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HARRISBURG – According to official 2008 bear harvest figures released today by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, hunters took a total of 3,458 bears, which included 69 bears during the archery bear season, Nov. 19-20; 2,951 bears during the statewide 3-day season, Nov. 24-26; and 438 bears during the extended season, Dec. 1-6, that was open [...]
Wildlife Board sets permit numbers for 2009
Eight more black bears might be taken by hunters in Utah this year.
At their Jan. 8 meeting in Salt Lake City, members of the Utah Wildlife Board approved 319 hunting permits for Utah’s 2009 spring and fall seasons. In 2008, a total of 299 permits were available.
Based on a [...]
HARRISBURG – With an additional 419 bears taken during the extended bear season that was open last week in certain parts of the state, Pennsylvania Game Commission preliminary harvest reports accounted for 3,436 bears, which moves this year’s harvest into second place in state bear harvests. Updated preliminary results also now show that the [...]
Annapolis, Md. — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources invites artists to submit original artwork for the 13th Annual Black Bear Conservation Stamp Design Contest. Both Maryland residents and non-residents may enter now through March 20, 2009.
“The proceeds from the sale of the Black Bear Stamp and other related products are used to compensate farmers [...]
Archery bear hunt results in a harvest of 68
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission preliminary bear harvest figures show that 2,936 bears were taken during the recently completed three-day season (Nov. 24-26), and an additional 68 bears were harvested during the two-day archery bear harvest (Nov. 19-20).
So far, the total bear harvest of 3,004 for the [...]
Permits to increase by 50 percent for 2009 season
MADISON — Preliminary figures indicate hunters harvested more than 2,900 black bears in Wisconsin during the 2008 bear hunting season. This figure is expected to increase slightly in the next month as remaining registration data is entered and is very close to the 2,950 harvest goal for [...]
HARRISBURG – Last year’s black bear harvest was light, but weather permitting, the Pennsylvania Game Commission expects hunters to have good opportunities afield in the upcoming bear seasons.
“Pennsylvania’s black bear population has numbered 14,000 to 15,000 for at least eight years now,” said Carl G. Roe, Game Commission executive director. “Because our bear population now [...]
Applications for Utah’s most prized hunting permits accepted soon
Applications for next year’s most prized Utah hunting permits, the 2009 sportsman permits, will be available by Nov. 3.
Only Utah residents may apply for sportsman permits. One sportsman permit is offered for each of the following species: Desert bighorn ram, Rocky Mountain bighorn ram, buck deer, buck [...]
SPOONER, Wis. – As temperatures drop and snow flurries begin to fly in November, some Wisconsin wildlife animals begin looking for spots where they can avoid the cold by either hibernating or enter a long winter’s sleep.
State wildlife officials say that there are generally two kinds of winter sleepers: true hibernators and “light sleepers.”
“Both styles [...]
With the onset of fall, black bears begin actively foraging for food to prepare for the winter denning season. The increase in activity during this time of year can bring bears closer to homes and into backyards as they search for any available food.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife [...]
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