03-30-2012, 02:30 AM
I shot my very first bear in Florida back in 1970, near Lake Placid, at a place called Bears Den Florida. I've encountered maybe two dozen bears in the wild in Florida over my life time. But in comparison to the places I choose to hunt them, Saskatchewan, Alaska, and Arizona, Floirda has no bears. I average seeing 5-7 per day in Saskatchewan. The area north of Phoenix and south of Payson in Arizona has the highest population density of black bears in the contentintal US at one bear per square mile.
If Folrida now has 3,000 bears that's a population density of 0.05 bears per suare mile or 1/20th the population density of the area in Arizona I described.
But I'm glad the bears are coming back in Florida, there are highway bear crossing signs north of my home on US19 near WikiWachee Springs.
I still think it's odd that two guys from Florida were giving advise on bear hunting.
Bob
If Folrida now has 3,000 bears that's a population density of 0.05 bears per suare mile or 1/20th the population density of the area in Arizona I described.
But I'm glad the bears are coming back in Florida, there are highway bear crossing signs north of my home on US19 near WikiWachee Springs.
I still think it's odd that two guys from Florida were giving advise on bear hunting.
Bob