{"id":41952,"date":"2024-07-15T11:50:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=41952"},"modified":"2024-07-15T11:50:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:50:08","slug":"applications-now-open-for-2024-maryland-black-bear-hunt-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/07\/15\/applications-now-open-for-2024-maryland-black-bear-hunt-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications Now Open for 2024 Maryland Black Bear Hunt Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 371px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53216047689_79539b3256.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of black bear in a field\" width=\"361\" height=\"279\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Mitch Adolph, submitted to Maryland DNR Photo Contest.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hunters can now enter the lottery selection process for the annual six-day black bear hunt in Western Maryland. The cost to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">enter the lottery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is $15 and applications can be purchased from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) now through August 31.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 2024 bear hunt will take place Oct 21-26 in Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties. The bear hunt is an important part of managing Maryland\u2019s expanding black bear population. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, 950 bear harvest permits will be issued through the lottery selection process. Hunters who have entered multiple years in a row receive \u201cpreference points,\u201d one additional entry for each consecutive year they have applied. Anyone who is not seeking a permit this year but may in the future can purchase a preference point for $15 &#8211; they will not be entered in the 2024 lottery, but will not lose their advantage for next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lottery entries and preference points may be purchased now through August 31 through the <a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNR online licensing website<\/a>, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/pages\/service_agents.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">license agent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, or by calling 866-344-8889 between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the lottery deadline closes, hunters will be able to check the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/huntersguide\/Pages\/BlackBearHunt.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DNR black bear hunt website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on September 4, 2024 to see if their DNRid was selected. Anyone with questions about the application process should email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:blackbear.dnr@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">blackbear.dnr@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunters can now enter the lottery selection process for the annual six-day black bear hunt in Western Maryland. The cost to enter the lottery is $15 and applications can be purchased from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) now through August 31. The 2024 bear hunt will take place Oct 21-26 in Allegany, Frederick,<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/07\/15\/applications-now-open-for-2024-maryland-black-bear-hunt-lottery\/\">&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":[2948,3960,3531,2918,2949,5234,2909],"class_list":["post-41952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-allegany-county","tag-black-bear-hunt","tag-black-bears","tag-frederick-county","tag-garrett-county","tag-lottery","tag-washington-county"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41952","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=41952"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41963,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41952\/revisions\/41963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}