The massive bear scored 23-5/16 and was shot in Morris County, New Jersey.
Applicants are reminded to be aware of the new bear management zone boundaries as their hunting grounds may change to a new unit beginning in 2021. It is not known precisely how these changes will specifically affect harvest permit wait times, but there will likely be no significant changes across zones A, B, C and D.
The overall bear harvest increased by a third from 2018 to 2019.
He’s charged with federal misdemeanor counts of wildlife trafficking and trespassing on Indian lands after he allegedly shot and killed a bear on the reservation, sawed off the bear’s head, and left most of the carcass behind.
Although numbers are continuing to come in, and bear hunting remains open through Saturday in some of the state’s Wildlife Management Units, as of today, the 2019 preliminary bear harvest sat at 4,577.
Early bear season is getting under way in parts of New York. This includes a season that runs from Sept. 7-22 in parts of Regions 3 and 4 in southeastern New York, as well as the traditional early season in Regions 5 and 6 that begins on Sept.14 and continues on into the early muzzleloading and regular big game season…
The attack happened on Canada’s Red Pine Island on Rainy Lake.
The Minnesota bear hunting season opens Saturday, Sept. 1.
Blogger preparing for the 2019 Wisconsin black bear season.
Trail now leads through this blogger’s fence.
USFWS says the bear crossed into Idaho last August, but wildlife officials captured it and sent it back to Montana.
The revisions mark the first updates to the management plan since 1980.
A bear in a residential area of North St. Paul was shot and killed today by a Minnesota DNR conservation officer as authorities determined the animal posed an immediate safety threat.
Hunters took 1,295 black bears during the 2018 hunting seasons, down from 1,420 the previous year.
Pennsylvania agency offers live online streaming of bears and snow geese.
Expansion of Pennsylvania bear season intended to deal with growing population.
Hopes were high in 2018 with a bear population estimated at 20,000 and a fine start to the November firearms season, but unfavorable weather conditions kept harvest down. Still, there were highlights, including the harvest of a nearly 800-pound bruin, and hopes remain high for next year, too.
Bernie Barringer with the blonde black bear he arrowed to complete the black bear grand slam. (Photo courtesy of Bernie Barringer)The bear was on the modest side by most standards. But when one of the foremost black bear hunters in the world says the 250-pound bruin was the most remarkable bear he has ever shot, well, you wonder … What…
Two of the state’s four bear management zones in far north-central Wisconsin and south-central Wisconsin will see decreases in available permits to combat a declining bear population in the north and growing hunter density in the south.
There were reportedly around 800 incidents of bear-human conflicts in 2018 compared to only 410 for 2017. There also was an increase in bear killings by the state and residents, both of which are legal.
The possibility of tweaking the hunting rules has sounded alarms in the hunting and animal welfare communities in state that boasts one of the largest black bear population in the country.
Wardens searching for bear, going door-to-door to inform neighbors about the attack and to share safety measures.
State also sees 10 percent increase in black bear harvest – 1,993 compared to 1,796 in 2017 – and more bears are yet to be taken in extended seasons in many Wildlife Management Units.
One of the more intriguing bears taken was a 679-pound male shot at 5 yards with a .357 handgun.
With cooperative weather, particularly on opening day Nov. 17, hunters primed to overtake state’s record 4,350 bear harvest, set in 2011. And Game Commission bear biologist says Penn’s Woods hold bigger bears, too, at least 800-pounders.
It’s the first time deer and bear archery seasons have been held at the same time in Pennsylvania.
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