Idaho Fish and Game

Black Bear Harvest

F=female, M=male

2001-2006 Black Bear Harvest - By Region
	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006
Region	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M
Panhandle	149	296	215	437	258	425	206	380	233	412	223	415
Clearwater	206	378	207	464	324	551	313	537	289	473	277	475
Southwest	156	245	164	334	177	300	178	322	181	334	151	324
Magic Valley	23	45	28	46	21	34	29	56	17	41	18	43
Southeast	5	7	3	6	11	7	1	8	4	5	3	9
Upper Snake	54	92	66	123	58	89	65	112	56	121	38	91
Salmon	58	139	92	174	54	106	86	163	79	114	52	107
Statewide Totals	651	1,202	775	1,584	903	1,512	878	1578	859	1500	762	1464
2006 Harvest numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Final numbers will be posted by March 31.

1996-2000 Black Bear Harvest - By Region
	1996		1997		1998		1999		2000
Region	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M
Panhandle	185	343	218	351	236	473	211	355	152	308
Clearwater	151	305	121	318	253	427	213	391	179	359
Southwest	108	206	110	185	127	238	141	263	148	280
Magic Valley	12	18	18	28	21	32	20	24	36	56
Southeast	0	1	1	1	1	3	4	5	2	6
Upper Snake	26	57	26	60	23	46	22	59	46	76
Salmon	25	79	42	59	31	62	33	78	56	126
Statewide Totals	507	1,009	536	1,002	692	1,281	644	1,175	619	1,211

1996-2006 Black Bear Harvest - By Season
YEAR	FALL	SPRING	TOTAL
1996	740	785	1,525
1997	902	652	1,554
1998	1,099	881	1,980
1999	889	951	1,840
2000	910	924	1,834
2001	866	995	1,861
2002	1,307	1,066	2,373
2003	1,095	1,324	2,419
2004	1,039	1,423	2,462
2005	960	1,410	2,370
2006	1035	1,196	2,231
2006 Harvest numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Final numbers will be posted by March 31.

1996-2006 Black Bear Harvest - By Method
METHOD
YEAR	Bait	Hounds	Incidental¹	Still hunting²	Predator Call	Other³	Unk⁴	TOTAL
1996	274	237	402	579	8	13	12	1,525
1997	278	240	492	511	2	9	22	1,554
1998	382	300	572	680	14	19	13	1,980
1999	393	343	460	602	5	15	8	1,840
2000	455	337	369	627	8	9	29	1,834
2001	577	354	311	551	3	9	56	1,861
2002	609	408	511	797	5	6	73	2,409
2003	791	441	402	759	5	2	67	2,467
2004	819	430	396	767	2	13	34	2,461
2005	873	357	330	737	5	14	53	2,369
2006	811	329	326	723	3	2	37	2,231
2006 Harvest numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Final numbers will be posted by March 31.
1 - Incidental: Bear killed incidental to a hunting activity for another species when the hunter was not hunting specifically for bears. 2 - Still hunting: Hunting for bears on foot, most commonly through a spot-and-stalk technique. 3 - Other: Bear killed by means other than listed on the Big Game Mortality Report. 4 - Unk: Bear killed by unknown means.