{"id":38986,"date":"2023-07-24T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=38986"},"modified":"2023-07-21T15:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:57:33","slug":"maryland-black-bear-hunt-lottery-now-open-for-2023-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/07\/24\/maryland-black-bear-hunt-lottery-now-open-for-2023-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Black Bear Hunt Lottery Now Open for 2023 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applications are due August 31; drawing held Sept. 6<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7866\/32493267257_be57633503.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration by Rebecca Latham\" width=\"352\" height=\"246\" \/>The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is now accepting applications for the 2023\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/huntersguide\/Pages\/BlackBearHunt.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">black bear hunt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0lottery. Successful applicants will receive a permit valid for the 6-day hunting season open October 23-28 in Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The annual bear hunt, now in its 20th year, is an important management tool used to slow the increase of Maryland\u2019s black bear population and limit expansion of Maryland bears into the eastern suburbs and cities. The department will once again issue 950 hunting permits this year.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMaryland is home to a healthy black bear population that is managed with sound science,\u201d said Wildlife and Heritage Service Acting Director Karina Stonesifer. \u201cThe yearly hunt is an important part of how we maintain the bear population to ensure the species is there for future generations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hunters may apply for the lottery\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/dnrcompassportal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0or at one of more than 250\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/service_agents.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hunting and fishing license agents<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0across the state. Hunters need a valid DNR ID number to participate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All entries must be completed by 11:59 p.m. Aug. 31 and must be accompanied by a $15 nonrefundable application fee. Only one application per person will be accepted \u2013 submitting duplicates can result in disqualification and forfeiture. The drawing will be held Sept. 6, and winners will be notified shortly thereafter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When applying for a permit, hunters can make voluntary contributions to the Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund, which directly reimburses Maryland farmers who have suffered agricultural damage caused by black bears.\u00a0The fund has paid farmers more than $130,000\u00a0since its establishment in 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications are due August 31; drawing held Sept. 6 The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0is now accepting applications for the 2023\u00a0black bear hunt\u00a0lottery. Successful applicants will receive a permit valid for the 6-day hunting season open October 23-28 in Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties. The annual bear hunt, now in its 20th year, is an<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/07\/24\/maryland-black-bear-hunt-lottery-now-open-for-2023-season\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3172],"tags":[3960,3531,4960,5234],"class_list":["post-38986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-black-bear-hunt","tag-black-bears","tag-hunting","tag-lottery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38989,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38986\/revisions\/38989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}