Over 1,100 bears killed in southern part of New York last season

... surpassing the previous record of 983 bears taken in 2011. Four of the state's top 10 biggest bears came from Ulster County. The third biggest was a 550-pound male taken down by a bowhunter in Wawarsing. In all 192 bears were hauled away out of ...

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