Bears

[Dan bree]

I've  been seeing more bears than deer this year one sow with two cubs  another sow with three cubs and two big males had them all at 15yrds. Give or take. And all on the ground. Video taped them all the sow with 3 cubs. We're.   Running after. A. Nice. 8. With 3does  that. Ran. By.  I'm   Glad. I didn't. Have any peanut butter sandwiches. On. Me.  But. Wow ,

[doeboy]

Welcome to New Jersey. Cant wait for them to open a bow season or them!

I hade a sow with 4 cubs 2 years ago in Blairstown. It was a first for me.

[Matty]

What's the story with bear season in NJ?  Is there on? And are people pretty successful?

[overbo]

We have the same problem  here in Va. The property I hunt. The owner has a video w/ 14, yes 14 bears in one frame in a cornfield. Seems once one kills one, they have no intent on killing another. The farmer that plants the corn is begging me to kill them. Of the 10 or so acres he planted this year. The bears have destroyed 2+ acres of it.

[D.J. Carr]

1 bear destroys more crops then 10 deer.
They are on the rise around me as well.  Locals believe that when there is a "problem" bear in a residential area that our area is a drop off point.  20 years ago if someone saw 1 bear it was a real big deal, it was the gossip of the neighborhood that someone saw a bear, now its a common occurance.  They turned from a novelty to a nuisance.

[Jerry Jeffer]

I doubt NJ will ever allow bow hunting for bear. They have a hard enough time deciding if you can hunt them at all. There sure are plenty around.

[Dan bree]

Matty yes the shotgun deer season there open. If I can remember. Bears. Were included  in deer. Season back in the late60s.   But you never saw. One.    I sure wish they would. Included them again

[Dan bree]

Matty yes the shotgun deer season there open. If I can remember. Bears. Were included  in deer. Season back in the late60s.   But you never saw. One.    I sure wish they would. Included them again    Almost. Hooked one fly fishing the Delaware  river. Swam right by me. Wanted to put a woolybuger  on him.   But thought  better  and let him swim by.

[Recurve50 LBS]

I've seen a total of 9 bears since the season started. The most I've ever encountered in all the years I've been hunting.