Bear hunting returns to Louisiana for the first time in 36 years 🐻

Welcome to 4th best day of the week besides Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

While we’re slowly inching back towards the weekend, let’s all take a minute to grab a coffee or whiskey (no judgement) and get into what this beautiful Tuesday has to offer.

Here's what's worth reading about so far this week:

• We are so back - Black bear hunting kicks off in Louisiana 🎉

• More tragedy - Football star and homecoming king killed in Florida 🙏

• Look up! - Virginia hunter seriously injured after a bear fell on him 🐻

• Fighting bears for bucks - Ever pull your deer out of a bear den? 🤷

WE ARE SO BACK
BLACK BEAR HUNTING RETURNS TO LOUISIANA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 36 YEARS

Nothing gets me tickled quite like a true conservation success story and the great state of Louisiana is the latest to have one. After a tumultuous 36 years since hunters could chase black bears in the Sportsmen’s Paradise, history was made earlier this week when a small group of hunters got the green light to do just that.

It wasn’t until 1992 that black bears in Louisiana were afforded protection via the Endangered Species Act where they would hang out for the following 24 years. After extensive efforts to bring population levels back from the brink, black bears were delisted in 2016 after posting hopeful results.

With a current population estimated at roughly 1,500 bears, the state feels ready to laissez les bons temps rouler in the bear woods this fall…

🙏 Florida high school football player and homecoming king killed in hunting accident. According to the Alachua County Sheriff’s office, 18-year-old Malachi Lancaster died from injuries sustained from a hunting accident on Sunday evening. 

Reports from Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Commission stated that officers responded to a hunting accident involving the minor on Sunday evening at 6:14 p.m. just south of Gainesville. Officials stated that a firearm was accidentally discharged and the victim was transported to Shands Hospital where he later died from his injuries. Friends and family identified the victim as Malachi Lancaster, a senior at Newberry High School where he played football and was this year’s homecoming king. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time.

Virginia hunter injured by falling bear after shooting it out of a tree. There are hazards to this game we play and when hunting black bears overhead, we ought to be watchful for falling objects bears. A group of hunters in Virginia learned this lesson the hard way Monday after they chased a bear they had been hunting up a tree. As most of the group moved away from the base of the tree, the hunter that shot the treed bruin was a bit too close and as the bear fell from above, it landed directly on top of the gun-toting hunter.

His hunting party performed first aid on the injured 58-year-old before EMS arrived on the scene and transported him to hospital. According to reports, he sustained serious injuries but remains in stable condition.

1. You have two ears and one mouth. Keep that ratio in mind.

2. One of life’s most important skills to develop is the ability to avoid the wrong people.

3. To know is not to know. And not to know is to know.

4. Good acts, done quietly 🙏

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🥊 Ever fight a bear for your buck? I’ll admit that I am not entirely sure what the f*ck is going on in this video. But from what I can gather on the internet is that a bear allegedly stole this buck from a hunter and well, they went into his den to claim it.

Pretty wild stuff either way and certainly something you don’t come across every day.

Oh, and one more thing…