Black bear hunting information, 1990-2002

	Hunting Licences Sale			Estimated Bear Harvest
Year	Res.	Non-res.	TOTAL		Res.	Non-res.	TOTAL
1990	12,197	12,115		Spring	604*	2,614*	4,218*
			24,312	Fall	911*	1 ,402 *	2,313 *
				TOTAL	1,515*	5,016*	6,531 *
1991	12,614	11,247		Spring	531 *	3,249 *	3,760 *
			23,861	Fall	1 ,034 *	1,949*	2,983 *
				TOTAL	1,565*	5,198*	6,763 *
1992	12,572	11,270		Spring	753*	3,119*	3,872 *
			23,842	Fall	1,224*	1,796*	3,020 *
				TOTAL	1,977 *	4,915*	6,892 *
1993	10,409	10,442	20,851	Spring	638*	3,152*	3,790 *
				Fall	1118*	1.863*	2,981*
				TOTAL	1,756*	5,015 *	6,771
1994	12,287	13,439	25,726	Spring	701 *	3,227 *	3,928 *
				Fall	960*	2,313*	3,273 *
				TOTAL	1,661 *	5,540 *	7,201 *
1995	12,369	13,713	26,082	Spring	967*	3,886 *	4,853 *
				Fall	1,103*	2,186 *	3.289 *
				TOTAL	2,071 *	6,072 *	8,143 *
1996	9,697	12,913	22,610	Spring	516*	3,145*	3.661 *
				Fall	1 ,006 *	1 ,202 *	2,208 *
				TOTAL	1,522*	4,346 *	5,868 *
1997	9,831	12,421	22,252	Spring	622*	4,160*	4,782 *
				Fall	517*	1,227*	1,744*
				TOTAL	1,139*	5,387 *	6,526 *
1998	10,208	12,069	22,277	Spring	613^3	3,359 ^b	3,972
				Fall	690 ^3	1,486^b	2,376
				TOTAL	1.503^3	4,845 ^b	6,348
Average for 1990-1998	Average hunting harvest was 6, 783 bears annually (an average of 4,095 in the spring and 2,688 in the fall)
1999	10,264	7,058	17,322	Fall	1,506*	2,61 8 ^b	4,124
2000	10,473	7,766	18,239	Fall	1,507*	2,961 ^b	4,468
2001	12,424	7,495	19,919	Fall	1,712 ^3	3,759 ^b	5,471
2002	11,65B	7,924	19,661	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Sources of Data:
* Estimates from the provincial Mail Survey (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
a Estimates from the provincial Resident Postcard Survey (Ontario Mininstry of Natural Resources)
b Estimates from the Non-resident Mandatory Hunt Report (Ontario Mininstry of Natural Resources)

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