Abbott Township News Today

Abbott Township, Pa. — A man who shot a fellow turkey hunter this spring has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, police say.

As hunters gear up for archery beer season, the Game Commission is reflecting on seasonal trends and setting expectations for this year.

From PA Game Commission Pennsylvania’s hunters took 3,608 black bears in the 2020 seasons, the state’s sixth-best bear harvest ever. While the harvest is about 20 percent lower than last year’s record harvest of 4,653 bears, it aligns with the annual average of 3,675 bears taken over the past five seasons, and it’s the second-highest harvest in that period. In the bear archery season, which benefited from a one-week-longer season, bowhunters set a new harvest record of 948, breaking the...

Bear harvest in 2020 was sixth best in Pennsylvania history Updated Feb 02, 2021; Posted Feb 02, 2021 Keith Davis shot a 610-pound male black bear in Monroe County during Pennsylvanias 2020 muzzleloader hunting season. Facebook Share Pennsylvania hunters killed 3,608 black bears during the 2020 hunting seasons, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. While the 2020 harvest was about 20 percent lower than the record harvest of 4,653 bears in 2019, it still ranks as the state’s sixth b...