A New Jersey bow hunter just set a state record by killing a 770-pound black bear — a beast he’d been eyeing over the past two bear hunts. Brian Melvin, 39, first spotted the bear three years ...

Black bear sightings and overall incidents in New Jersey are down in 2025, according to a report from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.

A proposed bill to restrict bird feeders during black bear season remains in limbo as lawmakers in Trenton work to reconcile ...

Black bear sightings and overall incidents in New Jersey are down in 2025, according to a report from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.

Black bears are known to inhabit every county in New Jersey, with the highest population in the northwestern counties of Sussex, Warren and Hunterdon and in northern Passaic and Morris counties ...

He is bear-ing the weight of his actions. A New Jersey bow hunter who killed a 770-pound black bear this week, setting a state record, is getting pounced on for slaughtering the creature.. Brian ...

New Jersey plans to reinstate its controversial annual black bear hunt. Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat who has long opposed the hunt, announced Thursday that the state’s Fish and Game Council will ...

Officials with the state's Division of Fish and Wildlife put New Jersey's black bear population at about 3,000 in the core counties of Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties, up from an ...

NJ's 2023 bear hunt totals rank among the highest in the past decade. ... Since 2016, the black bear hunting season has also contained an October archery season of six days.

Black bear sightings and overall incidents in New Jersey are down in 2025, according to a report from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.

Officials with the state's Division of Fish and Wildlife put New Jersey's black bear population at about 3,000 in the core counties of Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties, up from an ...