2017 bear season. lets see them.

[NorthNJHunter]

Well done! Congrats!

[Russ 11]

Great season NB6624 . Congrats to all the hunters , especially the young lady with the 330lbr ! That is awesome .

[smoking gun]

Great pics and congrats to the lucky hunters

[nmc02]

[stratocaster]

thats all the pics i can find on my phone. but there was more. glad its over and wont miss any of them. For the antis....try living in bear country. you will then understand why the hunt is a necessity. I cant imagine what 5 years without control is going to do to the ecosystem.

Those were all from this year?  

[stratocaster]

thats all the pics i can find on my phone. but there was more. glad its over and wont miss any of them. For the antis....try living in bear country. you will then understand why the hunt is a necessity. I cant imagine what 5 years without control is going to do to the ecosystem.

5 yrs?  Just think about recruitment if 1/2 the population is females and they each have 2-5 cubs at maturity.  500 (that is a conservative estimate, may be as high as 2000) sows at 2+yrs of age=1000 new bears at least, each spring so you can do the math on what happens in 5 years. 

 

Ratio is 50/50 at birth but ratio is 1 male to 4-5 females after maturity so one male can do a lot of breeding.  I pulled the following statement from the An Analysis of the Feasibility of Using Fertility Control to Manage New Jersey Black Bear Populations produced in 2006.

 

Although the Division of Fish and Wildlife and the New Jersey Fish and Game Council are committed to advancing the science of non-lethal population control measures for black bears, at this time there is no FDA approved contraceptive drug or sterilization drug available for bears. 

[Farmshine]

By 2022 we may have the world record bear in this state.

 

 

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[Chefhunter]

Wow those are some nice lookin bears. The one with the girl and crossbow should give anti’s a stroke lol

Nice job

[tcook8296]

Nice season congrats

[Live to Hunt]

Great bears

[nb6624]

yes this years hunt.

[Live to Hunt]

yes this years hunt.

That’s great love the one with that big white patch

[hammer4reel]

thats all the pics i can find on my phone. but there was more. glad its over and wont miss any of them. For the antis....try living in bear country. you will then understand why the hunt is a necessity. I cant imagine what 5 years without control is going to do to the ecosystem.

Crazy amount of big bears your gang harvested.

Looking at weights in them figure a few world records will be taken on your place when the season reopens

[mattg1500]

Yall some killin mofos lol

[Trophy8]

Congrats on a great season