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| Second Day Bear Harvest Results |
| 2006-11-23 |
| HARRISBURG - Two days of bear hunting have produced a preliminary harvest of 2,185 bears, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission reports. Game Commission employees processed 723 black bears on Tuesday, the second day of state's three-day bear season. In 2005, when the state record bear harvest was set, agency personnel processed 2,875 bears on 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 continues to be typical of an average season and remains comparable to the 2003 and 2004 seasons," said Mark Ternent, Game Commission bear biologist. "Favorable hunting weather remains in the forecast for the last day of season." These harvest numbers do not include the results of the state's first-ever archery bear hunt, which was held on Nov. 15 and 16. Those results will be available on Nov. 29. The top nine bears processed at check stations over the first two days of season all had estimated live weights that exceeded 600 pounds. The largest was a 693-pound male taken by John D. Eppinette of Adamstown, in West Branch Township, Potter County, at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 20. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #7 While your eating it's tongue, it may be eating your head. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-11-23 23:54 |
| #6 Eat the tongue raw. Mmmmmm ... tongue sushi! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-23 20:43 |
| #5 red phosphorous mortar rounds set for about twenty feet. killed and cooked in one fell swoop. |
| Posted by: DragonFly 2006-11-23 20:16 |
| #4 Bare hands, open season, no bait, no tears. Eat the tongue raw. You first Shipman, I'll watch and you can show me how it is done. ;-) |
| Posted by: Mick Dundee 2006-11-23 18:11 |
| #3 Bare hands, open season, no bait, no tears. Eat the tongue raw. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-11-23 17:00 |
| #2 Shooting a bear at 100 yards proves nothing but the quality of your equipment. I guess that shows what you know about bear hunting! Nothing. Most bear hunting in PA is done from tree stands or ground blinds at very close range. Personally, when I used to hunt bear (black/brown) I used a handgun, on the ground, over bait. |
| Posted by: Mick Dundee 2006-11-23 15:27 |
| #1 Poseurs. If they issue licenses for hunting bears with hand weapons (spears, knives, axes) then I will be impressed. Shooting a bear at 100 yards proves nothing but the quality of your equipment. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-11-23 13:56 |