— one reason for the “success” of the hunt, besides the zealousness of men in camouflage (approved weapons: shotguns, bows, pistols, revolvers, and crossbows), is, the sheer naïveté of florida’s wild black-bear population. having not been hunted in two decades has left the population a bit soft in the stomach.

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