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Originally Posted by flatbutt

Precisely why NJ implemented the bear hunt.

Yep. Video cameras caught 9 crossing my wooded, but suburban lawn in one week a couple weeks ago. Probably a few made it through unnoticed. They often are at my front door in the middle of the night. When I take the dog out at 10PM, I always expect to run into one. You cannot see them unless the light hits them (or you have special cameras as I do). You would be crucified if you shot one near the city...but I expect that to change as soon as one kills some person's child. Ther have been a lot more reports of aggressive bears in the area...but the bear advocates always blame the folks/dogs that are attacked.

I remember a few years ago when that bear stalked a student/hiker and ate him in NJ...and he captured the chase on his bear chewed cell phone. The photos were alarming for me. In fact, I posted it on Nextdoor and said we should reduce the numbers and was banned. A few years later and it seems that there are many posting there that feel the same.