Bear Hunt Results

[osprey]

Haven't really heard much on the news this year, but here's the results of the bear hunt. Only lasted 4 days this year! Bet it would have been great if the hunt had gone into the snowstorm on Saturday.



Oakland, Md. (October 27, 2011) - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) closed the 2011 black bear hunting season at 9 p.m. today with hunters reporting 65 bears to mandatory check stations in Western Maryland. DNR opened the season Monday, October 24 in Garrett and Allegany counties.

“Maryland’s black bear hunters enjoyed another safe and successful hunting season,” said Harry Spiker, Game Mammal Section Leader for DNR’s Wildlife & Heritage Service. “The cool, mild weather during the first two days kept hunters in the woods and helped DNR meet its management goal in four days.”

The average live weight of the bears taken this year was 154 pounds. Colton Lucas, 12, of Kitzmiller, Md., took the largest bear of the season, a 376 pound male.

The hunt by the numbers:

•65 bears taken
•59 from Garrett County, 6 from Allegany County
•154 lbs. average weight
•69% of the bears were taken on private land
•533 hunters participated in the hunt and 3,915 hunters applied for a permit
•55% of the successful hunters were residents of Garrett and Allegany counties

[godscountry]

They need to up the quota, I now see more bears in the woods than deer. It's a common sight now to have 4 around a corn pile.

[THE DEER HUNTER]

Wow - I'll bet they eat a lot more corn than a deer does too. I've been putting into the drawing since it opened & am yet to draw.

[osprey]

Heck, I killed the first one and still haven't drawn myself yet. Was thinking yesterday that's 8 years of hunts without drawing!

[osprey]

Hey Frank, maybe we'll both draw the same year. We can take Fox along, we'll spray paint him black and use him as a big sow decoy!!

[justsand]

;D ;D ;D ;D

Nov 18, 2011 18:58:40 GMT -5 osprey said:

Hey Frank, maybe we'll both draw the same year. We can take Fox along, we'll spray paint him black and use him as a big sow decoy!!

[THE DEER HUNTER]

I think that fox could play the part perfectly. We'd be waiting on a huge bear to come in.

[BIG FOX]

Well with that pretty red beard of yours Osprey you better wear lots of orange.. You may get confused for a young color fazed... lil fella.......