Fall Black Bear Basics Many big game hunters have hunted the cervids (deer and elk). However fewer have gone after another big game species that inhabits the same areas: black bear. Black bear hunting takes a different set of skills than elk or deer hunting and with many states banning the use of bait/hounds, the challenge of black bear has only grown. This feature article walks you through the basics of black bear hunting from "spot/stalk" to the use of predator calls. Safety is also covered, since precautions are necessary when hunting a predator!
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New Jersey Turkey Season Now Open 04/16/08
The approach of spring and its warmer weather means New Jersey's Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Season has begun. This year the regular season started on April 14 and runs for six weeks. [Comments?]
New Jersey Turkey Season Info Available 01/21/08
The 2008 New Jersey Wild Turkey Hunting Season Information booklet (Turkey Supplements) will be available during the week of January 21. [Comments?]
New Jersey DEP Deer Regulations to Change 11/23/07
The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife reminds hunters that deer season regulation changes this year make the regular, zone-specific bow, shotgun and muzzleloader deer permits valid only for the hunting of antlerless deer. [Comments?]
New Jersey Deer Classic to be Held in January 11/07/07
More than 50 of New Jersey's most outstanding white-tailed deer from the 2006-07 hunting seasons will be on display at the Garden State Deer Classic to be held during the Garden State Outdoor Sportsmen's Show, January 11 - 13 at Raritan Center in Edison. [Comments?]
EHD Found in New Jersey Deer 09/17/07
Personnel from the Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) are investigating a possible outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in deer in Hillsborough Township, Somerset County. [Comments?]
Results from New Jersey Black Bear Meetings 08/31/07
A public meeting on black bear management in the State of New Jersey was held on August 8, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. at the New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey. [Comments?]
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Indiana Whitetail Buck I got this monster on the way back to the truck after missing an 8-pointer. I was sitting in my stand on Nov. 25, 2007 on my first mid-day hunt of gun season. I sat all day with just seeing a couple does off in the distance. Then I heard something coming down the trail I was hunting and a big doe and a nice 8 point came out from behind some brush. I waited till he got in range then boom.
