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Committee adopts bill clarifying when backup shooter may be used in bear hunts
House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism · November 6, 2025
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Summary
The committee adopted an H‑1 substitute to HB 4937, sponsored by Representative Fairbairn, that narrows when a backup-shooter bear-hunting license may be used and prohibits dispatching a wounded bear while crossing public roads. The committee voted to report the bill as H‑1.
The House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism adopted an H‑1 substitute to House Bill 4937, which would authorize a backup‑shooter bear hunting license in narrowly defined situations, and then reported the bill as H‑1.
Representative Jerry Fairbairn, sponsor of…
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