| Black Bear Chase
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| | because they will get a better chance at
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| Peddling as fast as my aching legs could
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| | seeing one.
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| move, I came to an abrupt stop. My
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| | Bad, because campers will need to keep a
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| shocked eyes followed the big black bear
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| | keen eye for nuisance bears. Now nuisance
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| as it veered off the old brush road into
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| | bear complaints are the norm.
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| the dark forest, just a few feet in front
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| | Bear Control
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| of me.
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| | Some municipalities have now hired
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| Camping With My Friends
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| | bear-control officers, but many
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| It was early summer. A couple of friends
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| | municipalities cannot afford this.
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| of mine and myself had just finished a
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| | Without trained staff, municipalities
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| week end camping and fishing trip at one
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| | must rely on law enforcement officers,
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| of our favorite lakes in the area, where
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| | with no background in bear management, to
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| we lived.
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| | respond to nuisance bear complaints.
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| As I can remember it was a very long bike
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| | One day the Ontario government will come
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| ride, even for three 14 year old boys.
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| | to their senses and bring back the spring
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| Bear Country
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| | Black Bear hunt again.
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| The road we took to get there and back
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| | The Bear Facts
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| hadn't seen any traffic for a few years.
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| | The black bear is also seen in other
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| It was a good bet we would run into
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| | colour phases, chocolate and cinnamon
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| something back there.
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| | brown are also common.
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| Sure enough I did, my buddies missed out
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| | Black bears can reach weights of up to
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| on all the excitement, they had trailed
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| | 700 lbs.
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| behind and missed out.
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| | Black bears roam a very large area even
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| Spring Bear Hunt
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| | as much as 500 square miles.
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| Since that time I've seen many a black
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| | Black bears have been know to run as fast
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| bear in the Ontario Northland of Canada.
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| | as a horse.
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| With the cancellation of the annual
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| | A bear can bite through a tree as big
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| spring black bear hunt, I expect to see
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| | around as a person's arm.
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| many more of these magnificent animals.
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| | Litter size may range from one to five
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| Black Bear Population
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| | cubs, but two is average.
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| For the tourists, this is good and bad
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| | Male black bears regularly kill and eat
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| news, for the Northern Ontario resident,
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| | bear cubs in the spring; biologists say
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| just bad. Ontario has a growing black
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| | as many as 50% of bear cubs lose their
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| bear population that is one of the
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| | lives this way each year.
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| largest in the world.
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| | Life span in the wild is 20 to 25 years.
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| Bears In Politics
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| | Mother black bears have not been known to
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| The spring black bear hunt was cancelled
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| | attack in defence of its cubs.
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| in 1999 in a pre-election move. The
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| | A large number of fatal bear attacks in
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| thought was that the government's
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| | Ontario have occurred in areas not open
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| decision would reduce the number of
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| | to hunting.
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| orphaned cubs.
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| | As a tourist, I enjoy the site of seeing
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| The number of orphaned cubs in shelters
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| | one of nature's rare sights. As a
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| rose.
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| | resident, black bears are seen, heard and
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| Happy Tourists
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| | feared all too often.
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| Residents now have to put up with
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| | The black bears future depends on how
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| nuisance bears. Too many for their
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| | well Ontario Northland residents
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| liking. The tourists have good news
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| | understand manage and tolerate them.
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