Mississippi Legislature could allow first bear hunt in almost 100 years

Black bear grabs Mississippi hunter's bobcat Kade Lott of Sharkey County was hunting in Onward when he shot a bobcat. Before he retrieved it, a black bear came and grabbed it. Lauren Witte A new bill in the Mississippi Legislature could reintroduce black bear hunting for the first time in nearly a century.The proposed legislation would authorize the state's wildlife department to establish a limited, lottery-based hunting season.Mississippi currently lacks a scientific population estimate for its black bears, though sightings are reportedly increasing. Bear hunting in Mississippi? Yes, it could happen and if a bill calling for that in the Mississippi Legislature makes its way to the...