ORIGINAL: FOP23
On the first Friday of the deer firearms season, I spoke to one of Game Commision officers from Western PA. He advised me that this was a terrible year for bear hunters in our area, and he anticipates quite the nuisance problem next spring. He also told me that he would have liked to have inspected the areas where the archery bears were taken. He believed you would have found the best fifty or so bait piles you have ever seen. I'm sure some of the bears were taken with the subtle help from baits/lures, but not all. Any comments?
I agree with you and all so this would warrant an investigation on these 73 bears taken with a bow. Now if anything should be searched on suspicious it should be these bow killed bears. They should ofbeen made to take the PGC to the area where the bear laid dead at. I don't believe 75% of them was taken legally.