31 animals harvested on Friday, according to state figures
FREDON -- Another 31 black bears were killed Friday, the next-to-last day of the state's annual, week-long hunt, the state Department of Environmental Protection reported.
With the take on Friday, the fifth day of a hunting season marked by unseasonably mild temperatures and dry weather, the total stood at 421 animals. The last day of the season, which was open to firearms hunters, is Saturday.
On trend with the rest of the hunt, most of the animals Friday were killed in rural Sussex County, one of eight mostly northern counties where the hunt has been authorized. Bergen County Friday saw its first and so far only kill of the 2015 season, while in two other counties, Somerset and Mercer, no animals have yet been harvested.