Some of those applications, however, came from anti-hunters who have no interest in harvesting a bear and are hoping instead to keep tags away from legitimate hunters.⁠ ⁠ Because the lottery allowed people to submit an unlimited number of applications for $5 each, it’s hard to say exactly how many individuals participated — and even harder to determine how many of them were anti-hunters trying to gum up the system. One bear advocate said in a Facebook post Monday that a local group, Angels in Distress, had spent $185,000 on lottery applications. That’s equivalent to 37,000 applications, or roughly 23 percent of the total. Still, FWC communications director Shannon Knowles told OL Tuesday that the agency is aware of this campaign, but that “we have not seen this having an impact on previous hunts.” ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in profile for the full story 🔗⁠ ⁠ #bear #bears #blackbear #blackbears #Florida #hunting #huntingseason #huntingtrip #outdoors #conservation #outdoorlife⁠ 📷: Neal Herbert /...