issued in any one bear season, they locate
or trap the bears, tag them and their cubs,
draw blood, and check their overall health.
One thing that really interested me was that I
would be able to go out with Fish and Wildlife
to participate in trapping and tagging.
On our first trip out we tagged four different
bear. It was interesting to watch the biologists
at work and we were fortunate that we found
bear in each of the four locations we visited.
This gave me a very unique and different
perspective on this situation in New Jersey.
From what I can gather, New Jersey is
overpopulated with bear.
As far as I can see, the overpopulation
happened as a result of non-hunting for
over 25 years. These are the same bear that
inhabit Pennsylvania and New York. Each
time Bear season arrived in New Jersey, it
was halted due to lawsuits brought into the
State by anti-hunters. Thes