Bear permits available online

Star-Ledger ^ | Friday, September 17, 2004 | BY FRED J. AUN

[NJ Freeper]

Unwilling to be stymied by foot-dragging on the part of the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the state Fish and Game Council is pressing forward with its plan to have a second year of bear hunting in New Jersey.

[NJ Freeper]

For what it's worth, I'm sending my application in, just in case. New Jersey hunters, we need to make some noise about this!

[NJ Freeper]

ping.

[saveliberty]

I would rather the bears could vote than the illegals or the dead.

[reed13]

How about Dead Bears for Republicans? ;-)

[saveliberty]

Oh No! No Dead Bears!

[najida]

You need a permit to be bear?
or is that bare?

Nevermind, we are all in pajamas here....

[Verginius Rufus]

No, now it seems that it's bears which are issuing the permits...

[xrp]

I can't wait!

[ZULU]

Kill them all and let the Lord sort them out.

[PAR35]

Bear - it doesn't taste like chicken.

[d-back]

Excellent move by Fish & Wildlife. Bradley Campbell and the DEP are just playing games: He doesn't like that F&W voted to hold another bear hunt, so he won't issue new permits.

It might be time to sue Campbell.

[d-back]

NJF, here's the link for the "new" application forms.

http://www.njsfsc.org/

Ted Nugent has the forms on his website, too.

I'm sending mine in today. Fish & Wildlife has said they'll accept such forms.

The Great State of New Jersey, where the Government Does What It Wishes! What an embarrassment.

[paulcissa]

Great post! Filling mine out now.

Thanks for the info!

[tcostell]

I can't find the new permit applications anywhere on the site you linked. Any other suggestions?

[Larry Lucido]

This is just too much to bear.

[Larry Lucido]

or is that bare?

Do you dare?

[from occupied ga]

Bear permits available online

What about crooked Democrat senator permits? Are they available on line?

[d-back]

My information was posted in 2004, and obviously things have changed: Bradley Campbell won the lawsuit and the NJ Supremes upheld his cancellation of the December 2004 hunt; the Council had to adopt a "comprehensive" study of the bear hunt and submit it to Campbell (which they just did); and now Campbell has to decide if the hunt goes forward in December 2005.

My guess: It will. New York and Pennsylvania are complaining about NJ's bears, and while NJ hunters and outdoorsman have darn close to zero clout in this state, politicians tend to listen to other politicians.

A periodic check of NJ's Fish and Wildlife website is probably your best bet, or call them and ask about permits: they're very responsive and accessible.

Good luck to all hunters!