{"id":347,"date":"2021-12-27T20:41:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T20:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2023-09-12T14:52:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:52:25","slug":"black-bear-management-zones-and-zone-descriptions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/hunting\/black-bear-management-zones-and-zone-descriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Bear Management Zones and Zone Descriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The map and text below describe the zones open for bear hunting by properly licensed hunters possessing a Black Bear Hunting Season Permit. Click on a zone for a large version of it, or view the enlarged overview map<\/a>. Printable (pdf) versions of each zone are linked from the descriptions below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n
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Black Bear Hunting Zone No. 1:<\/b><\/font>\nThat portion of Warren\nand Sussex counties lying within a continuous line\nbeginning at the intersection of the Portland Bridge\nand the Delaware River at Columbia; then northward\nalong the east bank of the Delaware River to the New\nYork State Line; then east along the New York State\nLine to Rt. 519; then south along Rt. 519 to its intersection\nwith Rt. 627; then south along Rt. 627 to its\nintersection with Rt. 626; then south along Rt. 626\nto its intersection with Rt. 521; then southwest along\nRt. 521 to its intersection with Rt. 94 in Blairstown;\nthen southwest along Rt. 94 to the Portland Bridge,\nthe point of beginning in Columbia. The islands of\nLabar, Tocks, Poxono, Depew, Namanock, Minisink\nand Mashipacong lying in the Delaware River are also\nincluded within this hunting Zone.\n
\nZone 1 Map<\/a> (pdf, 320kb)<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black Bear Hunting No. Zone 2:<\/b><\/font> That portion of Sussex,\nWarren and Morris counties lying within a\ncontinuous line beginning at Portland Bridge in\nColumbia; then northward along Rt. 94 to its intersection\nwith Rt. 521 in Blairstown; then north along\nRt. 521 to its intersection with Rt. 626; then north\nalong Rt. 626 to its intersection with Rt. 627; then\nnorth along Rt. 627 to its intersection with Rt. 519\nin Branchville; then north along Rt. 519 to the New\nYork State Line; then southeast along the New York\nState line to Rt. 517; then south along Rt. 517 to its\nintersection with Rt. 94; then south on Rt. 94 to its\nintersection with Rt. 23 in Hamburg Borough; then\nsouth along Rt. 23 to its intersection with Rt. 517 in\nFranklin; then south along Rt. 517 to its intersection\nwith Rt. 15 in Sparta; then south along Rt. 15 to its\nintersection with Interstate 80 in Dover; then west\nalong interstate 80 to its intersection with Rt. 94;\nthen south along Rt. 94 to the intersection with the\nPortland Bridge and the Delaware River located in\nColumbia, the point of beginning.\n
\nZone 2 Map<\/a> (pdf, 480kb)<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black Bear Hunting Zone No. 3:<\/b><\/font> That portion of Sussex,\nPassaic, Morris, and Bergen counties lying\nwithin a continuous line beginning at the intersection\nof Rt. 80 and Rt. 15 in Dover; then north along Rt. 15\nto its intersection with Rt. 517 in Sparta; then north\nalong Rt. 517 to its intersection with Rt. 23 in Franklin;\nthen north along Rt. 23 to its intersection with\nRt. 94 in Hamburg Borough; then north along Rt.\n94 to its intersection with Rt. 517; then north along\nRt. 517 to the New York State Line; then east along\nthe New York State Line to its intersection with Rt.\n287; then south along Rt. 287 to its intersection with\nRt. 80; then west along Rt. 80 to its intersection with\nRt. 15 the point of beginning in Dover.\n
\nZone 3 Map<\/a> (pdf, 465kb)<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black Bear Hunting Zone No. 4:<\/font><\/b> That portion of Sussex,\nWarren, Morris, Somerset and Hunterdon\ncounties lying within a continuous line beginning at\nthe intersection of Route 78 and the Delaware River;\nthen north along the east bank of the Delaware River \nto the Portland Bridge at Columbia; then northeast\nalong Rt. 94 to its intersection with Rt. 80; then east\nalong Rt. 80 to its intersection with Rt. 287; then\nsouthwest along Rt. 287 to its intersection with Rt.\n78; then west along Rt. 78 to the Delaware River the\npoint of beginning.\n
\nZone 4 Map<\/a> (pdf, 595kb)<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black Bear Hunting Zone No. 5:<\/font><\/b> That portion of Bergen, Hunterdon,\nMercer, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Warren\ncounties lying within a continuous line beginning\nat the intersection of Rt. 78 and the Delaware River;\nthen east along Rt. 78 to its intersection with Rt.\n287; then northeast along Rt. 287 to its intersection\nwith Rt. 202 in Oakland; then south along Rt. 202\nto its intersection with Rt. 23; then south along Rt.\n23 to its intersection with Rt. 80; then west along\nRt. 80 to its intersection with the Passaic River;\nthen west along the north bank of the Passaic River\nto its intersection with Rt. 80; the west on Rt. 80\nto its intersection with Rt. 280; then south along\nRt. 280 to its intersection with Rt. 632; then south\nalong Rt. 632 to its intersection with Rt. 608; then\nsouth along Rt. 608 to its intersection with Rt. 124;\nthen southeast along Rt. 124 to its intersection with\nRt. 638; then south along Rt. 638 to its intersection\nwith Rt. 531; then south along Rt. 531 to its intersection\nwith Rt. 527; then south along Rt. 527 to its\nintersection with Rt. 533; then south along Rt. 533\nto its intersection with Rt. 206; then south along\nRt. 206 to its intersection with Rt. 518; then west\nalong Rt. 518 to its intersection with Rt. 165; then\nwest along Rt. 165 to its intersection with Rt. 179;\nthen west along Rt. 179 to the Delaware River; then\nnorth along the east bank of the Delaware River to\nits intersection with Rt. 78, the point of beginning.\n
\nZone 5 Map<\/a> (pdf, 440kb)<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The map and text below describe the zones open for bear hunting by properly licensed hunters possessing a Black Bear Hunting Season Permit. Click on a zone for a large version of it, or view the enlarged overview map. Printable (pdf) versions of each zone are linked from the descriptions below. Black Bear Hunting Zone No. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}