At least one black bear has been brought to officials since the newly resumed state-sanctioned hunt began Tuesday afternoon.

Hunting commenced on Tuesday afternoon after a judge struck down an emergency stay. It was originally supposed to have started on Monday.  

One weigh station in Sussex County was empty as of Wednesday afternoon.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection says that there was a 237% rise in nuisance bear sightings between January and October 2022, compared to the same period in 2021.

But opponents of the hunt say that those statistics are unfounded.