2009 Action
There are several OP-EDS within this website, njbearhunt.com ,that will provide readers with real facts concerning the overpopulated New Jersey Black Bears. Please read so you can become familiar with the truth.
The simple fact however, is that EVERY STATE, with a large enough black bear population to create a human safety issue, holds annual hunting seasons to bring about and maintain a safe coexisting black bear population.
New Jersey is the only state that does not and as a result of cancelled hunts in 2006 and 2007, 2008 saw the largest increase in all categories of black bear complaints.
This issue cannot be allowed to remain a political football any longer because some poor human is inevitably going to be seriously mauled or killed by a black bear if the population is not lowered and bears adversely conditioned to be fearful of humans; both of which will be accomplished through annual hunting seasons.
This year with the Global Financial crisis affecting the entire United States and New Jersey of course, our citizens will be looking for “staycations”, staying at home in our backyards and local recreation areas. There will be cookouts, families and friends getting together, children playing outside, all targets for serious bear conflicts created by the increase in human activity and an “out-of-control” overpopulated black bear that has absolutely no fear of humans.
I would implore you, especially the Bear Group, Humane Society and other anti-hunting groups to stop this charade, you are publishing lies and misleading information and starting your blitz on the politicians to stop a hunt.
Anyone, any of you politicians out there please use a little common sense; with (26) out of (27) states successfully using hunting for decades to maintain a healthy, coexisting black bear population why would you think New Jersey can be different?
Black Bears in New Jersey have three to five cubs each year; they cannot simply be left to multiply any longer. Just where does anyone suppose the black bears are going to live, we are out of room.
For the millions of the non-hunting public that understands the need for hunting in culling and controlling wildlife populations, you must write and voice your opinions because it appears that our politicians do not listen to facts and figures, successful hunting programs of (26) other states they seem to be fixed on counting potential votes. They refrain from dealing with political hot potatoes. Do not let these groups get away with making this a trophy hunt wanted by blood thirsty hunters, this is about human safety and protection.
Here are the contacts:
Mr. David Chanda
Director Div. Fish & Wildlife
Dept. of Environmental Protection
Doc # 05-09-03/718
P.O. Box 400
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0400
Governor Jon Corzine
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 001
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Commissioner Mark Mauriello
Dept. of Environmental Protection
C-401 E. State Street
P.O. Box 402
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Somehow in your own words let these people know that HUMAN LIFE is INVALUABLE and that common sense dictates black bears can never just be left to multiply, they are already overpopulated. None of us wants to read the news when a black bear seriously mauls or kills a human and certainly those of us living the nightmare in bear country fear the day it is one of our family or friends.
For all the love we have for animals none should compare to that of human life nor the agony of watching a human being suffer and die.
Mike D
The BEAR group on their home page references http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/notices/040609b.html
public comments are supposed to be taken till Jun 5th. We need to write in and support this change. I just opened my door to go outside and not 3 feet from me was a bear. This has got to stop I am terrifed and scared to death of what I will find of my poultry in the morning. I am glad the woman who ran or helped run the BEAR group finally got arrested for feeding the bears. Please take the time to support this. I am afraid to go out of my house.
DDB, Thank you for taking the time to reply and support those, like yourself that experience and truly understand the problems created by an out-of-control, overpopulated black bear.
To others that read this remember, this is not a vote for hunting, hunters, trophy hunting or any of the other guilt-tripping excuses given by the anti-hunting/animal-rights groups to prevent a bear hunt.
Yes, hunting is legal, it is an outdoor activity, it provides a human food source for many but, more importantly, at this time it is the only proven method of controlling wild-game populations.
Mike D
Mike, have you seen the propaganda on youtube? It’s SO scary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssTgpbEGnS4 if you click on her profile you can see all of her bear videos & the one “this is not a bear attack” is beyond scary she’s so close to it. I think these are extremely misleading to the public….
Hi Mom-2-Cool, thank you for the info. Yes I have seen this along with many others. I agree that it is people like this that go beyond protecting bears by resorting to any level of “misleading” information they can put out to the public.
Perhaps it is documentries on the training of movie, animal stars like Bart the grizzly bear shown on the movie the Edge.
Then maybe people never see or read about events like Will Ferrell’s movie Semi-Pro where he (or a stunt person) was supposed to wrestle a live bear. That very same bear, used in the movie, attacked and killed his trainer shortly after.
A bear is an “unpredictable” “wild” animal, people that are truly not in favor of hunting as a method of population control certainly have the right to voice their opinions. Howver, people that use misleading lies through demonstrations of these animals in situations wherein they appear not so dangerous are simply laying the ground work for tradegy.
We can only hope that the majority of the general public has more sense than to buy into this.
Mike D
This person, who portrays himself as a highly educated individual on bear facts – merely copies info from other oprganization websites. He attempts to downplay the 40 years of research from a world renoun biologist, and at the same time, signs his documents with an initial – Mike D ?????
An authority on bears – I think not
Just another bitter inciteful trophy hunter
Thank you for responding, “whoever you are” and your bogus Northern N.J. Bear Alliance or better known Anti-hunting, Anti-fact and Anti-common-sense group of public misleaders.
I have never stated that I was any “bear-expert” and if you take the time to read the dozens of OPEDS, I have written you will find that I never copy from anynoe’s websites.
Every OPED I have written contains real, proven facts that unlike groups like yours can be substantiated.
Forty years of black bear research from anyone sheds no light on the overpopulation problems in New Jersey. Forty years ago N.J. did not have a black bear overpopulation problem.
Thanks to the NJDF&W and the sportsmen, the black bear recovered. Now unless the NJDF&W, “Professional Biologists” are uncuffed by the vote happy politicians, that listen to the real phony and misleading anti-hunting and animal-right groups the black bear will become a more endangered species than ever.
Why? let me make it simple; New Jersey has no more room to allow a growing and expanding black bear population. A population that includes a “modern” black bear, not the one studied by the “forty-year” research professionals. Research that is of no use in N.J.
This modern black bear no longer lives in the seclusion of dense forests, land development has taken most of that away. The modern black bear no longer fears man lack of hunting has taken that away.
But EVEN without land devlopment and “no-hunting” no state COULD simply allow a “wild-animal” to just grow year after year to whatever level of population they can reach.
This is why currently, (27) out of (28) states that have large black bear populations (and many of those with a lot less black bears than N.J.)have and continue to include hunting as the primiary method of population control.
Only, yes only, N.J. is allowing politics to interfere with professional biologists not only from N.J. but from (27) other states whose Governors refuse to become involved in a process for which they have absoulty no experience.
Why do they stay out of the process? Success, wildlife management through hunting has been successful for decades in the other states and other than an occassional drifting black bear into some development their citizens do not live in the dangerous, black bear environment as do we in N.J.
We can no longer “safely-co-exist” with black bears in N.J. hunters didn’t bring this about, the overpopulated black bears and their “modern” aggressive behaivor did it.
Animal-right and anti-hunting groups did it, because their misleading lies and ability to keep this in the political arena since 2000 has allowed the black bear to just keep multiplying until today. A growing population now out of control attacking and threatening human safety, domestic pets and livestock. Now they are being treated like a common crimmnal, being shot by police, now they are being hit by motor vehicles and if allowed to continue growing they will eventually become “vermin” for everyone and that will lead to their demise.
Oh! just loved your typical defense when you run accross anyone that can make sense out of proven facts, statistics and plain old common-sense.
“Just another bitter inciteful trophy hunter”
IS THAT ALL YOU GOT BECAUSE THAT ISN’T EVEN WORTHY OF THIS REPLY BUT IT DOES GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW “ANOTHER DECEITFUL ANTI-HUNTER”.
Do you really want to “save-the-bears”? Then stop the non-sense and support a controlled hunt that will bring the black bear population to a number that “will” allow some peaceful level of co-existence. Let the black bear go back to the forests that are left where they can live in the peaceful seclusion they once knew. Forests that border our developments, which most do, will allow hunting to reduce the numbers of bears that live there, it will adversely condition them at the same time and the reduced number of bears will then have room to live in their own natural environment.
You know full well that the expansion of our N.J. black bear population has to stop, now.
From an official “Non-trophy-hunter”.
Mike D
I read it two times before after all I playing but well worth it I grasped fully the intended meaning of it.
I’d have to check with you on this. Which is not something I typically do! I love reading a post that will make people think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!