I certainly would be if our state had half logical bear seasons. But as it stands, they prefer to have them for tourism purposes hoping they'll bring in a dollar, so they're mostly on the protected species list despite being far too over-populated in our area to naturally sustain their numbers.
Exhibit A:
Our bear season is what they call a quota hunt, which usually has a cap of 10 bears even if they are all killed on the first day that blocks the 2nd day from being used.
The entire season is typically only the Saturday and Sunday before Christmas, which as we both know they'll likely be denning during that time.
I think that was intentional to just throw us a little bone. They "gave" us a season that we have been screaming for over the last 18 years or so, but was mostly a compromise to appease the anti-hunting animal rights groups.
I'll be honest, I would love to be able to make a bear claw necklace, but that's about all that I'd want with them. As I mentioned earlier, they're more of a nuisance animal to me than anything. I'm tired of dragging my garbage bins out of the road and having to serve as an armed guard to watch over the kids just so they can play in the yard without getting charged or in danger.
They have worn their welcome out with me long ago.
I hope you get one.
Or ten of them.
Looking forward to seeing the pictures.