2008 Pa. Bear Season

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Check out these #'s. Pretty amazing. Release #130-08

Nov. 26, 2008

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BEAR HUNTERS CONTINUE TO HAVE GREAT SUCCESS AFIELD

Bear exceeding 700 pounds taken in Monroe County on second day



HARRISBURG - Two days of bear hunting have produced a preliminary harvest of 2,518 bears, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission reports.


In 2007, 1,638 bears passed through check stations the first two days. In 2006, 2,185 bears were taken. In 2005, when the state record bear harvest was set, agency personnel processed 2,875 bears through the first two days of season; 2,262 in 2004; 2,299 in 2003; and 2,022 in 2002.


“The statewide two-day bear harvest has the 2008 season on a pace to be one of our best,” said Mark Ternent, Game Commission bear biologist. “Bear hunters across the state are really having a great season.”


So far, the top 10 bears processed at check stations through Tuesday all had estimated live weights exceeding 600 pounds. Morgan C. Neipert, of Tobyhanna, harvested the largest bear, which was a male that weighed in at 716 pounds (estimated live weight). The bear was taken in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 25.


Other large bears included: a 691-pound male taken by Ray E. Barrick, of McAlisterville, in Todd Township, Huntingdon County, at 1 p.m. on Nov. 24; a 680-pound male taken by Brian R. Clark Jr., of Olanta, in Pike Township, Clearfield County, at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 24; a 651-pound male taken by Ryan M. Miller, of Pittston, in Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County, at 9:50 a.m. on Nov. 24; a 650-pound male taken by Walter Rupnik, of Breinigsville, in Green Township, Pike County, at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 24; a 642-pound male taken by James P. McDonough, of Moscow, in Spring Brook Township, Lackawanna County, at noon on Nov. 25; and a 636-pound male taken by Albert C. Leddon II, of Pittsburgh, in Girard Township, Clearfield County, at 12:55 p.m. on Nov. 24.


The preliminary two-day bear harvest by Wildlife Management Unit was as follows: WMU 1A, 14 (7 in 2007); WMU 1B, 57 (23); WMU 2A, 1 (1); WMU 2C, 184 (188); WMU 2D, 123 (75); WMU 2E, 93 (44); WMU 2F, 213 (197); WMU 2G, 598 (458); WMU 3A, 279 (139); WMU 3B, 255 (97); WMU 3C, 55 (35); WMU 3D, 168 (87); WMU 4A, 118 (80); WMU 4B, 34 (30); WMU 4C, 52 (36); WMU 4D, 256 (127); WMU 4E, 17 (14); and WMU 5C, 1, (0).


The top bear harvest county in the state after the first two days was Potter with 256 (87 in 2007), followed by Tioga, 205 (102); Lycoming, 195 (97); McKean, 126 (80); and Clearfield, 98 (70).



County harvests by region for the first two days, followed by the two-day 2007 preliminary harvests in parentheses, are:



Northwest: Forest, 53 (50); Venango, 52 (28); Jefferson, 48 (33); Warren, 47 (67); Clarion, 46 (17); Crawford, 29 (2); Erie, 9 (2); Butler, 6 (; and Mercer, 4 (0).



Southwest: Somerset, 83 (72); Indiana, 51 (26); Armstrong, 44 (35); Fayette, 35 (56); Westmoreland, 32 (32); and Cambria, 26 (.



Northcentral: Potter 256 (87); Tioga, 205 (102); Lycoming, 195 (97); McKean, 126 (80); Clearfield, 98 (70); Clinton, 91 (142); Elk, 79 (55); Centre, 74 (43); Cameron, 61 (98); and Union, 36 (19).



Southcentral: Huntingdon, 96 (53); Bedford, 69 (52); Mifflin, 35 (11); Snyder, 24 (12); Blair, 23 (25); Juniata, 17 (12); Perry, 11 (5); and Fulton, 9 (6).



Northeast: Sullivan, 76 (20); Pike, 63 (42); Bradford, 49 (28); Monroe, 48 (11); Wayne, 46 (19); Luzerne, 35 (22); Wyoming, 28 (; Lackawanna, 27 (10); Carbon, 20 (17); Susquehanna, 14 (15); Columbia, 9 (14); and Northumberland, 2 (2).



Southeast: Schuylkill, 21 (9); Dauphin, 7 (6); Northampton, 2 (3) and Berks, 1 (0).

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WOW When I think of Pennsylvania I don't think of that numbers of bears killed or anything close to those sizes. pretty amazing.
             

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How in the H3LL do you drag out & then load a 600+ lb bear?  My 170 lbs sure isn't going to move it that's for sure