2005 Bear Harvest
Tennessee bear hunters had a banner year in 2005, harvesting more than 300 bears in what is the second largest harvest on record.
In all seasons combined, hunters killed a total of 310 bears, up substantially from the 2004 total of 171. That total left 2005 #2 on the list since Tennessee's bear hunting season was instated in 1953. The highest kill total on record was 1997, when 370 bears were killed.
COUNTY-BY-COUNTY TOTALS
| Monroe | 68 |
| Cocke | 48 |
| Polk | 36 |
| Blount | 30 |
| Sevier | 30 |
| Unicoi | 28 |
| Carter | 23 |
| Greene | 18 |
| Sullivan | 14 |
| Johnson | 8 |
| Washington | 7 |
BEAR HARVEST THROUGH THE YEARS
1953 14
1954 24
1955 11
1956 10
1957 24
1958 42
1959 12
1960 27
1961 25
1962 07
1963 22
1964 09
1965 26
1966 21
1967 40
1968 49
1969 20
1970 Closed
1971 Closed
1972 Closed
1973 16
1974 11
1975 09
1976 15
1977 14
1978 19
1979 33
1980 25
1981 25
1982 20
1983 24
1984 34
1985 45
1986 54
1987 66
1988 76
1989 78
1990 124
1991 66
1992 78
1993 103
1994 120
1995 81
1996 122
1997 370
1998 108
1999 172
2000 124
2001 160
2002 154
2003 237
2004 171
2005 310
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