Minnesota Bear Season opener (tax, legally, license)

[audadvnc]

Bears in your attic?

[slamont61]

And that's exactly what happened. RIP Sarah.

Ely-area research bear killed - TwinCities.com

Heartless

[Blazer]

Very sad. Wishing bad karma to the shooter.

[kbaknife]

Being harvested by a licensed hunter, in a hunting season regulated and controlled by educated wild life biologists, and monitored by an entire agency, whose sole purpose is to maintain a healthy population of wild animals, by using people as its incredibly effective control method, would be the common demise of not only a collared bear, but non-collared bears alike.
To have its harvest registered as part of its normal life in human-dominated environments, would be valuable information to the DNR of any state.
Do NOT! dismiss or chastise a hunter from harvesting a collared/tagged/marked animal.
It's done with deer, ducks, geese, etc, all year long.
It's part of the process.
It's a valuable tool which allows your DNR in this great state, as well as others, to maintain and control wild life populations that are the ENVY!! of countries all around the globe.
You really want to help wildlife?
Don't chastise the hunters - help them - defend them - protect them.
They are the most valuable tool the DNR has and finance the entire gig, so that you and all the rest of America can enjoy our overwhelmingly abundant wildlife.
The person who hunts, traps, fishes, etc. is the single most valuable friend our wild life has.
When you hinder or even attempt to stop that person, the only thing that suffers is the wildlife itself.

[Beenaroundabit]

The person who hunts, traps, fishes, etc. is the single most valuable friend our wild life has.

A caveat; the person who LEGALLY hunts, traps, fishes is valuable to wildlife. The person who doesn't can do far more damage to the resource than 10 of his law-abiding cohorts.

[QuantumIguana]

The person who legally hunts and fishes might be valuable to wildlife. It's not so much the act of hunting or fishing itself that is valuable (although hunters do serve a valuable function as predators), but that most hunters and fishermen understand that their hunting and fishing depend on a healthy environment.

[kbaknife]

The economic impact that fishing and hunting has in Minnesota is easily seen in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-associated report. This report states that in 2006, a total of 1.28 million resident sportsmen in Minnesota spent $9.5 million a day for an annual total of $3.4 billion. This amount of money definitely has an economic impact on the state of Minnesota as well as an impact on many lives.

The 1.28 million resident sportsmen in Minnesota were responsible for adding $1.6 billion in salaries and wages. They also added $430 million in federal taxes as well as $415 million in state and local taxes. The money spent by these sportsmen in Minnesota also adds a ripple effect in the Minnesota economy of $5.8 billion.

How do Minnesota sportsmen rank amongst those of other states in relationship to the economic impact that they create? There were 1.28 million resident sportsmen in the state of Minnesota and this puts Minnesota 7th in the nation for total resident sportsmen. This total number of resident sportsmen can further be broken down into resident anglers of which there were 1.1 million and resident hunters, of which there were 508,000. These totals put Minnesota in 5th in the nation for resident anglers and 6th in the nation for resident hunters. The sportsmen who were both hunters and anglers were not counted twice in the total number of sportsmen for the state. There were also 319,000 non-resident anglers, which ranks Minnesota 4th in the nation and 26,000 non-resident hunters, which ranks Minnesota at 32nd in the nation.

How does the $3.4 billion spent by sportsmen in Minnesota break down? In 2006, fishing in Minnesota brought in $2.8 billion and placed Minnesota 3rd in the nation. Hunting during this year in Minnesota brought in $637 million and placed Minnesota 12th in the nation. The combination of money spent by both anglers and hunters placed Minnesota 5th in the nation.
Not only does spending done by the sportsmen in Minnesota add to the economy of the state, these sportsmen and their sports add jobs throughout the state. There were 55,000 jobs related to hunting and fishing in 2006, with 43,000 being fishing related jobs and 12,000 being hunting related jobs. This total of jobs related to hunting and fishing put Minnesota 4th in the nation, with fishing placing Minnesota 3rd in the nation and hunting placing Minnesota 13th in the nation.

These figures and rankings, which accumulated from sportsmen in Minnesota spending a total of 6.3 million days afield, which puts Minnesota 11th in the nation and 22.3 million days on the water, which puts Minnesota 4th in the nation, clearly shows the economic impact that fishing and hunting have in Minneso

[moving123456]

Originally Posted by slamont61

And that's exactly what happened. RIP Sarah.

Ely-area research bear killed - TwinCities.com

Heartless

Another one named "Cal" was killed too. How and where they die should be included as part of the research following the life of the animal.

These "research animals" should also have research names that are more like license plate numbers, not "Sarah" and "Cal". Kids growing up on farms are taught at a young age not to name the livestock for a good reason.

[Beenaroundabit]

I don't think anyone is disputing the economic impact of hunting and fishing in MN. But whether billions are spent or whether it's only a nickel, it still needs to be done legally and ethically.

Anything illegal is obviously a crime, period. Anything unethical is simply a selfish wasting of a natural resource, one which belongs to everyone, not just to hunters, fishermen, or those who spend X dollars to pursue an outdoor activity.

[kbaknife]

Originally Posted by Beenaroundabit

...........a natural resource, one which belongs to everyone, not just to hunters, fishermen, or those who spend X dollars to pursue an outdoor activity.

You betcha.
But those Natural Resources are only there in abundance for "everyone" BECAUSE! of the billions spent by those hunters, fishermen, etc.
You want to help?
Just go buy a hunting/fishing license, whether you hunt or fish or not, and contribute.
We could use a hand.