The Natural Resources Board in Wisconsin will raise the bear harvest quotas for next year after they agree that there a far more black bears around than they had thought. According to the Capital Times, the DNR had estimated there were around 13,000 bruins ramming the woods of Wisconsin but a study done by the DNR and assisted by the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association, showed around 37,000 bears. That’s quite a discrepancy.
The good news is that the fish and game officials recognize and acknowledge the problem and are moving to do something about it. Consequently the bear harvest quota will be upped to 4,585 and will be monitored closely.
Also, further east in New York, bear hunters this year appear to have had a pretty good season reaching at or above record bear harvest numbers in two of three hunting zones.
Tom Remington
