Changes coming to WI bear tags

[Freelance Bowhunter]

I wonder how this new population model compares to what Minnesota and other states are using.

http://www.bucksbullsbears.com/2019/01/ ... ing-model/

[Skyler_2010]

I must be super tired. That article confused me horribly. They have less bears but are going to issue more permits and expect lower Hunter success?

[ghoasthunter]

well you still dont have the bear densities like NJ but its getting there better start bagging and tagging.

[BassBoysLLP]

https://dnr.wi.gov/About/NRB/2019/Jan/2019-01-2B3.pdf

[Chuck B]

Yes this is confusing as to how it makes sense that there are less bears, but more tags going out. Must just be their prediction models? Oh well, less bear running around is only good for fawn populations.

[ghoasthunter]

Yes this is confusing as to how it makes sense that there are less bears, but more tags going out. Must just be their prediction models? Oh well, less bear running around is only good for fawn populations.

i find bear poo all spring and summer full of fawn hair bears make a major impact on deer. they kill fawns compete over bedding and food they are crazy destructive. this season i saw over 40 different bears while hunting. thats about 4 a week threw out the season some days id see half a dozen in the oak flats all day long. they were literally sleeping under the oak trees. they really effect deer movement and make totally random deer bedding. every day the deer were someplace else.

[Freelance Bowhunter]

Seems to me it's all based on the changes in the way they monitor the bear population. Since they are using a new method to estimate the bear population they are adjusting their harvest quotas accordingly.

[Freelance Bowhunter]

Yes this is confusing as to how it makes sense that there are less bears, but more tags going out. Must just be their prediction models? Oh well, less bear running around is only good for fawn populations.

i find bear poo all spring and summer full of fawn hair bears make a major impact on deer. they kill fawns compete over bedding and food they are crazy destructive. this season i saw over 40 different bears while hunting. thats about 4 a week threw out the season some days id see half a dozen in the oak flats all day long. they were literally sleeping under the oak trees. they really effect deer movement and make totally random deer bedding. every day the deer were someplace else.

Was that during a bear season? That would be a fun way to hunt them.

[ghoasthunter]

Yes this is confusing as to how it makes sense that there are less bears, but more tags going out. Must just be their prediction models? Oh well, less bear running around is only good for fawn populations.

i find bear poo all spring and summer full of fawn hair bears make a major impact on deer. they kill fawns compete over bedding and food they are crazy destructive. this season i saw over 40 different bears while hunting. thats about 4 a week threw out the season some days id see half a dozen in the oak flats all day long. they were literally sleeping under the oak trees. they really effect deer movement and make totally random deer bedding. every day the deer were someplace else.

Was that during a bear season? That would be a fun way to hunt them.

was like that all fall till acorns dried out. problem is bear hunting is banned on public land in nj now so its hard too find a place too hunt them now.

[john1984]

Yes this is confusing as to how it makes sense that there are less bears, but more tags going out. Must just be their prediction models? Oh well, less bear running around is only good for fawn populations.

The southern 2 thirds of Wisconsin (zone c) has a lot less bears than the northern 3rd yet anybody in the world can get a zone C tag within a year.

And the population in zone C has been growing

[BassBoysLLP]

Yes this is confusing as to how it makes sense that there are less bears, but more tags going out. Must just be their prediction models? Oh well, less bear running around is only good for fawn populations.

The southern 2 thirds of Wisconsin (zone c) has a lot less bears than the northern 3rd yet anybody in the world can get a zone C tag within a year.

And the population in zone C has been growing

Not anymore. they reduced tags in C. read the memo I posted.

[ihookem]

I see more bears and tracks in Price/ Sawyer co. Wis. than I ever had. Even in the snow during deer season, we see tracks . There were several bear running around during gun season this year . I didn't see them but the tracks are there and more every gun season.