Officials ponder a black-bear season
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Nevada wildlife officials, who have dealt with a record number of bear complaints, are considering holding the state’s first-ever black-bear hunting season.
About 300 adult bears live in the state, primarily around Lake Tahoe.
“It’s a hunter recreation opportunity. We believe there is a harvestable surplus of bears out there,” said Kevin Lansford, wildlife staff specialist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
But experts warned wildlife commissioners not to look at hunting as a way to deal with bears raiding neighborhoods in search of food. Such bears typically spend their lives close to homes, while a hunt probably would be restricted to wild bears in the backcountry, they said.
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