Monroe and Pike counties were among the top eight in Pennsylvania for total black bears harvested in 2024. In Monroe County, hunters took 93 bears, including the heaviest in Pennsylvania at 774 ...

Bear season opens Nov. 21, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission is adding a new feature on its website. For the first time, bear season can be monitored in real-time.

There are about 20,000 black bears in Pennsylvania, and more than 3,400 have been harvested this year. The four-day rifle season for bear began Saturday, Nov, 19, and continued Monday through ...

The northcentral county is perennially the top producer of bears in Pennsylvania. Harvests there in the past three years have been 243 (2016), 312 (2015) and 286 (2014).

More options: Pennsylvania Game Commission provides new option for special regulation deer hunters The general statewide bear season is set for Nov. 20-23, including Sunday, Nov. 21. Extended bear ...

From 2000-2004, Pennsylvania hunters killed an average of nearly 3,000 bears a year. Despite that, the commission said the overall population remained relatively steady at between 14,000 and ...

The highest-ranking bear season in Pennsylvania occurred in 2019, with 4,653 bears harvested. The largest bear harvested in 2021 weighed 722 pounds. While that size is impressive, it is not the ...

Two bears were captured, and one was euthanized, Friday after one of the bears attacked two children in Pennsylvania last week, officials said.. A 5-year-old and 14-month-old were playing in the ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission estimates the state's black bear population at around 20,000. That's up five-fold from the 1970s, when it was estimated at 4,000. The state's human population has ...

Monroe and Pike counties were among the top eight in Pennsylvania for total black bears harvested in 2024. In Monroe County, hunters took 93 bears, including the heaviest in Pennsylvania at 774 ...

Monroe and Pike counties were among the top eight in Pennsylvania for total black bears harvested in 2024. In Monroe County, hunters took 93 bears, including the heaviest in Pennsylvania at 774 ...