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TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Bears Reported Killed During the Year Ending June 30, 1906. 



COUNTY. 



MALE. 



FEMALE. 



SEX NOT 

 STATED. 



SHOT. 



TRAPPED. 



METHOD 



OF 

 TAKING 



NOT 

 STATED. 



TOTAL. 



Clinton 

 Franklin . 

 Fulton . . 

 Greene 

 Hamilton 

 Herkimer 

 Tefferson . 



I 



3 

 2 

 6 



J 3 



7 



3 



4 

 12 



6 



I 



4 



1 

 1 

 4 



1 



3 

 2 



4 



10 



I 



I 



4 

 1 



1 

 2 



1 



2 

 I 



I 



3 



7 

 17 

 12 



6 



1 



5 

 1 



1 

 1 1 

 12 



I 



6 



2 



11 



29 



14 



1 



Lewis 



Orange 



Oswego 



St. Lawrence 



Saratoga . 



Ulster . . 

 Warren 



6 



2 

 3 



9 

 9 



10 

 I 

 I 

 4 



1 

 2 

 4 







IO 

 I 



20 

 1 



1 

 6 



3 



2 



11 



*3 



All counties 



61 



48 



12 



3° 



14 



77 



121 



The following is a summary of the bears reported killed in this State 

 since the bear law went into effect, May 9, 1904 : 



Reported killed, May 9, 1904, to June 30, 1904 . . 3 



Reported killed, year ending June 30, 1905 .... 90 



Reported killed, year ending June 30, 1906 . . . 121 



The largest bear reported during the year ending June 30, 1906, was 

 that killed by Mr. Charles Monroe in Sullivan county, on November 1, 1905. 

 Its weight was 480 pounds. The smallest were the three cubs caught by 

 Mr. John Taylor, in Lewis county, on April 4, 1906, which weighed but six 

 pounds apiece. During this period six bears were taken weighing 400 pounds 

 or over; twelve weighed between 300 and 400 pounds; thirty-two between 



