Extended bear totals (492 total)

[rgw]

17 taken today

[BowhunterNJ]

How many until they reach their target?

[rgw]

if they get 16 more of the 133 bears tagged this year they have no choice but to close it. they could shool1000 bears and if they dont have 16 of those tagged this year they wont close it.

[KBfishing]

I think the number they are going for is 20% of the tagged bears which would be 26.6 bears of the 133. They currently have 24 of this years tagged bears checked in. 3 more of this years tagged bears would close the season.None of the bears yesterday were tagged this year.

Edited December 17, 2015 by KBfishing

[KBfishing]

Unless 30% is needed to close. That would be 16 as rgw said. I thought that was the criteria for next year but i could be wrong.

[Rusty]

They want to get between 20-30%.  The hunt was extended because they did not reach 20% and the hunt will end if they reach 30%. 

[Bucksnbows]

Troutandbuck's bear was a tagged bear.  It had a NJ Division metal tag in one ear and a lip tattoo that we didn't notice until the biologists at the check station showed it to us.  Sparta bear (zone 2 bear, zone 6 deer). 

 

I may get out again myself on Saturday morning if the hunt remains open that last day.  But a busy weekend ahead may keep me from that adventure.  Pub 199 meet up Friday, two Christmas parties on Saturday evening, and Giants football (go Big Blue) on Sunday complete with Bloody Mary's and venison kabobs  on the grill in the stadium parking lot.  Tickets courtesy of my wife's boss who gave up on his team and now regrets it.   

[Glasswater Outdoors]

Handled bears not just tagged. there is a difference

[spltlim]

Handled bears and tag bears are the same.... It's tagged bears (handled bear) but it only counts if the bear was tagged (handled) during this calender year...if a hunter harvests a tagged bear but the bear was tagged last year, that animal does not count toward the 30%

[spltlim]

However if a bear was let's say tagged in 2005, then caught again this year, that bear would then count toward the 30% as it was handled this calender year

[loaded4bear]

updates ...

 

http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/bearseason_info.htm

[Ms Grit]

I'm still trying to add to the number . . .

Burnt Out, but quit isn't in my vocabulary . . .

[rgw]

cheering u on ms gritt.

[BowhunterNJ]

Good luck Robin!!!