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Bear tag used to come with your general license here. The the state and the land owners figured out that they were a cash crop. Same with cougar and deer. The problem is that the G&F biologists perennially underestimate the populations of bear and cougar so problems occur, especially with the cougars. A lot of the depletion of deer populations that they were attributing to poaching were actually a result of cougar overpopulation. In some regions the land owners are told, "if you see'em, shoot'em." But the rule is you have to leave them where they fall and call G&F to come pick up the carcass. A waste as it were. Besides, cougar is damn difficult to hunt without dogs. Same with bear but bear tend to spill over into populated areas and the G&F boys trap'em for relocation or shot them if they become a nuisance.
If you wanna find bears, just forget that you left a loaf of Wonderbread out in the field and return to pick it up.