470 bears killed in annual hunt The second of the two-part hunt ended Saturday, Dec. 14.... Home 16 Dec 2024 | 03:36
A black bear photographed in Wawayanda State Park. (File photo by Chris Wyman) 392 bears killed in hunt Nearly 400 bears were killed in the first part of New Jersey’s annual black bear hunt. In the six-day Segment A, 188 bears... Home 20 Oct 2024 | 10:41
A black bear photographed in Wawayanda State Park. (File photo by Chris Wyman) 493 bears killed in annual hunt Nearly 500 bears were killed in New Jersey’s annual black bear hunt, which ended Saturday, Dec. 16. But the 493 total was... Home 19 Dec 2023 | 08:25
UPDATED: Black bear hunt extended The black bear hunting season was extended by four days this week, the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife said Monday,... Home 16 Dec 2023 | 05:14
UPDATED: Black bear hunt resumes The state’s black bear hunt reopened Monday, Dec. 4 for the second of two parts. Since then, 136 bears have been killed, including... Home 10 Dec 2023 | 12:39
A black bear photographed in Wawayanda State Park. (File photo by Chris Wyman) 328 bears killed in hunt Hunters killed 328 bears in the first segment of a two-part black bear hunting season this year in New Jersey. In Sussex County,... Home 17 Oct 2023 | 03:49
A black bear photographed in Wawayanda State Park. (File photo by Chris Wyman) UPDATED: Black bear hunt under way Hunters killed 252 bears in the first four days of New Jersey’s annual black bear hunting season. One hundred nineteen bears... Home 13 Oct 2023 | 01:14
114 bears killed in state hunt The state black bear hunt concluded Saturday, Dec. 17 with 114 bears killed, including 59 in Sussex County. Thirty bears were... Home 15 Dec 2022 | 10:31
A dead bear hangs from chains at the check-in station at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Sussex County. It was brought in late Saturday afternoon, Dec. 10. ( Photo by Kathy Shwiff) UPDATE: Bear hunt resumes this week New Jersey’s black bear hunt will continue for four days this week because the target number to be harvested was not reached... News 14 Dec 2022 | 04:06
A black bear photographed in Wawayanda State Park. ( Photo by Chris Wyman) N.J. bear hunt back on Hunters who were disappointed last week when a judge halted the bear hunt scheduled to begin Monday, Dec. 5, cheer up. The... Local News 06 Dec 2022 | 03:33
Responding to Hunt comments Wieslaw Mokrzecki completely misstated my comments regarding the bear population in his letter (“Bear culling ‘facts’ all... Letters to the Editor 30 Aug 2022 | 10:36
The hunt Thank you, Mr. Santora, for setting the record straight regarding state hunting laws. The author of the previous letter mentioned... Letters to the Editor 22 Aug 2022 | 02:32