
Vermont, New Hampshire see record black bear harvests
“It was a poor year for natural bear foods, and we saw a surge in hunter numbers brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and perhaps a corresponding increase in the number of hunters spending more
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“It was a poor year for natural bear foods, and we saw a surge in hunter numbers brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and perhaps a corresponding increase in the number of hunters spending more

Results from 2019 deer, bear and spring turkey seasons among the best ever.

The 37.7-pound fish might have been around when the previous record lake trout, a 28-pounder, was caught in 1958.

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.

HANOVER, N.H. — A bear that was relocated to northern New Hampshire a week ago after she and her cubs were raiding trash bins and bird feeders near Dartmouth College in Hanover is on the

Several states, including New Hampshire, have struggled to grow their loon numbers, and lead poisoning has been blamed for stunting recovery.

And for little brown bats, of which only one was found in survey, it will take “close to a century” for the species to recover.

Partly due to unseasonable warm weather at the start of the hunt, officials say.

CONCORD, N.H. — A biologist says hunters harvested 4,482 turkeys in New Hampshire during this year’s spring hunt, 600 more than last year and the second-highest harvest on record. Ted Walski of the New Hampshire
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