I'm not one of those who subscribe to the conventional wisdom that we have more bears now than when we had a season in the Spring. We always had a lot of bears in this area. I have noticed that the bears we do have are a lot bigger than they used to be.
Bigger bears might mean more predation on moose--and its not just calves. I helped a local biologist necropsy an adult cow that was killed by a bear.
I gave up my BMA many years ago and have no intention of going back into the buisness.
I am a little baffled by what I perceive as a reduction in the moose herd--predators of course have some bearing on that but I'm not convinced that its the primary cause.
Unregulated hunting by Natives I would think would have at least as big of an effect--and I'm Native.
I've had a lousy moose season so far but I think its more weather related than anything else. Cold wind rain and snow.
