Preliminary Day Two Pennsylvania Bear Harvest Results

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

HARRISBURG, Pa. -(Ammoland.com)- After two days, 1,310 black bears have been harvested as part of Pennsylvania’s statewide bear season, according to preliminary totals released Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

Archery and other early bear season harvest data is not available at this time.

Bears have been harvested in 54 counties during the statewide season so far.

Four bears exceeding 500 pounds were taken on the season’s second day, Nov. 20. The top 10 bears processed at check stations on the season’s first two days were either estimated or confirmed to have live weights of 560 pounds or more.

The largest of those bears – a male estimated at 700 pounds – was taken in Oil Creek Township, Venango County, by Chad A. Wagner, of Titusville, Pa. He took it with a rifle at about 8 a.m. on Nov. 18, the season’s opening day.

Other large bears taken over the season’s first two days – all taken with a rifle – include: a 648-pound male taken Nov. 18 in Dreher Township, Wayne County, by Joseph D. Simon, of Newfoundland, Pa.; a 609-pound male taken Nov. 18 in Abbott Township, Potter County, by Michael R. Neimeyer, of Spring …Read the Rest

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