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BLACK BEAR HARVEST SUMMARY

2017

Results reported in this document were funded by the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act. Grant WE-173-G

Mark Hazeltine, Chautauqua County, October 2017

2017 20165‐Year Average

(2012 ‐ 2016)

Historical Average

(1991‐2000)

Northern Zone 383 514 520 515Early 82 238 236 172

Bow 25 48 36 15

Muzzleloader 33 61 56 25

Regular 242 167 191 303

Youth 1 0 NA NA

% Female : % Male 36% ‐ 64% 44% ‐ 56% 39% ‐ 61% 43% ‐ 57%

Southern Zone 1,037 1,025 995 207Early 150 228 252 NABow 330 379 332 54


Regular 537 398 499 153

Youth 8 10 NA NA

% Female : % Male 45% ‐ 55% 45% ‐ 55% 41% ‐ 59% 37% ‐ 63%

New York State 1,420 1,539 1,515 722Early 232 466 388 172

Bow 355 427 368 69


Regular 779 565 692 455

Youth 9 10 NA NA

% Female : % Male 43% ‐ 57% 45% ‐ 55% 40% ‐ 60% 41% ‐ 59%

NEW YORK STATE

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

2017 Bear Harvest Summary

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Black Bear Harvest Density2017

NYSDEC Bureau of Wildlife, February 2018

Northern Zone

Southern Zone

Allegany State Parkprohibits bear hunting

Bears Taken per 100 Square Miles0.05 - 2.52.6 - 5.05.1 - 10.010.1 - 15.015.1 - 23.5

WMUsNo Bear Hunting

NEW YORK STATE BLACK BEAR TAKE BY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNITSeason Key: E = Early, B = Bowhunting, M = Muzzleloader, R = Regular, Y = Youth, T = Total

2017

E

Northern

B M R TYWMU

10 2 5 805A

37 3 18 3105C

01 4 14 1905F

11 3 11 1605G

216 5 76 9905H

14 1 3 905J

100 1 3 1406A

128 5 10 4406C

010 2 44 5606F

20 2 2 606G

21 0 10 1306H

014 2 25 4106J

10 0 9 1116K

10 3 12 1606N

ZoneNorthernEarly

Youth

82Bowhunting 25Muzzleloader 33Regular 242

1

383

E

Southern

B M R TYWMU

1024 0 79 11303A

1727 1 30 7503C

20 0 1 303F

80 0 7 1503G

1615 0 21 5313H

96 0 7 2203J

1830 1 33 8203K

158 1 25 4903M

31 0 6 1003P

10 0 0 103S

20 0 0 204A

20 0 3 504B

00 2 4 604C

50 0 8 1304F

80 0 10 1804G

30 0 2 504H

30 2 5 1004K

20 1 12 1504L

140 0 31 4504O

523 0 18 4604P

815 0 19 4204R

40 0 0 404S

00 0 2 204T

10 0 0 104U

241 0 44 6904W

10 0 0 104Y

20 0 10 1314Z

20 0 3 505S

30 0 1 406R

00 0 1 106S

20 0 0 207M

00 0 2 207P

10 0 0 107R

120 0 12 2407S

10 1 2 408M

10 0 1 208N

70 0 12 1908P

20 0 0 208R

90 1 9 1908T

30 0 2 508W

280 1 25 5518X

130 0 12 2508Y

10 0 3 409H

110 0 14 2619J

30 1 3 709K

50 0 10 1839M

00 0 2 209N

120 0 15 2819P

110 0 4 1509R

10 0 0 109S

60 0 4 1009T

10 0 7 809W

90 0 12 2109X

30 0 4 709Y

ZoneSouthernEarly

Youth

150Bowhunting 330Muzzleloader 12Regular 537

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1,037

Early 232

Bowhunting 355

Muzzleloader 45

Regular 779Youth 9

State Total 1,420

NEW YORK STATE BEAR TAKE BY SEX

NZ E B M R Y T

Female 31 10 13 92 1460

Male 51 15 20 150 2371

YSZ B M R TE

Female 59 130 5 212 4093

Male 91 200 7 325 6285

* Only Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) with reported bear harvests are included here.

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Black Bear Harvest by Town

2017

NYSDEC Bureau of Wildlife, February 2018

Northern Zone

Southern Zone

Allegany State Parkprohibits bear hunting

Bears Taken per 10 Square Miles0.04 - 0.50.6 - 1.01.1 - 2.02.1 - 3.53.6 - 4.5

No Bear HuntingWMUsTowns

NEW YORK STATE BEAR TAKE BY TOWN AND COUNTY

Key: E = Early, B = Bowhunting, M = Muzzleloader, R = Regular, Y = Youth, T = Total

2017

ZoneNorthernYClinton B M R TE

Black Brook 00 0 2 20

Chazy 10 0 0 10

Clinton 00 2 2 40

Ellenburg 01 0 0 10

Mooers 00 0 2 20

Peru 00 0 2 20

Saranac 01 1 4 60

TOTAL 2 1 3 12 0 18

YEssex B M R TECrown Point 00 0 1 10

Elizabethtown 00 0 4 40

Essex 00 2 0 20

Jay 00 1 0 10

Minerva 02 0 2 40

Moriah 00 1 3 40

Newcomb 01 0 3 40

North Hudson 00 0 3 30

Westport 00 0 1 10

Willsboro 11 0 1 30

Wilmington 00 1 3 40

TOTAL 4 1 5 21 0 31

YFranklin B M R TEBangor 20 0 0 20

Bellmont 03 1 5 90

Brandon 03 2 1 60

Brighton 00 0 3 30

Duane 01 0 1 20

Franklin 10 0 3 40

Harrietstown 00 2 0 20

Malone 11 0 1 30

Santa Clara 01 0 0 10

Tupper Lake 00 0 1 10

Waverly 00 1 4 50

TOTAL 9 4 6 19 0 38

YFulton B M R TEBleecker 00 0 2 20

Caroga 10 0 3 40

Oppenheim 03 0 1 40

Stratford 01 0 0 10

TOTAL 4 1 0 6 0 11

YHamilton B M R TEArietta 00 0 7 70

Hope 00 0 3 30

Indian Lake 02 0 1 30

Inlet 00 0 2 20

Lake Pleasant 00 0 4 40

Long Lake 02 0 9 110

Morehouse 00 0 3 30

Wells 01 0 11 120

TOTAL 5 0 0 40 0 45

YHerkimer B M R TEFairfield 00 2 0 20

Ohio 01 0 3 40

Russia 00 0 1 10

Salisbury 00 0 5 50

Webb 04 0 7 110

TOTAL 5 0 2 16 0 23

YJefferson B M R TEAlexandria 00 0 1 10

Antwerp 81 0 4 130

Le Ray 10 1 2 40

Philadelphia 11 0 1 30

Wilna 13 0 5 90

TOTAL 5 11 1 13 0 30

YLewis B M R TECroghan 03 0 2 50

Diana 04 0 1 50

Greig 00 0 2 20

Leyden 00 1 0 10

Lyonsdale 00 0 1 10

Martinsburg 01 1 2 40

Montague 00 0 5 50

New Bremen 01 1 0 20

Osceola 10 2 5 80

Pinckney 00 0 1 10

Watson 03 0 0 30

West Turin 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 12 1 5 20 0 38

YOneida B M R TEForestport 05 0 0 50

Western 20 0 4 71

TOTAL 5 2 0 4 1 12

YOswego B M R TERedfield 00 0 1 10

Sandy Creek 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 0 0 0 2 0 2

YSaratoga B M R TEDay 00 1 3 40

Edinburg 00 1 5 60

Hadley 02 0 1 30

Providence 01 0 0 10

Wilton 00 1 0 10

TOTAL 3 0 3 9 0 15

YSt Lawrence B M R TEBrasher 10 0 0 10

Canton 01 0 0 10

Clare 00 0 8 80

Clifton 02 0 5 70

Colton 00 0 9 90

De Peyster 10 1 1 30

Edwards 03 0 3 60

Fine 05 0 3 80

Fowler 04 0 1 50

Gouverneur 00 2 0 20

Hermon 00 0 2 20

Hopkinton 04 1 8 130

Macomb 00 0 1 10

Parishville 01 0 6 70

Piercefield 00 0 5 50

Pierrepont 02 0 0 20

Pitcairn 04 2 2 80

Stockholm 00 0 2 20

TOTAL 26 2 6 56 0 90

YWarren B M R TEBolton 00 0 1 10

Hague 00 0 3 30

Johnsburg 20 0 6 80

Stony Creek 02 0 8 100

Thurman 00 2 6 80

TOTAL 2 2 2 24 0 30

ZoneSouthernYAlbany B M R TE

Berne 10 0 1 20

Bethlehem 00 0 1 10

Coeymans 20 0 1 30

New Scotland 00 0 1 10

Rensselaerville 10 0 1 20

TOTAL 0 4 0 5 0 9

YAllegany B M R TEAllen 00 0 2 20

Alma 30 0 4 70

Almond 00 0 2 20

Amity 20 0 0 20

Andover 10 0 2 30

Angelica 10 0 0 10

Belfast 00 0 1 10

Bolivar 00 0 2 20

Burns 10 0 1 20

Caneadea 10 0 1 20

Clarksville 00 0 1 21

Cuba 00 0 2 20

Friendship 20 0 2 40

Genesee 50 0 1 60

Granger 10 0 0 10

Independence 30 0 0 30

New Hudson 10 0 1 20

* Only towns and counties with bear harvests are reported here.

Scio 00 0 4 40

Wellsville 20 0 2 40

West Almond 00 0 1 10

Willing 00 0 2 20

Wirt 20 0 1 30

TOTAL 0 25 0 32 1 58

YBroome B M R TE

Colesville 20 0 0 20

Conklin 10 0 0 10

Kirkwood 10 0 2 30

Sanford 20 0 8 100

Windsor 70 0 9 160

TOTAL 0 13 0 19 0 32

YCattaraugus B M R TEAllegany 10 0 1 20

Carrollton 00 0 1 10

Cold Spring 10 0 1 20

Dayton 10 0 0 10

East Otto 10 0 1 42

Ellicottville 10 0 2 30

Farmersville 00 0 4 40

Franklinville 00 0 1 10

Great Valley 00 0 1 10

Hinsdale 10 0 2 30

Ischua 10 0 0 10

Little Valley 10 0 0 10

Machias 00 0 1 10

Mansfield 10 0 2 30

New Albion 00 1 0 10

Olean 40 0 1 50

Otto 00 0 1 10

Persia 10 0 0 10

Portville 20 0 0 20

Randolph 10 0 0 10

Salamanca 10 0 0 10

South Valley 60 0 0 60

TOTAL 0 24 1 19 2 46

YChautauqua B M R TEArkwright 10 0 2 30

Busti 00 0 2 20

Carroll 00 0 3 30

Carrollton 10 0 0 10

Chautauqua 20 0 1 30

Cherry Creek 10 0 0 10

Clymer 10 0 2 30

Ellery 20 0 0 20

Ellicottville 00 0 1 10

French Creek 00 0 2 20

Gerry 10 0 0 10

Harmony 30 0 1 40

Mina 10 0 1 20

North Harmony 00 0 2 20

Poland 10 0 0 10

Ripley 10 0 2 30

Stockton 00 0 1 10

Westfield 00 0 0 11

TOTAL 0 15 0 20 1 36

YChemung B M R TEAshland 10 0 3 40

Big Flats 20 0 2 40

Chemung 00 0 1 10

Southport 40 0 2 60

Veteran 10 0 0 10

TOTAL 0 8 0 8 0 16

YChenango B M R TE

Afton 10 0 0 10

Oxford 00 0 1 10

Preston 10 0 0 10

TOTAL 0 2 0 1 0 3

YColumbia B M R TEAncram 10 0 1 20

Austerlitz 00 0 1 10

Canaan 10 0 0 10

Claverack 10 0 0 10

Gallatin 00 0 1 10

Ghent 00 0 1 10

Hillsdale 10 0 5 71

Kinderhook 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 0 4 0 10 1 15

YDelaware B M R TEAndes 22 0 2 60

Bovina 05 0 4 90

Colchester 101 0 14 250

Delhi 01 0 0 10

Deposit 00 0 4 40

Franklin 10 0 0 10

Franklinville 00 0 2 20

Hamden 05 0 1 60

Hancock 130 0 18 310

Masonville 30 0 8 110

Meredith 10 0 0 10

Middletown 03 0 8 110

Roxbury 26 0 7 150

Sidney 10 0 1 20

Stamford 14 0 3 80

Tompkins 00 0 7 70

Walton 41 0 6 110

TOTAL 28 38 0 85 0 151

YDutchess B M R TEAmenia 10 0 3 40

Dover 30 0 1 40

Hyde Park 10 0 1 20

Northeast 00 0 2 20

Pawling 10 0 0 10

Rhinebeck 10 0 0 10

Stanford 20 0 1 30

TOTAL 0 9 0 8 0 17

YErie B M R TECollins 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 0 0 0 1 0 1

YFulton B M R TE

Oppenheim 20 0 0 20

TOTAL 0 2 0 0 0 2

YGreene B M R TE

Athens 10 0 0 10

Cairo 04 0 0 40

Catskill 32 0 3 80

Durham 31 0 1 50

Halcott 01 0 2 30

Hunter 13 0 8 120

Jewett 05 0 4 90

Lexington 03 0 5 80

New Baltimore 10 0 0 10

Prattsville 12 0 4 70

Windham 01 0 4 50

TOTAL 22 10 0 31 0 63

YHerkimer B M R TEManheim 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 0 0 0 1 0 1

YLivingston B M R TEConesus 00 0 1 10

Mount Morris 00 1 0 10

North Dansville 00 0 1 10

Nunda 00 0 2 20

Ossian 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 0 0 1 5 0 6

YOneida B M R TEDeerfield 10 0 0 10

TOTAL 0 1 0 0 0 1

YOntario B M R TESouth Bristol 10 0 0 10

TOTAL 0 1 0 0 0 1

YOrange B M R TEBlooming Grove 20 0 2 40

Chester 11 0 0 20

Cornwall 01 0 0 10

Crawford 20 0 0 20

Deerpark 26 0 6 140

Goshen 00 0 1 10

Greenville 10 0 2 30

Highlands 01 0 2 30

Minisink 20 0 3 50

Monroe 11 1 0 30

Mount Hope 20 0 0 20

New Windsor 00 0 1 10

Port Jervis City 00 0 1 10

Tuxedo 10 0 3 40

Wallkill 00 0 2 20

Warwick 41 0 6 110

Wawayanda 10 0 1 20


Woodbury 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 11 19 1 31 0 62

YOtsego B M R TEButternuts 00 0 1 10

Cherry Creek 10 0 0 10

Maryland 00 0 3 30

Middlefield 00 0 2 20

Springfield 00 0 2 20

Worcester 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 0 1 0 9 0 10

YPutnam B M R TE

Patterson 10 0 1 20

TOTAL 0 1 0 1 0 2

YRensselaer B M R TE

Berlin 10 1 8 100

Hoosick 00 1 0 10

Nassau 20 1 3 60

North Greenbush 10 0 0 10

Petersburg 00 2 2 40

Pittstown 00 0 3 30

Sand Lake 00 0 3 30

Stephentown 10 0 1 20

TOTAL 0 5 5 20 0 30

YSchenectady B M R TERotterdam 30 0 0 30

TOTAL 0 3 0 0 0 3

YSchoharie B M R TEBlenheim 10 0 3 40

Broome 10 0 1 20

Conesville 10 0 1 20

Fulton 20 0 5 70

Gilboa 20 0 0 20

Jefferson 20 0 0 20

Middleburg 30 0 0 30

Schoharie 00 0 1 10

Sharon 10 0 0 10

Summit 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 0 13 0 12 0 25

YSteuben B M R TE

Addison 00 0 2 20

Avoca 10 0 2 30

Bath 20 0 1 30

Cameron 30 1 1 50

Campbell 20 0 1 30

Canisteo 30 0 4 70

Caton 20 0 1 30

Cohocton 10 0 1 20

Corning 10 0 3 40

Dansville 10 0 1 20

Erwin 40 0 0 40

Fremont 00 0 1 10

Greenwood 10 0 4 50

Hartsville 30 0 1 40

Hornellsville 10 0 2 30

Howard 00 0 1 10

Jasper 30 0 2 50

Lindley 40 0 8 142

Prattsburg 10 0 1 20

Pulteney 20 0 0 20

Rathbone 10 0 1 20

Troupsburg 40 0 4 80

Tuscarora 30 0 3 60

Urbana 10 0 1 20

Wayland 00 0 2 20

West Union 10 1 0 20

Woodhull 60 0 3 90

TOTAL 0 51 2 51 2 106

YSullivan B M R TEBethel 41 0 6 110

Callicoon 01 0 2 30

Cochecton 21 0 5 80

Delaware 02 0 1 30

Fallsburgh 23 0 3 80

Forestburg 25 0 4 110

Fremont 21 0 3 60

Highland 65 1 1 140

Liberty 54 0 1 100

Lumberland 32 0 1 60

Mamakating 36 0 8 181

Neversink 24 0 7 130

Rockland 32 0 10 150

Thompson 13 0 7 110

Tusten 15 0 4 100

TOTAL 45 36 1 63 1 147

YTioga B M R TEBarton 10 0 1 20

Nichols 00 0 3 30

Owego 30 0 1 40

Spencer 20 0 0 20

Tioga 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 0 6 0 6 0 12

YUlster B M R TE

Denning 15 0 15 210

Hardenburgh 10 0 13 140

Hurley 00 0 2 20

Kingston 00 1 1 20

Lloyd 20 0 0 20

Marbletown 45 0 1 100

New Paltz 00 0 1 10

Olive 410 0 11 250

Rochester 66 0 5 170

Rosendale 20 0 0 20

Saugerties 11 0 7 90

Shandaken 25 0 18 250

Shawangunk 11 0 1 30

Ulster 21 0 3 60

Wawarsing 45 0 10 190

Woodstock 35 0 1 90

TOTAL 44 33 1 89 0 167

YWashington B M R TECambridge 10 0 1 20

Jackson 10 0 0 10

Salem 00 0 2 20

TOTAL 0 2 0 3 0 5

YWestchester B M R TEMount Kisco 10 0 0 10

TOTAL 0 1 0 0 0 1

YWyoming B M R TECastile 10 0 0 10

Eagle 00 0 1 10

Gainesville 10 0 1 20

Genesee Falls 00 0 2 20

Java 00 0 1 10

Pike 00 0 1 10

TOTAL 0 2 0 6 0 8

YYates B M R TE

Jerusalem 10 0 0 10

TOTAL 0 1 0 0 0 1

Early 232

Bowhunting 355

Muzzleloader 45

Regular 778

Youth 9

NYS Total 1,420


NEW YORK STATE


Black Bear Harvest by Population Management Objective

Bears Taken per 100 Square Miles

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Low Moderate Reduce

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Less than 0.5 bears per 100 square miles are taken in areas labeled as incompatible or where bears are infrequent.

Rank

Dressed

Weight

(pounds)

Sex Season County Town WMU

1 550 Male Regular Greene Lexington 3A

2 520 Male Regular Steuben Wayland 8P

3 500 Male Regular Delaware Masonville 4O

4 480 Male Regular Greene Jewett 3A

5 470 Male Regular Ulster Hardenburgh 3A

6 450 Male Bowhunting Ulster Olive 3C

7 426 Male Bowhunting Orange Warwick 3M

8 420 Male Regular St Lawrence Hopkinton 6F

9 401 Male Regular Essex Willsboro 5G

10 380 Male Regular Columbia Ghent 4T

Scaled weights of dressed bears were submitted for 23% of the bears reported in 2017.

Average Weight by Age and Sex of Harvested Black Bears (2014‐2016)

Note: Bear ages are determined by examining cross‐sections of a premolar tooth (see

www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/45598.html). Bear teeth from the 2017 seasons have not

yet been analyzed.

NEW YORK STATE

Distribution of Harvested Black Bears by Weight (2017)


Heaviest Reported Bears ‐ 2017

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Bear Age (years)

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FemaleMale

n = 349

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Bear Age (years)

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FemaleMale

n = 881

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# Bears

Dressed Weight (pounds)

Northern Zone

Female

Male

n = 111

0

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# Bears

Dressed Weight (pounds)

Southern Zone

Female

Male

n = 247

Notes: Sum of male and female proporations across seasons within each zone equals 100%.

Male and female bear take during the Youth Seasons were <1% if the total harvest.

2017 Distribution of Black Bear Harvest by Sex

NEW YORK STATE


2017 Reported Bear Take by Day

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# Bears

Southern Zone

Female

Male

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NEW YORK STATEDEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Age Distribution of Bear Harvest: 2016

Average Age of Harvested Bears

Note: Bear ages are determined by examining cross‐sections of a

premolar tooth (see www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/45598.html). Bear

ages from the 2017 seasons have not yet been determined and will

be included in the 2018 report. Bear cubs (<1 year) may be legally

taken in the Northern Zone, but bears known to be <1 year old are

not legal for harvest in the Southern Zone. However, in the

Southern Zone, some cubs achieve a similar size to some small

yearling or adult bears and can only be verified as cubs by

examination of their teeth after harvest.

0

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3

4

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7

years

Northern Zone

FemaleMale

0

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2

3

4

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Southern Zone

Female

Male

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

<1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ≥10

Bear Age (years)

Northern Zone

Female

Male

n = 272

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

<1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ≥10

Bear Age (years)

Southern Zone

Female

Male

n = 583

Black Bear Harvest History

NEW YORK STATEDEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Year

State Totals

E B M R

Northern Zone

E B M R

Southern Zone

TotalTotal E B M R TotalY YY

2017 1,420232 355 45 77938382 25 33 242 1,037150 330 12 537 8 91

2016 1,539466 427 71 565514238 48 61 167 1,025228 379 10 398 10 10

2015 1,715375 380 111 849583183 53 94 253 1,132192 327 17 596

2014 1,628628 331 58 611518291 26 42 159 1,110337 305 16 452

2013 1,35884 332 41 90138084 15 35 246 978317 6 655

2012 1,337386 371 55 525606386 39 49 132 731332 6 393

2011 1,25870 293 30 86527570 3 9 193 983290 21 672

2010 1,064255 315 81 413521255 35 71 160 543280 10 253

2009 1,487426 310 138 613814426 44 128 216 673266 10 397

2008 1,29585 232 117 86158285 13 99 385 713219 18 476

2007 1,117306 247 70 494544306 28 61 149 573219 9 345

2006 79674 237 25 46031874 9 16 219 478228 9 241

2005 1,066184 227 56 599453184 19 45 205 613208 11 394

2004 1,014425 227 58 304674425 49 54 146 340178 4 158

2003 1,863730 256 122 7551,370730 35 112 493 493221 10 262

2002 912182 127 34 569550182 16 30 322 362111 4 247

2001 800240 145 54 361523240 18 52 213 277127 2 148

2000 1,070180 107 39 744728180 12 37 499 34295 2 245

1999 685270 126 35 254523270 37 34 182 16289 1 72

1998 59732 76 13 47627732 13 11 221 32063 2 255

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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

2017 Bear Hunting Seasons


Black Bear Management Cooperator Program

DEC relies upon hunter participation to collect critical data for black bear management. Successful hunters are required by law to report their harvest, but many hunters also voluntarily submit premolar teeth from the bears (Figure 1), which are then used to determine the bear’s age. DEC uses this information to assess the impact of harvest on the bear population by determination of the average age of harvested male and female bears in the various bear hunting areas. Additionally, by recording age and sex of harvested bears over a period of years, biologists can more accurately model bear populations. Hunters who Report their Bear and Submit a Tooth become NYS Black Bear Management Cooperators and receive a commemorative patch.

Black Bear Cooperator Patches 2006‐2017

Figure 1. Portion of bear skull showing

upper and lower premolar teeth,

immediately behind the large canines.


Learn More about Black Bears

DEC has several great resources available for those interested in learning more about black bears, bear management, and bear hunting.

This booklet, from the Northeast Black

Bear Technical Committee, describes

various options for bear management.

www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/bear

Living with New York Black Bears is

available at school and public

libraries throughout New York.

DEC has partnered with Untamed Science to provide

free curriculum and multimedia resources available to

all New York Educators; loads of interactive learning

appropriate for students in kindergarten to 8th grade.

http://blackbearinfo.com

This short booklet is full of tips for

bear hunters, before and after the

harvest.

www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/bb

hunting10.pdf

See www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7215.html

for New York’s Black Bear program.

This booklet, from the Northeast Black

Bear Technical Committee, describes

various options for bear management.

www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/bear

mgmtopt.pdf

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