NJ Bear Fatality

[MarkD]

A few years ago there was a black bear treed in Paramus, NJ. Yes, in the mall capital of the world. That,s not even a heavily wooded suburb, it's the point where three major highways intersect a few miles from on NYC.

[Aesop]

The state estimates they have 3000+ black bears, in every county in the state, more per square mile than any other part of the northeast, and only a few hundred are taken in the annual 6-day season.

Personally, in a state with such screwball priorities, I'd not only hand feed them, I'd leave trails of honey and bacon strips to the yards of registered eco-tards.
It's the same thing there the dumbasses here do with mountain lions, which leads to sacrificing a few kids and joggers annually to the holy priest-cats who prefer two-legged deer and Children McNuggets.

If I were in authority, I'd trap problem animals, and release them in high-crime urban areas.
Prowling around at night should be an even-handed proposition, and it would teach most folks to be off the streets after dark.
And it'd cut down on the number of yippy little dogs and feral cats.

[Greg]

The state estimates they have 3000+ black bears, in every county in the state, more per square mile than any other part of the northeast, and only a few hundred are taken in the annual 6-day season.

And it was a vicious fight to get even that limited hunt approved.

Personally, in a state with such screwball priorities, I'd not only hand feed them, I'd leave trails of honey and bacon strips to the yards of registered eco-tards.
It's the same thing there the dumbasses here do with mountain lions, which leads to sacrificing a few kids and joggers annually to the holy priest-cats who prefer two-legged deer and Children McNuggets.

As usual with even the bluest states, the problem is that urban populations completely divorced from any kind of reality are demographically dominant. Even in NJ, in terms of land area the majority of the state votes red.

The eco-tards are safely protected in nice little toddler-proof no-sharp-edges-or-corners, 'this is all I've ever seen so the whole world must be just like my little protected bubble' enclaves. Unfortunately you'd have to lead the dangerous animals past the people who *aren't* idiots.

If I were in authority, I'd trap problem animals, and release them in high-crime urban areas.
Prowling around at night should be an even-handed proposition, and it would teach most folks to be off the streets after dark.
And it'd cut down on the number of yippy little dogs and feral cats.

You've got my vote, right there.

[MarkD]

The state estimates they have 3000+ black bears, in every county in the state, more per square mile than any other part of the northeast, and only a few hundred are taken in the annual 6-day season.

And it was a vicious fight to get even that limited hunt approved.

You got that right. I've heard that the woman in charge of the NJ DEP (which oversees all hunting and fishing in the state) was a PETA member, which is why the bear hunt was closed down, which is why bears ended up in Paramus.

It's also rumored that PETA members will buy deer tags, then claim they got a deer (when they were never anywhere near the woods during deer season, except for those in brown coats and white gloves hoping to be martyred for Bambi's sake), in order to reduce the number of tags the following year. Which is also why you see so many dead deer on the Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike, Rte 80, etc.

:jacked:

Just out of curiosity, what would one DO with a bear after a successful hunt? Obviously a bear-skin rug, but is the meat edible/good/worth the bother?

[Rumpshot]

Depending on the bear, the meat is quite edible. Prepared correctly it is downright delicious. Then of course there is the bear fat/ bear oil to render down for lubing your favorite weapon of mass destruction.

[Aesop]

It's also rumored that PETA members will buy deer tags, then claim they got a deer (when they were never anywhere near the woods during deer season, except for those in brown coats and white gloves hoping to be martyred for Bambi's sake), in order to reduce the number of tags the following year.

It evens out: I know hunters who shoot PETA activists, and then report they got their deer, in order to reduce interference the following year.
I didn't ask how they taste, but the dogs seem well-fed.

[Vonz90]

It's also rumored that PETA members will buy deer tags, then claim they got a deer (when they were never anywhere near the woods during deer season, except for those in brown coats and white gloves hoping to be martyred for Bambi's sake), in order to reduce the number of tags the following year. Which is also why you see so many dead deer on the Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike, Rte 80, etc.

The the Conservation Dept. in that state is doing it wrong. The length of season and number of tags should be based on the population survey and not on the number harvested. I know that is how it is done here.

If you do that way, then reporting deer taken that were not would only increase the number of tags offered because it would indicate higher numbers of deer harvested do not make as much impact on the total population.

[308Mike]

???? Would you REALLY expect the turds in NJ to do ANYTHING CORRECTLY that had ANYTHING to do with firearms??? <<rhetorical question>>>

[PawPaw]

We talked about this in an earlier thread. In the final analysis, the poor victim was walking around in bear country without the proper mindset or equipment. We've got to expect the occasional result like this. Had he been properly warned that he was in bear country and given even rudimentary education, we might have seen a different result.

Everything I've read about this incident seems to reveal that he did everything wrong, to include running. The group spit up when they saw the bear and ran in different directions. The bear picked the easiest target and did what bears do. Of course none of them was armed. Bear meets protein, it's a simple equation.

[Aesop]

''Bear meets protein...'

"slower than deer, tastes like chicken"

Keeping in mind that evidently 98% of NJ is bear country.
I wondered where it went when they took it out of Disneyland.
Now I know.

Consequently, New Jersians are liable to end up as part of Winnie's pooh.