Black Bear Historical Harvest Data

2024 Harvest Information

Harvest data is posted each morning with the prior day’s harvest.
All data is preliminary and subject to revision.
Last updated December 17, 2024.

Total Harvest by Zone
Bear Hunting Zone	Bears Harvested in Segment A						Segment A Total	Bears Harvested in Segment B						Segment B Total	Season Total
Bear Hunting Zone	10/14	10/15	10/16	10/17	10/18	10/19	Segment A Total	12/09	12/10	12/11	12/12	12/13	12/14	Segment B Total	Season Total
Zone 1	21	15	14	16	18	13	97	11	5	0	2	4	6	28	125
Zone 2	24	27	13	18	19	15	116	6	3	0	3	5	3	20	136
Zone 3	31	29	18	12	15	10	115	1	4	2	2	1	2	12	127
Zone 4	24	16	7	9	7	5	68	8	1	0	2	3	2	16	84
Zone 5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	100	87	53	55	59	43	397	26	13	2	9	13	13	76	473
Harvested Bears Tagged This Year	10	9	10	7	5	4	45	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	49
Cumulative Harvest Rate*	5.0%	9.5%	14.6%	18.1%	20.6%	22.6%	22.6%	23.6%	24.1%	24.6%	24.6%	24.6%	24.6%	–	24.6%

*Based On 199 Tagged Bears Available for Harvest

Bear Hunting Zone information is available on the Hunting Explorer app at https://deptest.nj.gov/njfw/bearzones/.