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Officials expect it to pick up

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Updated: 6:20 PM EDT Sep 5, 2021Infinite Scroll EnabledNicol LallyPlay VideoSHOW TRANSCRIPT

The laCHESTER, N.H. —

New Hampshire’s bear hunting season has officially begun. The season is off to a slower start, but Fish and Game officials expect things to pick up.

Fish and Game officer and Bear Project Leader, Andrew Timmins, is confident there will be close to 11,000 bear licenses sold. He said this is the start of a four-month stretch of the state’s most popular hunting seasons.https://935e045441ecacf3c9ebfee61cd4d6c2.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.htmlAdvertisement

The 2021 season is coming after a record breaking season where the state was 1,184 bears harvested. A typical year sees numbers close to 700 or 800 bears. That is what Timmins said he is expecting this year.

“Last year, we did see about a 15% increase in license sales, which we kind of attributed to the COVID pandemic,”…