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Black Bears reclassified
« on: March 18, 2010, 07:50:46 PM »
Just heard Black Bears were reclassified by the Game Board to fur Bearers.  That means the pelts can be sold.  Looks like time to start harvesting Black Bears.
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Re: Black Bears reclassified
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 11:39:33 PM »
Will that be for ALL game units or just selected ones? Will the hides have to be sealed?  Seems like the BOG did a lot of changes this winter, hard to keep up.
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Re: Black Bears reclassified
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2010, 02:53:48 PM »
It will be intresting to see how it works out. If there are to many of them why not just make them like deer or caribou insted of haveing to seal them and pull a milk tooth
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Re: Black Bears reclassified
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2010, 06:40:27 PM »
My biologist friend didn't know the details but was pretty sure the designation is NOT for the whole state. The state requires a lot of furs to be sealed as the single way they can track harvest , sex ratios and get some indication of population conditions. I see no problem continuing the sealing requirement.
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Re: Black Bears reclassified
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2010, 07:36:37 PM »
My understanding is its state wide. The question now is what will be the trapping limit as a fur bearer
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Re: Black Bears reclassified
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2010, 11:06:39 PM »
Hmm, I hope you are wrong.  We don't have many blackies out this way and we adopted more strict hunting regs a few years ago. Guides have moved in and have made it harder for locals to find bears where they used to. I think quite a few more blackies have been taken since the guides have worked on them more.

Still, we are seeing blackies show up in new places. Don't know why but we may be experiencing more brown bear harvests and that might be allowing the blacks to work closer to the coast than before.

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Re: Black Bears reclassified
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2010, 07:39:58 PM »
We have lots of Black Bears here in the interior.  Expecially after F&G dumped all the ones they removed from the McGrath area.   
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Re: Black Bears reclassified
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2010, 02:40:49 AM »
WHOLE lot down here in south central.
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Re: Black Bears reclassified
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2010, 06:50:21 PM »
OK, got it in writing from F&G.

"Statewide"

"All units, allow the sale of Black Bear hides (tanned or untanned) and skulls taken under a hunting license.  No sale of gall bladder or any Black Bear trophy, Including rugs, is allowed".
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Re: Black Bears reclassified
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2010, 11:55:53 PM »
Thanks Rog. Interesting.  I hope they don't get over harvested out here. We don't have that many. Up on the Kusko its another story but here they are scarce until you get quite a way into the upper reaches of the Nushagak and Mulchatna.
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Re: Black Bears reclassified
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2010, 04:55:27 AM »
We have Black Bears but they are hard to find.  Because of the Grizzlies the Blacks are spooky.  We've got Grizzlies everywhere.  Grizzlies are like the proverbial 500 pound canary they go any where they like.  And the Blacks stay out of their way.  But go farther south and it changes.
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