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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:?*Dec. 1, 2023
*Contact:?*Randy Johnson, DNR Large Carnivore Specialist?
[email protected] or 715-499-0010
*Black Bear Harvest Authorization
**Applications **Due Dec. 10
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Applications for the 2024 black bear season are due by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2023.
Applications for the 2024 black bear season are due by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2023. / Photo Credit: iStock/rpbirdman
*MADISON, Wis.*???The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds black bear hunters that applications for the 2024 season are due by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2023.
Hunters can purchase applications for permit drawings online through?Go Wild [ [link removed] ], the DNR?s license portal, or at an?authorized license agent [ [link removed] ].
Preliminary estimates show hunters harvested more than 2,900 bears during the 2023 black bear season. Final harvest totals will be available at a later date. In the meantime, DNR staff and the Bear Advisory Committee are determining recommendations and harvest quotas for the 2024 bear season.
*Drawing And Licensing Process*
The drawing for 2024 harvest authorizations will take place in early February.
With growing interest in bear hunting in Wisconsin and a limited number of licenses, the DNR encourages the public to review management zone boundaries and license wait times while making hunting plans.
The DNR's website has a full breakdown of the 2023 bear drawing results and license wait times [ [link removed] ].
Bear permit applicants must apply at least once during any period of three consecutive years to retain their accumulated preference points. Otherwise, all accumulated preference points will be lost.
If an applicant is selected in the drawing, their preference points will be reset to zero, even if they do not purchase the harvest permit. Applicants should be aware of their drawing status.
Applicants selected in the drawing are notified by mail shortly after and may purchase their 2024 Class A bear license beginning in March 2024. Applicants may also check their status online through their?Go Wild [ [link removed] ]?customer account.
The current management zones are part of the?Wisconsin Black Bear Management Plan, 2019-2029 [ [link removed] ], developed by the DNR Bear Advisory Committee and approved by the Natural Resources Board in May 2019. The?bear management zones [ [link removed] ]?are designed to address bear conflicts and manage desired population levels effectively.
*2024 Bear Season Structure*
Zone A, B and D:
* *Sept. 4 to Sept. 10* ? with the aid of bait and all other methods not using dogs.
* *Sept. 11 to Oct. 1* ? with all legal methods, including the aid of bait and dogs.
* *Oct. 2 to Oct. 8* ? with the aid of dogs only.
Zone C, E and F:
* *Sept. 4 to Oct. 8* ? with the aid of bait and all other legal methods not using dogs.
For more information on bear hunting in Wisconsin, visit the DNR?s bear hunting webpage [ [link removed] ].
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