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22. Nine bears ,wpre bagged in' the dismal SW^mp section of Chesapeake. ^ ■7 o f During the 11 year period from 1947 through 1957 the statewide bear kill averaged 206 animals. In the eight seasons since that time the annual1 kill has averaged 288 bears. The latter period does contain some very high kills including the all-time record of 391 taken in 1959. Biologists feel that a general improvement in bear habitat, chiefly in the form of more mature fbrests, plus' some increase in hunter pressure are responsible for the increased harvest in recent years.
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