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SC Black Bear Harvest, Habitat and General Information Summary

Year Harvest Number
of
Parties
Number
of
Permits
Scent
Line
Core
Scent
Line
Fringe
White
Oak
Red
Oak
Chestnut
Oak
Hickory Highway
Kill
Mtns.
Highway
Kill
Coast
  M F Tot                    
                           
1970-71
1
1
2
                   
1971-72
1
0
1
                   
1972-73    
6
                   
1973-74
3
0
3
                   
1974-75
2
2
4
 
0
               
1975-76
0
4
4
 
0
               
1976-77
1
2
3
 
0
               
1977-78
4
1
5
16
340
               
1978-79
2
1
3
 
0
               
1979-80
2
1
3
29
531
               
1980-81
1
1
2
 
0
               
1981-82
5
2
7
31
522
               
1982-83
0
0
0
25
507
First Year Bear Only          
1983-84
1
1
2
27
489
               
1984-85
1
0
1
24
450
               
1985-86
1
0
1
27
462
               
1986-87
0
2
2
23
410
               
1987-88
4
2
6
26
477
               
1988-89
3
1
4
30
493
               
1989-90
5
5
10
29
532
               
1990-91
2
0
2
29
554
               
1991-92
2
3
5
27
585
               
1992-93
5
4
9
27
412
               
1993-94
1
1
2
37
558
28%
3%
0.37
2.72
0.85
     
1994-95
7
1
8
38
603
31%
2%
3.73
5.35
1.95
 
2
 
1995-96
6
6
12
42
670
39%
7%
0.45
1.25
0.7
 
0
 
1996
7
7
14
43
668
34%
16%
4.3
1.49
1.55
     
1997
10
10
20
46
715
47%
25%
4.11
2.38
4.42
     
1998
9
5
14
43
687
41%
25%
0.27
3.01
0.81
 
3
 
1999
8
11
19
49
747
50%
24%
5.93
5.04
4.58
 
4
 
2000
28
14
42
56
923
52%
26%
1.18
3.5
1.25
 
9
 
2001
10
11
21
50
833
54%
56%
0.72
2.06
0.61
 
1
 
2002
15
12
27
53
932
60%
42%
3.84
8.29
2.05
 
9
 
2003
33
22
55
62
1104
50%
32%
1.64
1.91
2.29
 
8
25
2004
14
15
29
70
1238
58%
30%
4.26
2.26
3.4
0.3
3
19
2005
18
16
34
72
1140
79%
54%
2.71
4.22
2.07
5.45
7
27
2006
24
27
51
80
1275
   
2.1
4.3
1.4
0.9
5
8
2007
28
30
58
88
1404
74%
35%
0.8
1.8
0.8
0.9
10
40
Total
264
221
491
1199
20261
               

 

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