Fucking really?!
Black bear are basically harmless unless cornered, scared, or starving. I doubt New Jersey has enough of them for their population to survive unrestricted hunting.
Gah, this just pisses me off.
Fucking really?!
Or they could just trap them and send them out to the Mountain states.NJ's black bears are suffering from severe overpopulation and they need hunters to cull them down.
Bear population will double in 4 years without hunt, officials warn
Gov.-elect Phil Murphy has said he will halt the controversial bear hunt supported by Gov. Christiewww.nj.com
Usually these sort of articles blame Trump and Republicans, but as I understand it-New Jersey is pretty solid blue?
Fucking really?!
Black bear are basically harmless unless cornered, scared, or starving. I doubt New Jersey has enough of them for their population to survive unrestricted hunting.
Gah, this just pisses me off.
Bear are fairly lousy predators of deer. They're not fast enough to outrun them so unless the bear gets very lucky the deer will almost always escape.Or they could just trap them and send them out to the Mountain states.
We have more deer than we know what to do with, and not enough predators to deal with them.
Or they could just trap them and send them out to the Mountain states.
We have more deer than we know what to do with, and not enough predators to deal with them.
I speak about black bears from expereince; they are hardly a threat, though can be a trash nuisance.It is.
You should get your hunting news from a non activist group.
Frist you have to get a permit and it is a short hunting season that has a target goal of 30 percent. Overall a pretty standard thing for a DNR to do when a species is be coming a problem.
Also while New Jersey may not have many black bears they have enough to cause problems in a state that is mostly urban sprawl I the north half and filled with small towns in the lower half. Not to mention it is closed this year.
Bear are fairly lousy predators of deer. They're not fast enough to outrun them so unless the bear gets very lucky the deer will almost always escape.
Also a hunting season means that hunters pay the state a premium for the privilege of helping control the population. A catch and release program means the state's pouring money into moving bears, and a bear is no lightweight animal that can be caught and transported in a cheap cage.
Now that I understand it is a permitted hunt, it changes things a little, and I do see the point with the financial issue of trap versus cull.Never going to happen. Frist it cost tons of money to capture and then release bears in a different habit. The reason that hunting is used by States to control local anmial populations is that it makes the states money. There are states like Minnesota that fund state parks, class and other conservation efforts though hunting and fishing permits.
Your plan would require the money and poltical will that does not exist snice most people against hunting are never will to fund the alternatives.
I speak about black bears from expereince; they are hardly a threat, though can be a trash nuisance.
Also, I never really knew before now that NJ had a significant black bear pop.
And I'll admit, I'm not a fan of culling predator species; usually causes more problems than it's worth and leads to a prey species explosion that screws up ecosystems. Which is why I said it'd be better to trap them and move them out west, rather than cull them.
Now that I understand it is a permitted hunt, it changes things a little, and I do see the point with the financial issue of trap versus cull.
Pretty sure moose in AK don't need a permit, and pretty sure coyotes don't need them either in most places....I'm fairly sure there aren't any large species you're allowed to hunt without permit/license. Last I checked, even small game (squirrels and small game birds) require licensing/permits most places, and basically the only thing that doesn't, is trapping for pest-animals (muskrats and the like), and even that isn't always the case.
What on earth gave you the idea that any state would let people just up and kill large game animals in a completely unregulated way?
Coyotes aren't pest animals? I mean Moose too could probably just be counted as larger even more annoying deer if their populations and habitat got too high. So falls under the pest category for those areas I guess.Pretty sure moose in AK don't need a permit, and pretty sure coyotes don't need them either in most places.
Not a hunter, so the details of permitting are not something I have a lot of knowledge about outside generalities.
Can guess that. But doesn't change that Coyotes do seem to fall under the Pest category in suburban areas more than say a really lost fawn hiding in your tools shed. So don't feel bad about whacking them with a stick if you have to I guess...the Coyote not Bambi you monsters.Hunting laws tend to make a distinction between pest control and hunting. So if you, f'rex, put a bullet through a coyote trying to eat one of your calves or a raccoon digging into your chicken coop that's pest control. If you get your rifle and dogs and head into the woods to shoot racoons that's hunting. The laws can get messy and there's often a different set for every state and county.
That said a significant chunk of people with any rural acreage will get a hunting/fishing license anyway.