Maryland's Bear Hunt Ends With 56 Taken
wjz, Bear Hunting Magazine10/24/2008
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State Natural Resources officials have ended Maryland's annual black bear hunt.
The hunt in Allegany and Garrett counties ended Thursday evening after 56 bears were reported killed.
Wildlife officials established a harvest quota of 55 to 75 bears for the hunt, which began Monday.
The hunt by the numbers:
" 56 bears taken
" 46 from Garrett County, 10 from Allegany County
" 178 lbs. average weight
" 86 percent of the bears were taken on private land
" 59 percent of successful hunters live in the hunt area
" 452 hunters participated in the hunt and 3,278 hunters applied for a permit.
Before the annual hunt resumed in 2004, there had been no legal bear hunting in Maryland since 1953.
