Ky. lawmakers legalize bear hunting – The Herald Dispatch

By ROGER ALFORD

Associated Press Writer

FRANKFORT, Ky. AP — For two days next December it will be legal to shoot bears in Kentucky, under a rule change that won legislative approval Tuesday, and supporters hope the hunt will help restore a fear of humans to the large animals that have increasingly become a nuisance for some people living in the state’s mountain region.

Some bears have become brazen, chasing tourists from campsites, raiding garbage cans, and, in one instance, charging deer hunters, said Rick Allen, president of the Kentucky League of Sportsmen, a hunters organization that had been pushing for a season for the past three years.

“We’re having more and more bear-human conflicts,” Allen said.

The hunting rule approved by the legislature’s Administrative Regulation Review Committee sets a two-day season in three eastern Kentucky counties. Hunters will be allowed to kill a total of only 10 bears.  Click link below for full story.

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