PHOTOS: Opening day of bear hunt in Morris County

Protester Beverly Budz of Vernon holds a photo of Oliver, a bear killed in a previous bear hunt, at the states annual black bear hunt, at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Newton, December 7, 2015.

Protester Beverly Budz of Vernon holds a photo of Oliver, a bear killed in a previous bear hunt, at the states annual black bear hunt, at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Newton, December 7, 2015.

Protesters at the states annual black bear hunt, at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Newton, December 7, 2015.

A bear killed in the hunt lies on it's back waiting to be scanned and weighed at the states annual black bear hunt, at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Newton, December 7, 2015.

A New Jersey Fish and Wildlife official can be seen behind the bear being weighed at the states annual black bear hunt, at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Newton, December 7, 2015.

At left, Kim Tinnes, a New Jersey Fish and Wildlife official, scans and weighs a bear taken in at the states annual black bear hunt, at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Newton, December 7, 2015.

(L-R) Protesters Valerie Devine of Lake Hiawatha and Deborah Lucas of Independence at the states annual black bear hunt, at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Newton, December 7, 2015.

At left, Kim Tinnes, a New Jersey Fish and Wildlife official, scans and weighs a bear taken in at the states annual black bear hunt, at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Newton, December 7, 2015.

Protester Jerome Mandel of Newton at the states annual black bear hunt, at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Newton, December 7, 2015.