Part of the rationale for going ahead with the hunt was that it was better to designate the black bear a game animal than a public nuisance.
The Chicago Bears won a game!
The Bears moved a game ahead of the Packers by holding off the Eagles, 31-26.
The Vikings have won six straight games and trail the Bears by a game in the National Football Conference North.
But the Bears have a game in hand, starting on Wednesday against Middlesex at Uxbridge.
The Bears have a game in hand, however, against Middlesex at Uxbridge on Wednesday - and now have a chance to open up a gap before their scheduled two meetings with Notts in the final three games of the season.
It was also the first time this season the Bears lost a game in regulation that it led after two periods.
"Authorized hunting through designating the grizzly bear as a game animal may reduce the amount of illegal poaching," the proposal said.
With four seconds remaining, Stanford had taken a 20-19 lead but then a kick-off return featuring five lateral passes earned the Golden Bears a controversial, game-winning touchdown.
Coupled with the previous Sunday's 21-16 victoverover the Bears in Chicago, a game undecided until a Bears pass fell incomplete on the last play, the Giants have won two games in a row for the first time since October.
