
Pennsylvania bear harvest up, with a number of 600-plus-pounders to boot
One of the more intriguing bears taken was a 679-pound male shot at 5 yards with a .357 handgun.
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One of the more intriguing bears taken was a 679-pound male shot at 5 yards with a .357 handgun.

Harvest included some large elk – 13 bulls were estimated to weigh 700 pounds or more, with two more than 800 pounds and the heaviest estimated at 894 pounds – 7-by-8. An 806-pounder with a
NORTHWEST REGION From the Game Commission Crawford County Game Warden Mark Allegro recently investigated a dumping case in Union Township on State Game Land 213. The perpetrator was identified and interviewed, and, eventually admitted his

With cooperative weather, particularly on opening day Nov. 17, hunters primed to overtake state’s record 4,350 bear harvest, set in 2011. And Game Commission bear biologist says Penn’s Woods hold bigger bears, too, at least

There was plenty of activity at the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s elk check station on Tuesday, Nov. 6, as successful hunters were required to bring their harvested elk to the Elk Country Visitor Center for aging

It seems that fewer Pennsylvania hunters chasing stocked pheasants because of stamp price.
NORTHWEST REGION From the Game Commission Crawford County Game Warden Mark Allegro reports that, after a lengthy investigation, multiple persons were identified riding ATVs unlawfully on state game lands on multiple occasions. Numerous charges are

Last year, 500 pounds of ground venison was donated to needy Somerset County families through the Hunters Sharing the Harvest program.

The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Mario M. Scavello, provides another choice for hunters who have shot and inflicted injury on a white-tailed deer, black bear or elk, but lose the trail.
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