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Gov. Kevin Stitt bags a black bear hunting in southeast Oklahoma

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Ed Godfrey Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt killed a black bear Thursday while bowhunting in McCurtain County on the opening day of bear season.A photo of Stitt, the bear, and his hunting guide, Tom Cartwright of Holdenville, was posted Saturday on the Facebook page of J.D. Strong, director of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.Oklahoma's archery bear season in southeast Oklahoma runs through Oct. 18. Bear hunting is legal in southeast Oklahoma east of State Highway 69 and south of Interstate 40, which covers all or portions of 12 counties.The large majority of bears in Oklahoma are killed on private land by hunters with crossbows during the first week of the archery season. The best success comes early in the season before the acorns have dropped and bears stop coming to baited areas.This is the 12th year Oklahoma has had a black bear hunting season.The first hunting season was in 2009 but was restricted to just four counties. Last year, the Wildlife Department expanded the hunting area as the black bear population increases by about 10% each year in Oklahoma.It's estimated there are 1,500 to 2,000 bears in Oklahoma, and hunters kill fewer than 100 each year on average. In 2018, 85 bears were killed by hunters, which was a record number. Last year, Oklahoma hunters killed a total of 61 bears, 57 during the archery season and four during the muzzle-loader season.This year's muzzle-loader season runs Oct. 24 through Nov. 1, and only 20 bears can be killed in that season.Oklahoma hunters have killed 528 bears overall during the first 11 hunting seasons, with the heaviest tipping the scale at 638 pounds.

Ed Godfrey Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt killed a black bear Thursday while bowhunting in McCurtain County on the opening day of bear season.A photo of Stitt, the bear, and his hunting guide, Tom Cartwright of Holdenville, was posted Saturday on the Facebook page of J.D. Strong, director of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.Oklahoma's archery bear season in southeast Oklahoma runs through Oct. 18. Bear hunting is legal in southeast Oklahoma east of State Highway 69 and south of Interstate 40, which covers all or portions of 12 counties.The large majority of bears in Oklahoma are...

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Gov. Kevin Stitt bags a black bear hunting in southeast Oklahoma

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