Hunted nj for the first time on dec 6 which was the opening day for gun and their 1st bear hunt in 5yrs, well i jumped on the opportunity. Got in position by 615 and within half hour had a bear run in and stopped in front but behind some dead falls so didnt risk it,hang around till 11 cause couldnt take the wind anymore my feet froze went to warm up and ate, came back on stand at 130ish and continued to freeze my pawls off til 437 when this bad boy presented its self at 50 yards which ended in with a quick kill, didnt run more than 25 yards in the thickest ish and within seconds heard his death moan which put me at ease to go in there and retreive him at last light and into total darkness and then to get him out was :-[ > ??? :'( yea no JOKE!~
It took 3 of us and almost 2 hours but ending in a dream come true, im still bugging.
He was harvested in zone3 at wawayanda state park and weighed 265#
THANX JERSEY!