In spite of the majority of the state’s population opposes bear hunting The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners (Commission) voted to make Nevada’s first ever bear hunt permanent.
NoBearHuntNV.org who opposes bear hunting in Nevada points out that:
- 82 years of earlier wildlife commissions saw no economic or management need to have a bear hunt
- Nevada Department of Wildlife’s (NDOW) statement that the bear population has increased at a 16% annual rate …is directly contradicted by academic studies sponsored by NDOW, and NDOWs own bear publications, that consistently state that the Nevada black bear population has been stable since at least 1990
- an overwhelming majority of the residents of Nevada oppose bear hunting
Read more at YubaNet Nevada Wildlife Commission Votes to Make Bear Hunt Permanent.
Read more about Nevada’s hunting in the comments to this article.
Natural History Wanderings 
I always wonder about birds and so looked at Nevada’s hunting regs,
http://www.ndow.org/hunt/seasons/mig
At the box labeled ‘On This Page’ see species covered:
It saddens me to see that Swans are still hunted in Nevada. If you click on ‘Swan’ you’ll see they shut down the season once 5 Trumpeter Swans have been shot. Goodness. Five. Though Trumpeters must be rare in Nevada.
At least they no longer have a Sandhill Crane season. Many states still do. Go to Google and search on ‘Sandhill Crane hunting’ and you’ll see what I mean.
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By: Rusty Scalf on September 28, 2011
at 8:23 AM
Rusty,
Thanks for informative comment.
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By: Sandy Steinman on September 28, 2011
at 11:29 AM