In 2003, i bagged a bear in Somerset Co. I took it to the check station.

There were only 3 guys there with a bear. there were at least a dozen PGC guys there. It took at least 45 minutes to get my bear checked in. The other two guys were done and just hanging out. I was the only bear to be checked.


I think RSB is comparing this to how other states operate their check stations. It isn't that complicated.

I'm not sure what the WV Game officials did to get college students to take the information but maybe the PGC could get Penn State students that are studying a wildlife field to help.

In WV the students had 3 or 4 places set up at one station to take down info. They even weighed deer and took jaw samples. There were also 2Game officials there.


When I checked in my PA bear I had to go into a room and sit down with a lady on a computer. She would ask all kinds of questions while Charlie May,the Fayette head Game official and Rod Ansell, the head Westmoreland Officialchimed in with their questions. I felt it was an interigation but anyhow it took a while. I had to take my license out of the holder while they inspected it and looked at my duck stamp. You would have thought I committed a crime by getting a bear.