Black Bear Harvest

M=male; F=female

2003-2008 Black Bear Harvest - By Region
	2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Region	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Panhandle	431	266	378	206	429	245	416	224	441	245	302	182
Clearwater	557	322	536	313	487	305	475	276	518	298	479	250
Southwest	299	177	320	178	324	176	325	152	353	223	304	188
Magic Valley	32	21	53	29	51	28	43	18	66	37	59	30
Southeast	6	11	8	1	5	4	8	2	11	5	8	3
Upper Snake	90	58	109	65	119	56	90	38	146	81	104	49
Salmon	107	55	162	83	115	80	107	52	160	85	100	89
Statewide Totals	1522	910	1566	875	1530	894	1464	762	1695	974	1356	791
2008 Harvest numbers are preliminary and subject to change.

1996-2002 Black Bear Harvest - By Region
	1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002
Region	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Panhandle	296	149	437	215	473	237	355	212	309	153	297	149	441	216
Clearwater	378	206	464	207	427	253	392	213	360	179	378	206	461	208
Southwest	245	156	334	164	238	127	264	141	283	148	252	158	338	164
Magic Valley	45	23	46	28	32	21	36	21	56	36	46	23	45	28
Southeast	7	5	6	3	3	1	5	4	6	2	7	5	6	3
Upper Snake	92	54	123	66	46	23	59	22	76	46	93	54	123	67
Salmon	139	58	174	92	62	31	79	33	126	56	141	58	173	91
Statewide Totals	1,202	651	1,584	775	1281	693	1190	646	1216	620	1214	653	1587	777

1996-2008 Black Bear Harvest - By Season
YEAR	FALL	SPRING	TOTAL
1996	740	785	1,525
1997	902	652	1,554
1998	882	1099	1981
1999	954	889	1843
2000	925	915	1840
2001	1000	875	1875
2002	1069	1309	2378
2003	1332	1104	2436
2004	1420	1026	2446
2005	1407	1027	2434
2006	1199	1032	2231
2007	1419	1257	2676
2008	1107	1051	2158
2008 Harvest numbers are preliminary and subject to change.

1996-2008 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	299	573	680	14	19	14	1981
1999	393	343	467	610	5	15	10	1843
2000	455	337	370	627	8	9	34	1840
2001	480	141	49	251		4	950	1875
2002	610	384	511	789	5	6	73	2378
2003	794	422	404	742	4	1	69	2436
2004	817	429	396	765	2	4	33	2446
2005	890	370	349	766	5	2	52	2434
2006	811	329	321	728	3	2	37	2231
2007	1050	330	445	782	8	10	51	2676
2008	774	322	354	664	4	2	38	2158
2008 Harvest numbers are preliminary and subject to change.
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.