 so when we talk about bears in the state of louisiana do you have any approximate numbers i know as an old quail quail hunter we get out and do those whistle counts and and we can kind of get a pretty good guess on the population how about bears well there's certainly things you can do to get uh you know a good number but it's it's a little more in depth than the whistle count and i've done those too i wish i wish it were that easy