BEAR HUNTERS CONTINUE TO HAVE GREAT SUCCESS AFIELD
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."
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=175500
