.
Read more
Please do not permit the spring bear hunt. In the spring hunt, slow-moving mother bears who have just emerged from hibernation are easily targeted often leaving orphan cubs as collateral damage.
Read more
Bears are keystone species that is the indicator of a healthy eco system. It is also an umbrella species that provide habitat improvements to other wildlife. It is a myth that hunting can sustain a healthy population. Bears already self regulate its population and its reproductive rate is low.
Read more
Bears and all animals are sentient beings. They are intelligent and feel pain and fear just as we do. We (humans) use every justification for killing animals. There are too many of them, they are dangerous and/or a nuisance ... those are all descriptions that are accurate for the human race.
Read more
I’m from a small town in Northern Ontario where everyone loves hunting and fishing but I do still believe the spring bear hunt is a horrible idea considering many cubs are going to be left orphaned and vulnerable and that can extremely impact the population of the black bear.
Read more
Can we please pause for a moment and ask why the humans of this world are so intent on wiping out our wildlife? Bear hunting at anytime is barbaric but in the spring when they are awakening from hibernation, and having cubs it is akin to shooting fish in a barrel. Please leave them alone.
No, leave the bears alone and focus on tourism elsewhere. Hunting for sport is a complete and total affront to nature and our government should not condone it. Don’t bring back the bear hunt permanently.
Definitely NO, big No for this.
No hunting.
Innocent animals cannot be killed by any means.
This is so unethical for 2020, and it is just unrealistic horrifying idea that.
I stand for FULL STOP.
NO HUNTING, period.
In the 2019 hunting season I regret not getting a beer tag for spring or fall. I saw two different Sows; one with two cubs and another one with just one cub, and I saw a big Bore 400-450lbs.) on my property in Lions Head, Ontario.
Please DO NOT shorten the Bear season!
Please do not allow spring bear hunting to happen again. Mother bears are needed for their cubs in the spring! Why? Why? Why would anyone need a bear in the spring? Senseless hunting!
I am absolutely against a spring bear hunt. We should be reducing the slaughtering of innocent animals where and when baby cubs are born. Hunters do not know what they are shooting. Our spring visits to northern Ontario are often disturbed by noisy gunshots.
Leave it in the fall.
Read more
Absolutely wrong. Inhumane. Why are you regressing? Leave the bears alone. Leave all wildlife alone. Hunting is wrong on so many levels. It’s infuriating. STOP hunting.
As an Ontario resident, I am absolutely shocked and appalled that the Ontario government wants to reopen the spring bear hunt. This violence toward nature and other species has to stop!
Read more
View the comments this notice received through the registry. You can either download them all or search and sort below.
Some comments will not be posted online. Learn more about the comment status and our comment and privacy policies.
Download comments
This proposal is deplorable…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41236
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
As trappers we understand…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41238
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
While I support the return…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41240
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
As a land owner on the Bruce…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41241
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Please do not permit the…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41242
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Bears are keystone species…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41243
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Allow the spring bear hunt…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41245
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Bears and all animals are…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41246
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
I’m from a small town in…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41248
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Another appalling and cruel…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41250
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Can we please pause for a…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41251
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
No, leave the bears alone…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41252
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Definitely NO, big No for…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41253
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
In the 2019 hunting season I…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41255
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Please do not allow spring…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41259
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
I am absolutely against a…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41260
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Absolutely wrong. Inhumane…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41262
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
I think we should limit the…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41263
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
As an Ontario resident, I am…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41264
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Best time to hunt bear is in…
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
Comment ID
41265
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions