| Bear Season opened in N.H. yesterday. Two were bagged. Next is the
story reprinted from the Union Leader without permission:
Two Bears Bagged on Opener
Two Bears were confirmed killed yesterday on the opening day of
bear hunting season.
One was taken in the Haverhill area while a second was killed in
Franklin, said Paul Dest, spokesman for the state Fish and Game
Department.
Bear Season for Coos, Carroll and Grafton counties runs until Oct.
31 and resumes from Nov. 16 to Dec. 6. HUnters are limited to one bear
each.
For 10 towns in Merrimack County, the season runs only through
Sept. 30. The towns are Andover, Boscowen, Danbury, Franklin, Hill, New
London, Salisbury, Sutton, Wilmot, and part of Warner, according to
Fish and Game.
Last year 7,787 hunters bought bear hunting permits and killed 123
bears, Dest said.
"So it's difficult to get a bear," Dest said.
Figures aren't avaialable yet on the number of hunters this year.
The three northernmost counties harvest 95 percent of the state's
bears. The state's bear population is about 3,000. "There's plenty of
bear out there." Dest said.
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| I went to my stand last night and after dubbing around a finally
getting settle in by 5:45. Things were quiet until 6:15 when my
first bear of the season came in. It wasn't anything great but it sure
was nice to see one so soon. First day out first hour in the tree, not
bad. But it got nervous at about thirty yards and bolted a little ways
and stopped to take another look. It then circled and started to move
in from behind me but then spooked out again not to be seen again.
My wife (her first time ever out) saw only a porcipine and coons.
Tonight she is going to sit on another bait where we saw a bear while
bringing bait in. She'll see one, I'm sure of that.
Back in the tree tonight,
gary c
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