"I'm not a hunter, I'm hunting neutral," Muriello said on the second day of the hunt.

Mauriello said he is impartial, noting that  "I am not a vegetarian"  and that a hunt can be a "reasonable tool."  But he questions whether the hunt is based on facts or faulty reports of bear sightings. So far, more bears have been killed on this hunt than in recent years. On the first day 264 bears were bagged, and by late afernoon Tuesday, another 77 bears were brought in to the state's five checkpoints.

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