2016 Statewide black bear harvest statistics

BMU Bear Management
Unit Name
Total
Harvest
Number
Hunters
Hunter
Success
Rate
Hunter
Days
Days/Kill
  1 Coastal 158 3,044 5.2% 28,992 183.5
  2 Puget Sound 105 1,892 5.5% 16,393 156.1
  3 North Cascades 169 1,932 8.7% 14,653 86.7
  4 South Cascades 119 3,378 3.5% 27,426 230.5
  5 Okanogan 147 1,681 8.7% 10,396 70.7
  6 East Cascades 210 4,670 4.5% 32,847 156.4
  7 Northeastern 435 4,548 9.6% 31,513 72.4
  8 Blue Mountains 84 1,281 6.6% 8,259 98.3
  9 Columbia Basin 11 141 7.8% 654 59.5
           
General Hunting Season Total 1,377 21,111 6.6% 171,148 124
Spring Bear Permit Hunt 124 451 27.5%    
Recreational Harvest Total 1,501 21,562