The preliminary 2024 black bear harvest of 4,285 animals over the five-week season in Wisconsin represents a significant rebound from the below-average 2023 harvest of 2,922 bears recorded last season.
“Several factors likely led to the increased harvest this season,” Randy Johnson, DNR enormous carnivore specialist, said in a DNR news release. “In 2023, we saw an incredible amount of acorns and other natural food production. This reduced the effectiveness of baits and resulted in historically low harvests.”
Wisconsin bear hunters are seeing a huge rebound in harvest after a impoverished 2023 season
