Through Thursday, the NJDEP is reporting 264 bear killed in the 2005 Bear hunt. Although the hunting zone is the area north of I-78 and west of I-287, most of the bear have been taken north of I-80.
In the 2003 hunt a total of 328 bear were killed. That may be difficult to reach this year as we had between 8 and 10 inches of snow Thursday night into Friday morning. While snow may make tracking a bear easier, that kind of depth may also send the bears into their dens for the winter. I don’t imagine there was much activity on Friday but today is bright and sunny with a chance of temperatures reaching 40 degrees. It will be interesting to see what happens today, the final day of the hunt and of the regular firearms deer season. It is usually the second busiest day of the hunting season.
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