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By:Hailey GodburnPosted at1:55 PM, Oct 28, 2021and last updated12:03 PM, Oct 28, 2021

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri hunters took 12 black bears in the state’s first bear-hunting season.

The season ran from Oct. 18 to Oct. 27, with more than 6,330 hunters applying for 400 permits.

The hunters could have taken 28 more bears with the 40-bear season limit, but Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) officials call the inaugural season a success.

“This was an incredibly successful first bear hunting season for Missouri given that we have a highly regulated season, that bears in the state are widely distributed throughout some pretty rugged wilderness, and that many hunters had never hunted bears before,” MDC State Furbearer and Black Bear Biologist Laura Conlee said.

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Conlee added MDC’s conservative approach made the hunt “an extremely challenging…