Comments on: New Jersey Black Bear Overpopulation Requires Urgent Attention

By: Donte Ezzell

Donte Ezzell — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:27:15 +0000

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!

By: Bridging

Bridging — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:51:53 +0000

I read it two times before after all I playing but well worth it I grasped fully the intended meaning of it.

By: njhunt

njhunt — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:47:34 +0000

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

By: Northern N.J. Bear Alliance

Northern N.J. Bear Alliance — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:40:38 +0000

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

By: njhunt

njhunt — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:12:45 +0000

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

By: M2C

M2C — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:48:35 +0000

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….

By: njhunt

njhunt — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:17:52 +0000

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

By: DDB

DDB — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:33:27 +0000

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.