Black Bear Regulations Black Bear Hunting After Harvesting a Bear —Mandatory Bear Check included in Area 2. Black Bear Hunting Area 1 is Season: Requirement surrounded by Black Bear Hunting Area 2. Firearm or Bow and Arrow: Properly licensed hunters who harvest a black bear September 18 and must immediately tag the bear with a “bear transporta- The season will close when the black bear harvest September 22, 2000 in Bear tion tag” indicating the current and valid hunting objective of 175 is achieved. The notification number Hunting Area 1; Bow and license number, hunter’s name and address, date and for season closures is the permit hotline number, 609- Arrow Only: September 30 time of kill, county and township of kill and sex of 292-9192. Notification will also be announced by - October 27, 2000 in Bear bear. The Division will supply the bear transportation press, radio, and the Division’s website Hunting Area 1 and 2 tag, which will be available at Division offices, at (www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw). Firearm or Bow and Arrow: December 4 -9, 2000 in license issuing agencies, and at bear hunting seminars Bear Hunting Area 1 and 2 conducted by the Division. Hunters must get a bear Mandatory Black Bear Check Stations: transportation tag prior to hunting for bear. All black Hunterdon County: Firearms, Bows and Ammunition Legal bear must be taken by the hunter who killed the bear Clinton Wildlife Management Area Office, 7 Van for Bear Hunting: to a designated bear checking station by 10:00 p.m. to Syckel’s Road, Hampton Shotgun: Not smaller than 20 gauge and not larger be tagged with a “Black Bear Possession Tag” provid- Sussex County: than 10 gauge, capable of holding no more than 3 ed by the Division. In addition, the hunter must also Whittingham WMA Office, 150 Fredon-Springdale shells. report the kill to the nearest Division of Fish and Road, Newton Slugs: Lead, lead alloy or copper rifled slug or sabot Wildlife law enforcement office within 24 hours. Any Flatbrook WMA Office, Route 615, Layton slug. Buckshot is prohibited. legally killed black bear which is recovered too late to Passaic County: Muzzleloader rifle: single-barrel, single-shot rifles be brought to a designated black bear check station by Ringwood State Park, Old Concession Stand, not less than .50 caliber. Flintlock, percussion and closing time must be immediately reported by tele- Sloatsburg Road behind Ringwood Manor, in-line ignitions. Double barrel muzzleloaders prohib- phone to the nearest Division of Fish and Wildlife law Ringwood ited. enforcement office. The black bear must be brought to Bow: Long, recurve, or compound bow, 40 pounds a check station on the next open day to receive a legal Black Bear Hunting Seminars: minimum pull at archers draw length (long and “possession tag”. If the season has concluded, said Camden County: recurve bows) or peak weight (compound bow). black bear must be taken to a designated bear check Winslow WMA Office, 220 Blue Anchor Road, Arrows must be fitted with a well-sharpened metal station on the following weekday to receive a legal Sicklerville broadhead with a minimum width of 3/4”. Hand-held possession tag. Sunday, August 27, 2000, 10 am - 1 pm release devices are permitted. Sunday, August 27, 2000, 6 pm - 9 pm • Hunters using or possessing any shotgun slug in the Black Bear Hunting Areas are located as follows: Wednesday, September 6, 2000, 7 pm - 10 pm field during the bear seasons must have a shotgun with adjustable open iron or peep sights or a scope Black Bear Hunting Area 1: That portion of Warren, Monmouth County: affixed to the shotgun. Hunterdon, Somerset, Morris, Passaic, Bergen and Assunpink WMA Conservation Center, Clarksburg- • Telescopic sights of any magnification (scope power) Sussex Counties lying within a continuous line begin- Robbinsville Road, Robbinsville are permitted for bear hunting on all firearms, includ- ning at the intersection of Interstate Route 78 (I-78) Wednesday, September 6, 2000, 7 pm - 10 pm ing muzzleloader rifles. and the east bank of the Delaware River at Wednesday, September 13, 2000, 7 pm - 10 pm • Shotgun shells containing single spherical projectiles Phillipsburg; then east along I-78 to its intersection referred to as pumpkin balls are prohibited. with Interstate Route 287 (I-287); then north and east Warren County: • While bear hunting with a shotgun, it is illegal to along I-287 to its intersection with the New Jersey Pequest Natural Resource Education Center, 605 have any ammunition not authorized for bear hun- State line; then north and west along the New Jersey Pequest Road, Oxford ing in possession. State line to its intersection with the Delaware River; Saturday, August 26, 2000, 10 am - 1 pm • Only one muzzleloading rifle may be in possession then south along the east bank of the Delaware River Saturday, August 26, 2000, 6 pm - 9 pm while bear hunting. to its intersection with I-78 at Phillipsburg, the Thursday, September 7, 2000, 7 pm - 10 pm • All firearms must be cased and unloaded while being point of beginning. The islands of Mashipacong, Tuesday, September 12, 2000, 7 pm - 10 pm transported in vehicles. Namanock, Minisink, Depew, Tocks, Poxono and • Allowable methods: Still hunting, stand hunting, or Labar lying in the Delaware River are included in Area Hunterdon County: drive hunting. Shooting bears in dens is prohibited. 1. Northern Region Hunter Education Office, 26 • Any person hunting bear with firearms shall wear a Black Bear Hunting Area 2: That portion of Mercer, Route 173 West, Hampton cap of fluorescent hunter orange or some other outer Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex, Union, Essex, Saturday, September 9, 2000, 10 am - 1 pm garment containing at least 200 square inches of fluo- Hudson, Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Somerset, Saturday, September 9, 2000, 6 pm - 9 pm rescent hunter orange which shall be visible from all Hunterdon and Warren Counties lying within a contin- sides. Bow hunters are exempted from the hunter uous line beginning at the intersection of Interstate Passaic County: orange requirement. Route 95 (I-95) and the east bank of the Delaware Ringwood State Park, Shepard Lake Lodge, Sloatsburg River at Scudders Falls; then east along I-95 to its Rd, Ringwood Hunting Hours: Legal hunting hours shall be 1/2 hour intersection with Interstate Route 295 (I-295); then Sunday, September 10, 2000, 6 pm - 9 pm before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset. south along I-295 to its intersection with Interstate Tuesday, September 12, 2000, 7 pm - 10 pm Route 195 (I-195); then east along I-195 to its inter- Wednesday, September 13, 2000 7 pm - 10 pm Bag limit: Only one bear of either sex and any age section with Route 38; then east on Route 38 to its may be taken per hunter per hunting segment. It is intersection with River Road; then east on River Road Newark Watershed Office, 223 Echo Lake Road, unlawful to take or attempt to take or continue to hunt to its intersection with Route 35; then north on Route Newfoundland for more than the number of black bear permitted. All 35 to its intersection with the Shark River; then east Saturday, September 9, 2000, 10 am - 1 pm size and age bears are legal. along the south bank of the Shark River to its intersec- Saturday, September 9, 2000, 6 pm - 9 pm tion with the Atlantic Ocean; then north along the Baiting: No person while hunting black bear shall along the Atlantic coastline to Raritan Bay and the Morris County: have in their possession or control any firearm or other New York State line; then north along the New York Jefferson Township High School, Weldon Road, weapon capable of killing black bear while elevated in State line to Arthur Kill and the west bank of the Jefferson a standing tree or in a structure of any kind within 300 Hudson River; then north along the west bank of the Thursday, September 7, 2000, 7 pm - 10 pm feet of a baited area. On National Wildlife Refuges Hudson River to the New Jersey State line in Alpine; and at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation then north and west along the New Jersey State Area, the distribution of bait and/or hunting over bait line to its intersection with the Delaware River; then is prohibited. Hunters should also check with the south along the east bank of the Delaware River to landowner or administrative agency before placing bait its intersection with I-95 at Scudders Falls, the point of on any hunting area. beginning. The islands of Shyhawks, Treasure, Rush, Bull and Eagle lying in the Delaware River are NEW JERSEY Fish & Wildlife DIGEST 17 Fall and Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Seasons Fall turkey hunting is by permit only. Hunters must apply for fall permits along with their applications for spring gobbler hunting permits. The application period for fall 2000 permits was February 1 - February 22, 2000 and permits were mailed to successful applicants in July. If you did not apply last winter, leftover permits will be sold beginning Sunday September 24, 2000. Call the permit hotline for more informa- tion at (609) 292-9192. The 2000 fall turkey season will consist of two hunting segments, H and I. The dates for segment H are Monday, October 30 through Wednesday, November 1, 2000 and the dates for segment I are Thursday, November 2 through Saturday, November 4, 2000. Hunting hours are 1/2 hour before sunrise until 1/2 hour after sunset on the six days on which the season is open. Turkey Hunting Areas 1-11 and Turkey Hunting Area 20 will be open for hunting.