Bear ear tag color.

[Livesintrees]

What do the colors coincide with on the ears? Just had one with two yellows come past the house 

[mattg1500]

Perhaps different colors for the year it was tagged?

[Buck154]

Yellow means take warning before you shoot twice 

[Dave B.]

Not sure what the coding is these days. Years ago yellow tags meant a previously trapped and transported nuisance bear. Next time it comes by you could check to see if it has a number tattooed inside its upper lip the corresponds with the ear tag number.  

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

I never saw colored tags.. always silver metal... no clue

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[Mountain Goat]

Not sure what the difference is in color but I believe color tags are from bears trapped in NJ and silver tags from Pa? Or the other way around. Not sure

[HNTRDIVER]

Red tags are new York, silver metal are new jersey, I know because my last bear had silver/ metal and red tags,never seen yellow, maybe pa bear

[mattg1500]

Pa bears get 2 ear tags usually 1 in each ear. I saw a bunch of nj bears last year with white tags and 1 with a radio collar all neaar Pequest

[Dave B.]

NJ uses yellow tags along with red and silver, depends on the circumstances when the bear was tagged. As well I was only half joking about the lip tattoo. All bears handled during hibernation get a number tattooed to the inside of both sides of their upper lip. As well, those that are tranquilized to capture for re-location often get a tattoo along with their ear jewelry.

[TroutandBucks]

the bear I got in 2015 had the silver ear tags and we forgot to look for the tattoo

[BHC]

In all the years I hunted, all the bears I've seen or got on camera never saw color ear tags.....I have killed a bear with double silver ear tags, got them on camera also radio collar bears, but never color ear tags

[1957Buck]

On 7/5/2018 at 12:27 AM, Dave B. said:

Not sure what the coding is these days. Years ago yellow tags meant a previously trapped and transported nuisance bear. 

 

Half true Bear in NJ with a Yellow Tag with a large number on it was Darted and relocate the Second tag same Number was the Last chance The Third time was   Fatal. Camping at Worthington and Camp Taylor it was common to see them At camp Taylor there was one Called 50-50  was a legend and had Twin and Trips over the years they had an Album of Bear photos in the Camp office of the Many Bears with Cubs. This is the Campground that has the wolf Pens next door.  what and if they still tag is ???????????

 

[Daktari]

Shot a bear in NJ in 2012 that had 2 silver ear tags from PA..............Have never seen colored tags

[mazzgolf]

Dunno how old this is, but it's on the DFW website so I assume it is not obsolete:

https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/bearfacts_resandmgt.htm

"When caught, black bears are chemically immobilized with darts containing an anesthetic and analgesic solution. Once sedated, bears that have never been caught before receive metal ear tags which display an identification number. The identification number is also tattooed onto the inside upper lip of the animal."

This PDF document has a picture of what the metal ear tags look like --> https://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/bear/bearfacts_resmgt.pdf

Nothing in the DFW documents/website I've found mention colored ear tags. Dunno if that means they are from another state or if it's just new and NJ DFW hasn't mentioned it on the website.

If you are really curious, email NJ DFW and I'm sure they will give you additional info on colored tags -> https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/contact.htm

[Dave B.]

4 hours ago, 1957Buck said:

Half true Bear in NJ with a Yellow Tag with a large number on it was Darted and relocate the Second tag same Number was the Last chance The Third time was   Fatal. Camping at Worthington and Camp Taylor it was common to see them At camp Taylor there was one Called 50-50  was a legend and had Twin and Trips over the years they had an Album of Bear photos in the Camp office of the Many Bears with Cubs. This is the Campground that has the wolf Pens next door.  what and if they still tag is ???????????

 

I have lots of pics of bears in our campsite at Taylors. Had a seasonal site there for nearly 2 decades starting in '85, well before the wolf preserve. Still good friends with the preserve owners, although Dan and Pam Bacon are no longer a part of the preserve for many years now. Dan sadly is no longer with us.