Black Bear Historical Harvest Data

2023 Harvest Information

Harvest data is posted each morning with the prior day’s harvest.
All data is preliminary and subject to revision.
Last updated February 1, 2024.

Total Harvest by Zone
Bear Hunting Zone	Bears Harvested in Segment A						Segment A Total	Bears Harvested in Segment B						Segment B Total	Bears Harvested in Segment B Extension				Segment B + Extension Total	Season Total
Bear Hunting Zone	10/09	10/10	10/11	10/12	10/13	10/14	Segment A Total	12/04	12/05	12/06	12/07	12/08	12/09	Segment B Total	12/13	12/14	12/15	12/16	Segment B + Extension Total	Season Total
Zone 1	37	8	6	12	17	3	83	24	7	4	3	3	6	47	3	0	1	1	52	135
Zone 2	34	16	18	16	20	5	109	12	3	4	2	14	9	44	3	2	2	4	55	164
Zone 3	28	14	15	7	7	2	73	12	8	6	1	3	6	36	2	1	0	2	41	114
Zone 4	26	7	11	8	10	2	64	6	0	2	0	2	0	10	2	0	2	0	14	78
Zone 5	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	126	45	51	43	54	12	331	54	18	16	6	22	21	137	10	3	5	7	162	493
Harvested Bears Tagged This Year	12	5	1	4	1	1	24	2	1	0	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	7	31
Cumulative Harvest Rate*	7.4%	10.4%	11.0%	13.5%	14.1%	14.7%	14.7%	16.0%	16.6%	16.6%	17.2%	17.8%	19.0%	19.0%	19.0%	19.0%	19.0%	19.0%	–	19.0%

*Based On 163 Tagged Bears Available for Harvest

Bear Hunting Zone information is available on the Hunting Explorer app at https://njdepwptest.net/njfw/bearzones/.

Total Harvest by County
County	Bears Harvested in Segment A						Segment A Total	Bears Harvested in Segment B						Segment B Total	Bears Harvested in Segment B Extension				Segment B + Extension Total	Season Total
County	10/09	10/10	10/11	10/12	10/13	10/14	Segment A Total	12/04	12/05	12/06	12/07	12/08	12/09	Segment B Total	12/13	12/14	12/15	12/16	Segment B + Extension Total	Season Total
Sussex	54	22	27	20	29	7	159	31	11	10	4	14	17	87	3	3	3	2	98	257
Warren	46	8	14	10	17	3	98	9	3	3	1	5	2	23	4	0	0	2	29	127
Passaic	6	4	2	1	3	0	16	6	2	0	1	3	1	13	2	0	0	1	16	32
Morris	17	9	7	12	5	2	52	8	2	3	0	0	1	14	1	0	2	2	19	71
Bergen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunterdon	3	2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Somerset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mercer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	126	45	51	43	54	12	331	54	18	16	6	22	21	137	10	3	5	7	162	493