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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
Muzzleloader 12 10 11 1
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
Muzzleloader 45 71 67 26
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
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100% Bear Take by ImplementNorthern Zone Southern Zone
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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
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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
8
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
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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.
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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
* Only towns and counties with bear harvests are reported here.
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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
* Only towns and counties with bear harvests are reported here.
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NEW YORK STATE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Black Bear Harvest by Population Management Objective
Bears Taken per 100 Square Miles
0
4
8Northern
0
4
8
12
16
20
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Southeastern
Low Moderate Reduce
0
4
8Central‐Western
Less than 0.5 bears per 100 square miles are taken in areas labeled as incompatible or where bears are infrequent.
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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)
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Heaviest Reported Bears ‐ 2017
0
100
200
300
400
≤1 2 3 4 5 6+Dressed W
eight (pounds)
Bear Age (years)
Northern Zone
FemaleMale
n = 349
0
100
200
300
400
≤1 2 3 4 5 6+
Dressed W
eight (pounds)
Bear Age (years)
Southern Zone
FemaleMale
n = 881
0
10
20
30
# Bears
Dressed Weight (pounds)
Northern Zone
Female
Male
n = 111
0
20
40
60
# Bears
Dressed Weight (pounds)
Southern Zone
Female
Male
n = 247
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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
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2017 Reported Bear Take by Day
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
9/16 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 12/2
# Bears
Northern Zone
Female
Male
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
9/9 9/16 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 12/2 12/9 12/16
# Bears
Southern Zone
Female
Male
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Early Bow Muzzle Regular Early Bow Muzzle Regular
Northern Zone 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
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
years
Northern Zone
FemaleMale
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
years
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
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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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# B
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rs
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Southern
NYS
Season Key: E=Early B=Bowhunting M=Muzzleloading R=Regular Y = Youth
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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2017 Bear Hunting Seasons
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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
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.
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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
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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