The 172 available lottery permits for Florida’s December black bear hunt have mostly been claimed and paid for, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.⁠ ⁠ But it appears that many of those tags won’t actually be used, as they were drawn by anti-hunters looking to thwart the upcoming bear season by keeping tags out of hunters’ hands. One Florida activist, Steve Rosen, told the Orlando Sentinel Thursday that, to his knowledge, at least 39 of the 172 available lottery permits (around 23 percent of the total) went to anti-hunters. Rosen said he had spent roughly $200,000 of his own money on the lottery. At $5 a pop, this translates to roughly 40,000 lottery tickets, or close to a quarter of the overall submissions. There were 163,459 applications submitted in total, according to the final figures released by FWC after the lottery ended on Sept. 22.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in profile for the full story 🔗⁠ ⁠ #bear #bears #blackbear #blackbears #Florida #hunting #huntingseason #huntin...