The DNR is also going to pair up land owners that have problem bears with hunters that drew tags, this will help make sure the right bears are being targeted. The majority of the tags issued were for private land to help with the problem bears, the bears in the big state forests are not as much of a problem so they are not being targeted.

On a bit of a side note. The anti's are going to be out in force in the area where the hunt is to take place. I think we should gather a big group of hunters to head out there and show our support for the hunt. Not necessarily to battle the anti's but to show our support and to give the news stations something else to report besides the negative aspects they will get from the anti hunters. I think those of us who didnt draw a tag could still do our part to ensure future bear hunts.

lefty=genius!!!

When I first started hunting in 1980 I saw my first bear here in NJ, after a few years I hunted deer in areas where bears weren't roaming. Then eight years ago I started hunting again in the northwestern section of NJ, and again I started seeing bears, maybe one or two a year. Then about 3 years after hunting this area, I would see three bears aday, and each year more and more. With NY to the north, and PA to the west both having bear hunts, those bears made there way to NJ to be safe, and they found heaven, no hunting for them, lots of food, cover, water, etc. Then NJ had there first hunt last year, I was lucky to harvest a bear, 328 harvested and problem bear numbers went down this year, the month of August saw a spike of problems, 30 plus catagory 1 bears. So your state needs to have a hunt, weather or not harvesting 30 bears will do the job I don't know, time will only tell.

Slice,

Its about time some people start reconizing that fact!!!!!!!

lefty thank you for taking the time and reading my post, im not sure anyone else did i did not know they were going to pair up land owners and the people that pulled the tags that is a great idea, some people just like to jump and reply without reading the post (JBC)and understanding it, then they know it all and going to tell you that the same bear in the trash can at deep creak lake is the same bear in greenridge, i know the bear have a wide range but damn that is crazy, all i was saying is i think they should take out the bears were the problem is and leave the other bears alone,(slicendice) it tdont matter if there are 400 bears or 6, some idoit is going to hit one with the car sooner or later does that mean you got to kill em all so little suzzy dont hit it with her car and damn if want a house with out wildlife in the yard DONT MOVE INTO THE DAMN COUNTRY i mean come on how dumb can ya be to buy a house in the middle of the woods and then want to kill all the animals that were there first,? the real problem is there is to many people in the area never to many wildlife of anykind, and im not an anti as someone said i will kill anything that comes my way for the meat of course, anyway im done

Drkill you brought this on yourself.You are posting about this hunt and it is obvious that you have not been following the way it is going to work.Next time you want to jump on the antitrain do your homework first,then again why should you be different then the other antis.
If the scientist say take the bears out of this area and the dnr says take the bears out of this area I gotta believe they know a bit more then you unless you would like to post a copy of your degree in wildlife biology.

If they have a huntable population, regardless of whether bears are a nuisance or not, I see no reason to not have a bear hunt.

yes we do need a bear season trust me when i say we got so many bears hear they need thined out i live 5 mins from deep creek lake i see about 5 to 10 bears a week.. i was also lucky to get a tag to take one and i will take one..

According to the MD DNR annual report in 2003 57 bears were killed in MD.

38 roadkill

10 illegal

6 unknown

3 other