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ASSEMBLY, No. 2634 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 211th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED MAY 3, 2004 Sponsored by: Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone District 31 (Hudson) SYNOPSIS Prohibits black bear hunting for five years and until study is issued by Fish and Game Council; appropriates $95,000. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced. An Act concerning the hunting of black bear and making an appropriation. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or provision of the State Fish and Game Code to the contrary, there shall be no open season nor...

Judge Turns Down Environmentalists, Allows N.J. Bear Hunt Expanded to Federal Recreation Area By Krista Larson Associated Press Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A judge on Tuesday lifted an order that had closed a sprawling national recreation area to bear hunters, as the state's first open season on the animals in more than three decades went into its second day. On Monday, the first day of the new bear season, hunters bagged 61 bears, the largest weighing 498 pounds, the state Department of Environmental Protection said. Officials hope the hunt will reduce the state's population of an estimated 3,200 bears...

<p>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The state's first bear hunt in more than three decades entered its third day Wednesday with hunters hoping that warmer temperatures might tempt some bruins to leave their dens.</p> <p>Hunters also had an extra 33,000 acres to scout in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area after a federal judge on Tuesday lifted a temporary ban on bear hunting there.</p>

<p>He was a 400-pound hulking young bruin officials described as "predatory," looking for a meal.</p> <p>She said he came up behind her on a trail in Wawayanda State Park in Sussex County, chased her down and tackled her.</p> <p>She said she did the only thing she could. She threw a hard elbow at his snout, and caught him flush, stunning the bear and giving her time to escape.</p>