New Jersey Adopts Bear Management Policy, Includes Expanded Bear Hunting

by Ammoland November 17, 2015

829lb Black Bear Takes Record In NJ Bear Hunt — Photo by Chris Wyman Photography Highland Lakes, NJ Fish & Wildlife worker Linda Morschauser is dwarfed by the heaviest and perhaps largest black bear ever recorded in New Jersey. At the Franklin check-in station on Friday, the final official live weight estimate for the bruin was 829.5 pounds. The bear was taken in the woods about 1/2-mile from Jefferson High School. / Chris Wyman

New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife — N.J. Division of Fish and Wildlife

Trenton, New Jersey – -(Ammoland.com)- Yesterday the NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection formally adopted a black bear management policy

The policy includes a continuation of the annual December bear hunting season, with expanded zones in areas where bear incidents have been increasing, and establishes an October bear hunting season beginning next year.

The policy was formally adopted as part of Game Code through publication in the New Jersey Register.

For more information see the DEP news release at https://www.nj.gov/dep/newsrel/2015/15_0108.htm .
For information on Black Bears in New Jersey, visit https://www.njfishandwildlife.com/bearfacts.htm .

About N.J. Division of Fish and Wildlife:

The N.J. Division of Fish and Wildlife is a professional environmental agency dedicated to the protection, management and wise use of New Jersey’s fish and wildlife resources. The Division is within the Natural and Historic Resources Group in the NJ Department of Environmental Protection under the direction of Assistant Commissioner Richard Boornazian.

For more information, visit: www.njfishandwildlife.com.

Black Bear — New Jersey Adopts Bear Management Policy, Includes Expanded Bear Hunting