thecontractor

Here in PA (atleast Warren County) I've been seeing more bear than I ever have in the past.

#1 Last fall I almost tripped on a sleeping bear while rabbit hunting.
#2 Last fall I snuck up on (or he snuck up on me) a black bear during fall turkey
#3 This spring saw a mother and three cubs
#4 My buddies father in-law who happens to be a game warden has four different bear coming in to his turkey feeder since early summer.
#5 My son and I saw a HUGE bear while driving to go sqirrel hunting.

All of these sightings were in completely diffenent locations within a 25 mile radius

Also there has been four different bear struck by cars since june on a stretch of RT 62 in between Tionesta, Pa and Warren, Pa (about 30 miles)

cardeer

Sure is,Reports from bowhunters have some seeing more bear while hunting then deer

BOWHUNTERCOP

Well where I hunt in northwestern NJ I always see bears, but this year so far I've seen 4, my friends saw 2 each. Also my buddy has a house in Pike Co, PA about 15 mins from where we hunt in a lake community, deer allover the place. When he brought his house there, he asked me if I think that bears would be in this development, I said YES.....The security guard said NO, last bear seen in there was 20yrs ago. Guess what? They have seen so far this year in the development 7 bears, and if my home state of NJ doesn't allow a bear hunt this year, you can bet PA will have more bears along the border with NJ!!!!!!!

thecontractor

make that one more sighting. my father-in-law had a big one in last night that ran away with his bird feeder!!!