2016 Archery bear

[bt bowhunter]

Anyone hear of any tentative dates?  I need to put my time off in for this year by February 1.  

i hadnt heard anything other than October.  

[rgw]

…Segment A shall be a period of six consecutive days beginning on the second Monday in October. Segment B shall be concurrent with the six-day firearm deer season as enumerated in N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.27(a). *During each segment, black bear may only be harvested by the means specified in (a)4 below.* Legal hunting hours for black bears shall be 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset.A total of 11,000 special black bear hunting permits, allocated by bear management zone (BMZ), will be available to properly licensed hunters. Black bear hunting permits and special farmer black bear permits are not transferable and must be in the possession of the hunter while hunting black bears. Hunters are limited to hunting in no more than two BMZs per season. Hunters are limited to purchasing up to two permits per (a)1iii below, one for each BMZ hunted, until the end of Segment A. If a hunter harvests one bear during Segment A, the hunter may purchase an additional permit for that BMZ, if available, so that the hunter may hunt in that BMZ during Segment B. Any permits unfilled in Segment A are valid for use in Segment B. After Segment A, a hunter may purchase an additional permit in a second BMZ, if available, if that hunter had initially purchased only one permit for Segment A, and hunters who did not purchase any permits for Segment A may purchase up to two permits for Segment B, one for each BMZ hunted. Juvenile hunters aged 10 through 13 years of age must have a black bear hunting permit and be under the direct supervision of a properly licensed adult (21 years of age or older) while bear hunting. The adult must also possess a black bear hunting permit. Direct supervision means the juvenile hunter and the supervising adult are together at the same location. The juvenile hunter may not hunt independently of the adult.

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2. Bag limit: One bear of either sex and any age may be harvested per permit, but only one bear may be harvested per segment, regardless of the number of permits the hunter holds. It is unlawful to take or attempt to take or continue to hunt for more than the number of black bear permitted. Properly licensed hunters who harvest a black bear shall immediately complete and affix to the bear the "Black Bear Transportation Tag" from their Black Bear Hunting Permit. Information included on the black bear transportation tag shall include: the hunters name, address and current firearm or archery license number; date and time of kill; BMZ, county, and municipality of kill; and the sex of the black bear. Successful hunters must take the black bear to a designated check station by 9:00 P.M. on the day of the kill during Segment A or by 7:00 P.M. on the day of the kill during Segment B.

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During the entirety of Segment A, bows as described in N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.24 may be used. During the last three days of Segment A, muzzleloader rifles of .44 or larger caliber may *also* be used. During Segment A, no shotgun shall be used to hunt black bears. During Segment B, only shotguns no smaller than 20 gauge or larger than 10 gauge with rifled slugs, and/or muzzleloader rifles of .44 or larger caliber shall be used. *[Persons]* *In either segment, persons* hunting with muzzleloader rifle must also possess a current and valid rifle-hunting permit.5. Hunting manner shall be by stand hunting, still-hunting, or drive hunting with bow, shotgun, or muzzleloader rifle. Black bears may not be taken from dens. No person shall attempt to take or kill a black bear or have in their possession or control any firearm, or other weapon of any kind, while elevated in a standing tree or in a structure of any kind within 300 feet of a baited area (N.J.S.A. 23:4-24.2). Persons hunting black bears with a firearm must wear a cap made of daylight fluorescent orange or an outer garment containing at least 200 square inches of fluorescent orange material visible from all sides at all times while hunting.6. A Black Bear Management Zone Map is on file at the Office of Administrative Law and is available from the Division. The Black Bear Hunting Season Permit Quotas are as set forth by Zone as follows:BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASON PERMIT QUOTAS
 

Bear Management Hunting Season Portions of Counties Involved Zone Permit Quota         1 2,000 Sussex, Warren       2 3,000 Sussex, Warren, Morris       3 3,000 Sussex, Passaic, Morris, Bergen       4 2,000 Warren, Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset,     Sussex       5 1,000 Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Passaic,     Somerset, and Warren       6 0 Somerset, Union, Middlesex, Bergen,     Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic       7 0 Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, Ocean     Middlesex, Monmouth, Burlington, Camden,     Gloucester, Atlantic Salem, Cumberland,     Cape May      

( If the season harvest rate of black bears is less than 20 percent at the conclusion of the last day of Segment B, the season shall be extended for four additional consecutive days, beginning the Wednesday after the six-day firearm season as enumerated in N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.27(a), as an extension of Segment B. This extension shall be announced by press, radio, the Division's website (www.njfishandwildlife.com), and other media. [/QUOTE]

[bt bowhunter]

Thank u.

[Leo801]

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Edited January 18, 2016 by Leo801

[LPJR]

Great info posted by rgw.     Thanks.

[Bucksnbows]

If I am reading this correctly, there will be no "shooting down" with archery during the 6 Day shotgun or Permit shotgun days, correct?

 

 

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[rgw]

correct if you are within 300' of bait you cant be elevated or in a blind, same rules that are in effect now. I would of thought they would of changed that for bow but I guess not

[bigwuhead]

Second Monday of October.... soooooo  October 10th-15th?

 

Good thing I took October 10th as my floating holiday!

[Rusty]

correct if you are within 300' of bait you cant be elevated or in a blind, same rules that are in effect now. I would of thought they would of changed that for bow but I guess not

 

It's more fun down at eye level. 

[Rusty]

While my wife's doctor was delivering one of our kids we got to chatting about hunting and he asked if I would teach him to hunt.  I helped him get set up with a bow and took him to a hunter ed class I was teaching.  Once he had his license I took him hunting.  We hiked back to a good spot with a climbing tree stand.

 

When it came time to climb the tree he said that heights made him nervous and would it be okay if he just hunted from the ground.  I said sure, but when the bear comes by you're gonna wish that you were up in the tree and not down here on the ground.  Well sure enough, an hour into his sit a big old bear came strolling by and he just about crapped himself.     

Edited January 20, 2016 by Rusty

[Bucksnbows]

While my wife's doctor was delivering one of our kids we got to chatting about hunting and he asked if I would teach him to hunt. I helped him get set up with a bow and took him to a hunter ed class I was teaching. Once he had his license I took him hunting. We hiked back to a good spot with a climbing tree stand.

 

When it came time to climb the tree he said that heights made him nervous and would it be okay if he just hunted from the ground. I said sure, but when the bear comes by you're gonna wish that you were up in the tree and not down here on the ground. Well sure enough, an hour into his sit a big old bear came strolling by and he just about crapped himself.

Please tell me your wife still busts your chops about that conversation while she was in labor. My wife would have killed me, lol

 

 

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[Rusty]

Please tell me your wife still busts your chops about that conversation while she was in labor. My wife would have killed me, lol

 

 

On our very first date I killed a deer in front of her so she knew what she was getting herself into.  

[Bucksnbows]

That's a West Milford gal for ya. [emoji3]

 

 

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