The restrictions on bear hunting will yield spectacular results, the bear population will double or triple in just a few years, and then boys, watch your Columbian Blacktail numbers plummet. California is the blueprint on how to destroy a healthy deer population. We proved it, 40 yrs or so the buck harvest was around 750,000, latest survey 14,000. Can't blame it on bears totally, highway kills are way up as deer move to populated areas to avoid predators, Mountain lion control has been eliminated, they have gone from bounty payments to total hunting ban, EVERY single move Calif F&G has made, has been to the detriment of the deer. And boy did it bring results.
