Maine Black Bear Tooth Harvest Data Available
November 20, 2009
When bear hunters register their bears in Maine, they are asked to volunteer a tooth from their catch. These teeth are collected by biologists at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. They can easily determine the age of the bear and other data that helps them in making decisions on bear management.
The age data collected from the 2008 bear hunt is now available for those interested. If you volunteered a tooth from your bear, you can now find out how old it was.
To view this data, visit the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife website. From this landing page scroll down and you’ll find a link “age of the bear they harvested“. It’s an Excel Spreadsheet.
The oldest bear taken was a female that was 28-years old. The oldest male bear harvested was 20.
MDIFW collected 1,037 volunteer teeth or about 38% of the total harvest.
Tom Remington
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