BEAR HUNTERS CONTINUE TO ENJOY SUCCESS AFIELD
Two days of comfortable weather and a substantial statewide population of black bears have led to a sizeable bear harvest, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reported this morning.

Agency employees processed 2,262 black bears - 689 on the second day - at check stations on Monday and Tuesday. Hunters are required to have their harvested bears checked within 24 hours after tagging it. The statewide three-day bear season ends at sundown today. However, in a large portion of eastern Pennsylvania, hunters again will have an additional week - Nov. 29-Dec. 4 - of bear hunting that will run concurrently with the first week of the rifle deer season.