Bear advocates have tried just about everything to stop Florida's legal bear hunt that began earlier this month.

They have filed lawsuits and marched at the capital – but their new approach is more like a buyout.

Bear Warriors United calls it "Blunt the Hunt." They offer hunters $2,000 to cut up their state-issued tags that allow them to hunt bears in Florida through Dec. 28.

Katrina Shadix, representing Bear Warriors United, said the response has been mind blowing.

"The world sees us as opposite sides collaborating," Shadix said.

Using funds donated to Bear Warriors United, the organization sent emails to the 172 hunters who received a bear tag through a state lottery.

Shadix said 37 hunters responded, and for at least five, it was an offer they could not refuse. To maintain the hun

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