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AbsentEmpire t1_ixnkzkh wrote

Reply to comment by 25Bam_vixx in Pennsylvania hunters find more than 2,400 bears in the woods — so far by Kunphen

It just is, it's a necessary part of PA forest management.

The PA Game Commission has strict rules on hunting. They tightly regulate how many animals of what types and when, that can be harvest by hunters. They also require reporting by hunters of what they took and where.

They won't allow the animal populations to fall into endangered status, and use hunters for effective animal population control.

If anything this is a good thing because it indicates the PA black bear population is healthy.

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25Bam_vixx t1_ixnopc7 wrote

Cool, thanks. If we have enough bears why aren’t they eating the deer. They need to eat some more deers. Lol

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_Bee_Dub_ t1_ixnyqsb wrote

They occasionally eat fawns; they are not really a predator.

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user_1445 t1_ixo8aze wrote

Bears eat as many fawns as coyotes, and in some cases, more. https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Game-Commission-Details.aspx?newsid=221

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TOW2Bguy t1_ixogico wrote

But they do not chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

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cardboardunderwear t1_ixp7dhz wrote

which is a damn good thing...because we all know that a woodchuck would chuck all the wood if a woodchuck only could. No reason to think bears would be any different.

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NotNowDamo t1_ixotc4g wrote

They are pretty lazy. They like berries and carrion and trash. I guess they will eat deer if it is an easy hunt.

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sashslingingslasher t1_ixpz2m8 wrote

If you shoot the deer for them, they'll eat it.

Hunting is hard and blueberries are food too.

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