Expectations were modest going into the first day of New Jersey’s bear-hunting season due to a combination of factors including a dramatic cold snap and an overall decline in New Jersey’s population of bruins. There was an uptick, however, in the number of bears killed in the first day. A total of 124 bruins were shot,…
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Posted: December 9th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Environment, New Jersey | Tags: Bear hunt, New Jersey, NJ | Comments Off on N.J. bear hunt begins with 124 bruins killed on first day, including 693-pound black bear